Thread: Looking for a workshop to Rent

I joined a Mens shed. I can work there for 100$ per year.

I also buy excess tools, and make my own benches, storage ect, and have a very well stocked balcony sized workshop.

This looks close to you
Monash Men's Shed

Yeah I have looked at those. Men's sheds are great... If you're a man

None of my local sheds seem very keen to accept female woodworkers into their space. Which is a shame.

That's a real shame. The one I go to in Sydney is extremely inclusive, with members of both genders and all ages.

Have you considering doing small stuff at home? I found even with access to a workshop, I wanted to work at home, so I can make use of the time when my wife and child were sleeping. Using a few hand tools, I made alot of toys at home. Now I use mens shed time to prepare stock, and then do carving and joinery at home.

Yeah that's one of reasons i'm looking for a workshop now. I also really love gardening so my balcony is mostly soil and I always hated when my plants got covered in sawdust. Neighbours don't appreciate the sawdust floating down to their balcony either.

That sounds like a great space to work in. I'm hoping eventually all men's sheds will welcome us ladies, even if it's only one day a week.

So yeah really hoping someone on here is wanting to share their workshop on a casual basis, happy to pay of course but could not commit to a full year lease or anything of that sort.

Originally Posted by feebo

Yeah I have looked at those. Men's sheds are great... If you're a man

None of my local sheds seem very keen to accept female woodworkers into their space. Which is a shame.

...especially as they're subsidised by male & female taxpayers. Then again, you probably wouldn't want to be a member of those ones anyway.
You could contact the Victorian Woodworkers Association, they seem to be much more inclusive, but I'm not sure about their facilities.

Is there a Makerspace near you?

See here (a Google search also recommended): https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/th...s-maker-spaces

The VWA does have a workshop but it does cost a bit. Only about 20 minutes from you.

There are lots of workshop spaces that you can rent by the month. Around Footscray and Brunswick/Coburg there lots. Filled with sculptures, painters and woodworkers. Were ever you find old industrial estates you find artists studios.

This is one place I know people in

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Another one to the list: The Shed
Based in Abbotsford.

No affiliation or experience with them, an article featuring them popped up in my news feed earlier this week.

It's a sorry state of affairs when rents are so high and space is so short.

I know a few young people and if you want to be crafty then you have to make sacrifices. It could mean renting out a space however that is expensive or you move further out find an older style house with space, a shed or garage.

I ended up moving to Belgrave to find space and now I moving again for work, cheaper rent and more space.