Crazy Cool Shop Toys

Ever wonder how they make things that are fabricated in metal and huge signage and bend steel?

TechShop in San Francisco is an open-access workshop with a bunch of awesome low tech heavy weight industrial tools. Think of it as a giant ErectorSet playroom for real men and women too.

Power coating systems, sandblasting cabinets, computer driven vinyl lettering machines, cutting and grinding equipment, large metal lathes, large vehicle project bay... and a brainstorming lounge -- you name it, they've got it.

One TechShop member shows us his all-electric two-passenger car that zips around like a motorcycle that he has prefabricated and built inside the facility. As Xeni Jardin explains, TechShop is an incubator for inventors and entrepreneurs and an environment for people at all skill levels to experiment and pursue their own crazy ideas.

Every city should have one of these and plans are for this concept to spread across the country.