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Wood Shop

The wood shop is where raw lumber becomes finished projects — a full fabrication space with the real tools professional woodworkers use, set up so learners can work with them safely.

sawdust and real tools

What it does

This is a working shop, not a display. Every tool here is the real thing, sized for real projects, and learners use them with training and supervision — the same way any professional shop runs.

The biggest machine in the shop, the ShopSabre PRO 408 CNC router, gets a room and a page of its own.

What's inside

  • Table saws rip boards to exact width along a spinning blade
  • Miter saws precise crosscuts and clean angles for frames and joints
  • Drill presses perfectly straight holes, exactly where you marked them
  • Routers shaped edges, grooves, and joinery
  • Spindle sanders smooth curves that hand-sanding can't reach
  • Dust collection a shop-wide system that keeps the air clean while you work

Things you can make

  • Boxes, shelves, and small furniture
  • Picture frames with tight miter joints
  • Race cars, toys, and games
  • Parts and props for robotics and camp projects
  • Anything you can measure twice and cut once

Want to run it, not just read about it?

Machines like this come alive during our camps, clubs, and field trips — or book a tour and see the whole shop.

↳ next stop: ShopSabre PRO 408