Editing Workshop (section)

{{Short description|Room or building, with tools, used to repair or make goods}}
{{distinguish|Worksop}}
{{about|mechanical engineering}}
[[Image:EWM shop 2007.jpg|thumb|250px|right|This museum workshop containing tools and supplies has been in use for decades.]]
[[Image:Metal workers in Tampere workshop 1955.jpg|250px|thumb|Metal workers at workshop in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] in 1955]]
[[Image:Railway workshop museum exhibition in Ljubljana, Slovenia.jpg|250px|thumb|A railway workshop]]

Beginning with the [[Industrial Revolution]] era, a '''workshop''' may be a [[room (architecture)|room]], rooms or [[building]] which provides both the area and [[tools]] (or [[machine]]ry) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of [[Manufacturing|manufactured]] [[Good (economics)|goods]]. Workshops were the only places of [[Mass production|production]] until the advent of [[industrialization]] and the development of larger [[Factory|factories]]. In the 20th and 21st century, many Western homes contained a workshop in either the garage, basement, or an external [[shed]]. Home workshops typically contain a workbench, hand tools, power tools, and other hardware. Along with the practical application of repairing goods, workshops are often used to tinker and make [[prototypes]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Flaherty|first1=Joe|title=Ford + TechShop: Getting Employees to Tinker|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/05/ford-techshop/|magazine=Wired|date=May 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Burress|first1=Charles|title=A Tinkerer's Paradise in Berkeley / Young, old inventors are offered tools, techniques and inspiration|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-Tinkerer-s-Paradise-in-Berkeley-Young-old-2788368.php|work=SF Chronicle|date=December 22, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Carlson|first1=Adam|title=Top 8 Tools for Building a Personal Prototyping Laboratory|url=https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?doc_id=1319407|work=EE Times|date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> 

Some workshops focus exclusively on automotive repair or restoration although there are a variety of workshops in existence today.  Woodworking, metalworking, electronics, and other types of electronic prototyping workshops are among the most common.