They don't say much about what tools these places have. I heard about DoubleUnion in SF, and asked my feminist punk lesbian artist friend about it. "What tools do they have" was her first question. They have a laser cutter, a low-end 3D printer, some Arduino stuff, and sewing equipment. She wasn't impressed. She's taught at TechShop. She needs at least a small milling machine.

TechShop itself has many women members and employees. But that's in decline. TechShop used to let their employees take any class they wanted for free, and women were getting jobs there and learning all the machines. Their main welding instructor was a woman, and a cynical punker with colored hair overhauled the milling machines. Now TechShop charges their employees for classes and they have to take them on their own time. The result is receptionists at tool checkout who don't even know what the tools look like.