who are we

The Sticks is a community woodshop located in Chicago’s Fulton Market District featuring five private studios, membership-based access, and an extensive education program. Recently renovated, our 5,000 sqft light-filled studio is customized to house our wide range of high-end woodworking equipment.

 

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  • Sawstop Table Saw

  • Steel City Table Saw

  • Laguna Bandsaw

  • Rikon Bandsaw

  • 8” Powermatic Jointer (helical head)

  • 15” Powermatic Planar (helical head)

  • 20” Grizzley Drill Press

our tools

  • Jessem Router Table

  • Jet Edge Sander

  • Grizzley Flap Wheel

  • Delta Spindle Sander

  • Powermatic Lathe

  • Delta Lathe

  • Hitachi Sliding Miter Saw

  • Jet Scroll Saw

  • California Air Compressor

  • Trim router

  • Plunge router

  • Circular saw

  • Drill

  • Clamps

  • Biscuit Jointer

  • Shared blades

  • A woodworking table saw in a workshop with a white surface, black body, and red safety switch, with tools, cabinets, and a potted plant in the background.
  • Woodworking workshop with various tools, including a large table saw, woodworking machines, and a potted plant, in a bright room with large windows.
  • A vertical bandsaw machine with a black and yellow color scheme, labeled 'Laguna' and '16', positioned against a wall in an industrial setting.
  • Woodworking workshop with a Rikon bandsaw, workbenches, tools, and construction materials.
  • Yellow Powermatic woodworking jointer in a workshop.
  • A yellow Powermatic planer woodworking machine in a workshop setting.
  • A green and black portable drill press on a standing metal support in a workshop or industrial setting.
  • A woodworking workspace with a table saw, a rule guide, and a nearby tool storage panel, set in an industrial-style room with large windows and various tools on shelves.
  • A white industrial edge bander machine positioned near a window in a workshop or factory setting.
  • A bench grinder with a wire wheel attachment sits on a wooden platform near a window in a workshop.
  • Bench oscillating spindle sander on a gray metal stand in front of a window with a city view.
  • A yellow Powermatic woodworking lathe in a workshop with tools hanging on a wall.
  • A woodworking lathe machine in a room with a large window and a view of city buildings.
  • A green and black Hitachi miter saw placed on a wooden workbench, used for cutting wood.
  • A white band saw with a black work surface, mounted on a white stand, plugged into a wall outlet in a room with a white door and yellow lockers in the background.
  • Industrial machine labeled P Flux and Laguava in a white-walled room on casters, connected to white piping.

How to get in:

A person in a green shirt and blue shorts using an intercom on the side of a brick building at 350 N. Ogden with large windows and a sign indicating the address.
A person enters a code on an intercom and security lockbox mounted on an exterior wall.
A person wearing a green shirt, black shorts, and white socks walking up a staircase inside a building, with bright natural light coming through large windows at the top of the stairs.
Young person with curly hair, wearing a green shirt, denim shorts, white socks, and brown shoes, standing on metal stairs outside a building, reaching to open a black door.

Take stairs to third floor.

Enter into third floor.

Locate the first door on the right.

Enter into the Sticks!

Buzz "the Sticks" on intercom.

Locate 350 N Ogden Ave.

A boy with curly hair, wearing a green shirt, jean shorts, and brown shoes, stands in a plain hallway using a key to unlock a gray door.
Person with curly hair wearing a green shirt and tattoos on the arm, standing in a doorway, looking into an empty room with gray walls and a fire extinguisher on the wall.

meet the owner

A young person with curly hair and wearing a green shirt is standing in a woodworking workshop, holding colorful paintbrushes and smiling. The workshop has various tools hanging on the wall and several workbenches with tools and supplies.

Fick is the founder and caretaker of The Sticks, a community woodshop built on curiosity, care, and a love of machines. Fick is passionate about keeping the space running smoothly, not just the machines, but the systems and relationships that make a shared shop work.

Fick is also an artist and furniture maker who focuses on anything chunky, carved or bent.