Explore Our Shop & Stations
Sewing and Leather Work
Our Soft Shop includes leather working tools, a leather station, sewing machines, a serger, some sewing notions, large sewing table, cutting mats, and ironing equipment.
Wood Shop Basic
The Wood Shop is the perfect place for woodworking projects large and small. Most basic tools are accessible once you've taken our Wood One Orientation, including the table saw, chop saw, band saw, drill press, sanding stations, and more!
Memory Center
Digitize your memories! The Memory Center has tools to help you digitize slides, VHS, vinyl, audio cassettes photographs, Betamax, and negatives.
Closed toe shoes are required everywhere in SLO MakerSpace!
Ceramics Studio
Equipped with storage space for Members, our ceramics studio offers creative spaces for hand building, wheels for throwing, a glaze station, edging tables, and more!
We fire in-house on a weekly schedule.
Laser Engraver/Cutter
Laser engraving and in some cases, cutting is great for making all sorts of custom projects requiring precision and digital recreation.
Materials must be approved as some are not safe to use in the laser cutter- ask a team member for help by sending an email!
Metal Shop
Welding, forging, and cutting are available in our Metal Shop once the appropriate Orientations are complete. This course is scheduled on an as-needed basis, so please send an email if you are interested!
Specific clothing and shoes are required along with Membership.
Advanced Wood
More advanced woodworking such as the router table, chisels, lathe, and the jointer and planer are available to our most advanced Members.
Membership is Required
3D Printing
3D printing is available at SLO MakerSpace using PLA filament on the Taz LolzBot 3.
Not all filament is acceptable, if you would like to use alaternate please email the team to discuss.
Silouhette and Press
Create your own decals for windows or design your own T-shirt or bag and more.
This class is combined with the 3D printing class.
CNC Routers
A more advanced tool, the CNC router and its smaller companions, are computer-guided routers which are useful for iterative and/or decorative intricate woodworking.
Membership Required
About SLO MakerSpace
Fostering SLO Makers since 2013!
SLO MakerSpace lives and breathes in thanks not only to our community partners and you, our members, but also to the hearts and efforts of our volunteer directors and able staff. This grassroots, one-of-a-kind creative space has been part of San Luis Obispo since 2012.
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We have created SLO MakerSpace in order to foster a feeling of
can-do connectedness grounded in the ideals of recycling and renewal.
Most of us are volunteers and this is our passion project! We are committed to helping you gain access to the tools and making spaces that you need to literally bring your dreams to life and we ask that you join us from a place of positivity and kindness.
We are grateful for our community!
