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“I can’t imagine losing my membership. I’ve just had so many opportunities come through here for my business.”
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“7500 square feet of awesomeosity. A maker space extraordinaire. I love this place.”
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“Is it wrong that I never wanted to leave?”
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“Open Bench has been SO important to me in my journey to America.”
-TB

“AWESOME location and resource. Looking forward to seeing how we can integrate that resource in our school…”
-DL

“Open Bench was a great space to “mess about”.
-BT

“OBP was the perfect place…a makers dream. You couldn’t hurt the place.”
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UPCOMING EVENTS

OBP BLOG

Santa’s Workshop

Santa’s Workshop

by | Dec 17, 2015 |

According to history.com*, there was a highly regarded monk named Nicholas who lived in Patara, now modern-day Turkey, in 280 A.D. He was known for his kindness and generosity, giving away his wealth to those in need. His legendary status grew and he became known as...

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Master Pieces

Master Pieces

by | Dec 3, 2015 |

In the days when bridge and lawn bowling were popular forms of entertainment, jigsaw puzzles made their debut.  Created by cartographer John Spilsbury to teach school children about the British Empire in the 1760’s, puzzles were originally hand cut out of wood before...

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Drone Chain: Wiring Harness

by | Nov 1, 2015 |

The Open Bench Team reports: We covered many design elements in this meeting regarding how we would go about wiring and mounting all of the electrical components throughout the airframe.     We are considering changing / upgrading  some of our parts, mainly...

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