Known simply as “The Wood Shop at Menlo Park Campus (MPK),” Facebook’s new 3,000-square-foot, professionally outfitted woodworking shop was designed to inspire employees interested in stretching their creative muscles. Situated on Facebook’s sprawling campus in Menlo Park, California, is a beautifully designed facility where social media meets sawdust.” READ MORE from Woodworking Network.
The overarching idea is to provide employees with an enjoyable diversion from their daily activities and to inspire creativity apart from their computers, tablets and smartphones,” said Robbie Pinaula, Project Lead at the Menlo Park Campus. “MPK has already attracted about 350 Facebook employees who are having a blast making everything from cutting boards to fine furniture for their homes.”The Wood Shop opened in February and is loaded with state-of-the-art woodworking equipment, including a number of centerpiece machines from Laguna Tools.“We have two Laguna Tools SUV Bandsaws, an 8″ HH Jointer, a 5HP Dust Collector and two air circulators for the entire shop,” said Pinaul, who spent about a year and a half developing, configuring and fine-tuning a prototype of the shop before assembling the real thing at the Menlo Park Campus. “We couldn’t be happier with our Laguna Tools products, or the service they provide,” he said. “If a question or concern ever comes up, they are always extremely responsive.