SF Metal Shop
Crafting with Metal in hand
9a-5p Monday-Friday: by Reservation Only
Please contact shops@cca.edu with any concerns.
2nd Floor
Main Building
SF Campus
Spring 2021: On-Campus Studio Access
CCA will be reopening access to on-campus studios and shops as permitted to do so by the San Francisco and Alameda Departments of Public Health (DPH). Please see the CCA Portal page Hybrid Studio Resources for more information.
About the SF Metal Shop
The Metal Shop on the San Francisco campus offers a space for various Metal fabrication techniques such as cold forming, machining, grinding, and mechanical fastening.
The equipment in this shop is exclusively geared toward working with metal and includes a well-stocked bench set of bicycle mechanic tools and vise-mounted bike stands. Like several other shops, the Metal Shop is a well-lit space equipped with compressed air and rubber-mat flooring. Stationary equipment includes:
Bridgeport vertical mill
Wilton 12x36 engine lathe
Ellis horizontal bandsaw
Vertical bandsaw
Baileigh cold saw
Drill press
Rotex punch
Hossfeldt bender
Belt sanders
Pedestal grinder
Disc grinder
36" Jump shear
Slip roller
48" Finger break
Anvil bicycle frame building jigs
Specializing in These Materials
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Copper
- Steel
- Wire