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From junk to jackets: Oakland retailer upcycles vintage car seats
A brown building with tall doors opened to the ringing sound of sewing machines. Inside were racks of red-and-white leather jackets with pieces of the Cadillac logo, multicolored wrist wallets and leather bags.
It was a typical Thursday night at Platinum Dirt, Page’s leather workshop and storefront on 25th Street. He was turning salvaged material into a duffle bag, part of a resurgence of Oakland-based manufacturing.
3D printing shop, HoneyBee3D, offers rapid prototyping and classes
3D printers allow budding designers or inventors to easily create real objects from three-dimensional designs.
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