Reinvestment for Capacity Building

Conducts monthly general membership meetings and board meetings, and organizes social events such as holiday parties and lunches for its approximately 475 members.

Holds monthly board and general membership meetings, and organizes social events such as a "Welcome Back Smashburger Lunch" and a "Holiday Sweet Treat Party" for its approximately 475 members.

Holds monthly general membership meetings (second Thursday) and board meetings (first Friday), with minutes and records published online. The club also organizes social events for members, such as a "Welcome Back Smashburger Lunch" and a "Holiday Sweet Treat Party."

Operates a volunteer monitoring program where members oversee the metal shop for 4-hour shifts, focusing on safety, payments, job sign-ins, and shop utilities, and organizes shop cleanup activities.

Manufactures and sells vacation security mailboxes, mailbox extensions, water shutoff valve wrenches, bike racks, and flag mounting brackets, often using volunteer labor.

Manufactures and sells several hundred mailbox extensions annually, along with water shutoff valve wrenches, bike racks, and flag mounting brackets, and periodically produces vacation security mailboxes using volunteer labor.

Produces and sells several hundred mailbox extensions annually, along with water shutoff valve wrenches, bike racks, and flag mounting brackets. The club also manufactures vacation security mailboxes periodically throughout the year using volunteer labor and expertise, making them available for sale.

Provides classes and training on various metalworking topics, including video tutorials on using Inkscape for CNC with the ArcLight laser cutter (beginner, font bridging, node cleaning), and offers a course catalog and tool tips for techniques like plasma cutting, milling, and different types of welding and lathe operation.

Provides classes and training on various metalworking topics, including video tutorials on using Inkscape for CNC with the ArcLight laser cutter, and offers a course catalog for metalworking education.

Operates a 7,000 sq. ft. production space equipped with various metalworking tools including lathes, milling machines, saws, grinders, sheet metal tools, painting equipment, plasma cutters, welding equipment, powder coating, and die casting, available for member use.

Manages a volunteer program where members oversee the metal shop for 4-hour shifts, ensuring safety, handling payments, signing in new jobs, and managing shop utilities.

Manages a volunteer program where members oversee the metal shop for 4-hour shifts, ensuring safety, handling payments, signing in new jobs, and managing shop utilities.

Organizes regular shop cleanup activities on Saturday mornings for members to volunteer and maintain the facility.

Repairs items for residents of Sun City West and creates items like folding chair racks and golf bag racks for other clubs, organizations, and local areas in need.

Repairs items for residents of Sun City West and fabricates items for other clubs, organizations, and local areas in need, such as folding chair racks for Churches, Lending Hands, and PORA, and golf bag racks for golf courses.

Repairs items for residents of Sun City West and fabricates items such as folding chair racks and golf bag racks for other clubs, organizations, and local areas in need.

Operates a 7,000 sq. ft. production space equipped with lathes, milling machines, saws, grinders, sheet metal tools, painting equipment, plasma cutters, welding equipment, powder coating, and die casting for members' use.

Operates a 7,000 sq. ft. production space in Sun City West, Arizona, equipped with various metalworking tools including lathes, milling machines, saws, grinders, sheet metal tools, painting equipment, plasma cutters, welding equipment, powder coating, and die casting for members' use.