Groupon is offering a 2-month membership and 6 hours of classes at TechShop for $125. Below is the cut-and-paste from an email I received from them today. Seems like a good way to check the place out. Groupon is one of those sites that offers only one deal a day so this must be purchased today (November 23, 2010).
The Daily Deal for Raleigh / Durham Tuesday, November 23, 2010 follow us: 
$125 for Two-Month Membership and Six Hours of Classes at TechShop ($378 value)
$125
worth: discount: savings: $378 67% $253
Company Information: TechShop RDU website Locations: 5905 Triangle Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27617
Invention is 10% inspiration, 85% perspiration, 10% determination, 10% inspiration, and 10% determination. Use all 125% of your inventing abilities with today's Groupon: for $125, you get a two-month membership and six hours of classes (a $378 value) at TechShop RDU, located on Triangle Drive.
TechShop RDU is a 20,000-square-foot smorgasbord of inventive creativity and tools for people of all skill levels. The DIY workshop offers dozens of different classes covering everything from metal welding to silk-screening to robot-building and laser engraving. The safety and basic usage classes will get you up to date on a specific tool or machine. Obsoletify regular visits to the mechanic with a one-hour class on changing your car's oil, or terrify tailors everywhere by learning how to fix and enhance your own clothes with a sewing or embroidery class. Other classes include laser cutting & etching, aluminum casting, and precision vector cutting of printed material from a digital file. The two-month membership allows for unlimited access to TechShop RDU's facilities, so you can breathe new life into old projects with tools not found in most private workshops. The TechShop includes full wood working and metal shops, with milling machines, lathes, and a 5' x 8' CNC ShopBot router. Neophyte inventors from ages 12–17 are welcome as well, but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to ensure they don't break physics.
Recently featured on WBTV for sending a weather balloon built out of spare parts into outer space, Techshop RDU has a supportive community of inventors, artists, technicians, and alchemists who are all excited about their next big idea, creating an environment limited only by the imagination.
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The Daily Deal for Raleigh / Durham Tuesday, November 23, 2010 follow us: $125 for Two-Month Membership and Six Hours of Classes at TechShop ($378 value)
$125
worth: discount: savings: $378 67% $253 Company Information: TechShop RDU website Locations: 5905 Triangle Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27617
Invention is 10% inspiration, 85% perspiration, 10% determination, 10% inspiration, and 10% determination. Use all 125% of your inventing abilities with today's Groupon: for $125, you get a two-month membership and six hours of classes (a $378 value) at TechShop RDU, located on Triangle Drive. TechShop RDU is a 20,000-square-foot smorgasbord of inventive creativity and tools for people of all skill levels. The DIY workshop offers dozens of different classes covering everything from metal welding to silk-screening to robot-building and laser engraving. The safety and basic usage classes will get you up to date on a specific tool or machine. Obsoletify regular visits to the mechanic with a one-hour class on changing your car's oil, or terrify tailors everywhere by learning how to fix and enhance your own clothes with a sewing or embroidery class. Other classes include laser cutting & etching, aluminum casting, and precision vector cutting of printed material from a digital file. The two-month membership allows for unlimited access to TechShop RDU's facilities, so you can breathe new life into old projects with tools not found in most private workshops. The TechShop includes full wood working and metal shops, with milling machines, lathes, and a 5' x 8' CNC ShopBot router. Neophyte inventors from ages 12–17 are welcome as well, but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to ensure they don't break physics.
Recently featured on WBTV for sending a weather balloon built out of spare parts into outer space, Techshop RDU has a supportive community of inventors, artists, technicians, and alchemists who are all excited about their next big idea, creating an environment limited only by the imagination.
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