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Welcome to the public wiki for Artisan’s Asylum, Inc., a non-profit community workshop in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Our mission is to support the teaching, learning and practice of fabrication. Read on to learn how to make, learn and teach here.

This wiki is currently under development. The wiki working group is building the foundational information architecture, templates, and Style guide for adding content so that information is easy to find and read. We are planning on a soft launch in January 2024. Reach out to Aaron Charlwood, who is currently leading the working group, if you have any burning questions.

Facility

Our 52,000 sqft facility spans two buildings. Antwerp, at 55 Antwerp St. and Holton, at 96 Holton St. These two buildings share a parking lot and you can usually find a steady stream of carts with projects traveling between the two.

Holton

Holton Floorplan

Holton is our "HQ" building. This is where most of our social gatherings are, our classrooms, our administrative offices and conference rooms. It's also where you pick up your mail when you're a member. There is a friendly "Deskie" there to greet you as you walk in the door. You would sign in with them, if you are a visitor. Holton also houses 7 shops: Jewelry Shop, Casting Shop, Screenprinting Shop, Composites Shop, Digital Fabrication, Fiber Arts, and "E&R" or Electronics and Robotics are all located in Holton.

Public Access

Front desk hours are:

• Monday - Friday 9am - 10pm
• Saturday - Sunday 9am - 7pm

Tours are given throughout the week

• Tuesdays 3:15pm
• Thursdays 6:15pm
• Fridays 12:00pm
• Sundays 3:15pm

Antwerp

Antwerp Floorplan

Antwerp is the "Heavy Equipment" building, and is a "Members Only" area. The vibe is a little more industrial. This is where pallet storage lives, as well as shelf storage. This building houses 5 shops, and they are the largest shops: Wood Shop, Machine Shop, Metal Shop, Finishing Shop, Plasma Shop, and Bike Shop.

Loading Dock Deliveries

Shop staff & volunteers are not involved in receiving vendor deliveries in Antwerp. Each member is responsible for the coordination of their own delivery to the Antwerp loading docks.

Tools

Tools? We GOT tools! Here's an exhaustive list of documented tools. Each documented tool should have a location on where to find it, a link to tool training, as well as any information regarding the operation or maintenance of the tool.

• Exhaustive list of tools

Shops

Shops? We GOT shops!

• Exhaustive list of shops

Member Groups

Looking for a community or a way to get involved? Here is a list of clubs and member groups around the Asylum. If your group is missing from the list and you'd like a wiki page, email Aaron Charlwood.

• Exhaustive list of groups

Getting started

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list
• Localise MediaWiki for your language
• Learn how to combat spam on your wiki
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext Learn how to use wiki markup language called Wikitext