Noisebridge welcomes former techshop members!

Former techshop members, The sudden closure of techshop is a great blow to the maker community,

but don't despair - there are other options!

Noisebridge welcomes you to come and hack with us!

We're significantly different from techshop though: We are a :

hackerspace,

instead of a:

makerspace.

Important differences here:

At Noisebridge, we are all responsible for upkeep of the space.
- There are no employees.
We operate on a Do-ocracy, which is similar to a real-life wiki.
Noisebridge is donation supported.
- There aren't dues or monthly fees, but it's considered excellent to donate a bit when you come to cover our expenses
We have one rule "Be excellent to each other". We also have a strict Anti-Harassment_Policy
Noisebridge people tend to be friendly and talk to each other and resolve problems through communication
No one at Noisebridge is entitled to be there, or to use any particular machine. You must cooperate with your fellow makers, and share.
- You can't reserve time on machines and you're not entitled to have the machines to yourself.
You don't need to take a class to use a machine, you can just walk up to it and use it (with the exception of the laser cutter),
- Laser cutter has a training required to use it. You can find trainings on our meetup page, or come to the space and ask around.
- However if you don't know how to use it safely, please ask for help and wait until someone can show you
If a machine breaks, there are no employees to fix it - we'll have to figure it out ourselves. Try to fix it and enlist help if you can't.
You can be asked to leave Noisebridge at any time if you're being un-excellent. You're expected to leave without protest.
You can also ask others to leave if they are being unexcellent - this is how we maintain a safe-space.