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Makerspace Tools

Explore 🥽 our makerspace tools page to discover an array of woodworking tools, 3D printers, laser cutters, and more. Our collaborative environment welcomes makers of all skill levels to bring their ideas to life. Find what you need to start your next project and ask our trained experts for assistance.

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🔧 3D-Printing & Vinyl Printer Center

Bring your ideas to life with our makerspace’s 3D printer and vinyl printer and cutter section. Create three-dimensional models and prototypes from digital designs or print custom designs and logos on a variety of materials, including heat transfer! Whether you’re an entrepreneur, artist, or curious learner, our makerspace has something for you to explore.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Vinyl Printer & Cutter (Roland)
Uses VersaStudio Software, 20" wide, full color, high resolution Notes: Model: BN-20
Vinyl Cutter (VinylExpress)
24" wide Notes: Model: R Series 2
3D Printer (Makerbot)
11"x6"x6" bed Notes: Model: Replicator 2
3D Printer (Creality)
20"x20"x20" build area Notes: Model: CR-10 Max
🔥 Laser Engraver & Cutter

Our makerspace is home to an Epilog laser engraver and cutter, a powerful tool that can engrave and cut a variety of materials, allowing you to create intricate designs and patterns. This technology is perfect for making custom signage, gifts, and jewelry designs. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned maker, our Epilog laser engraver and cutter is an essential tool for bringing your ideas to life.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Laser Engraver & Cutter (Epilog)
32"x20" bed, table drops 16" Notes: Model: Fusion 120 Watt
🔨 Wood Shop

Discover a world of woodworking possibilities in our makerspace. We provide a vast selection of top-quality tools, such as saws, sanders, routers, and planers, all expertly maintained. Plus, our knowledgeable staff is on hand to help with any queries. Come, unleash your creativity in our woodworking section!

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Bandsaw (Grizzly)
Use the bandsaw for crosscuts, scrolls, and re-saw thick hardwoods. The bandsaw operates with minimal vibration for precision cutting. The cast-iron table tilts 45° right and 15° to the left. Notes: Model: G0555LX, 14" throat 1hp
Router Table (Craftsman)
Mounting a router in a table transforms this handy tool into a small shaper. This arrangement leaves your hands free to manipulate the work, and enables you to use stops, fences, and hold-downs to control the cut. This orientation also offers a fresh vantage, allowing you to see what the bit is doing to the work. Notes: Model: 171.2506
Drum Sander (Delta)
Consider the drum sander as a finish sanding tool. While similar to a thickness planer, a drum sander is used for making veneers or for thinning thin materials. Notes: Model: 31-250
Planer 13″ (Dewalt)
Dewalt Planer
The DEWALT DW735 13-Inch, Three Knife, Two Speed Thickness Planer has a powerful 15 AMP, 20,000 RPM motor (10,000 RPM cutterhead speed) that handles larger cuts in wider materials with ease. Notes: Model: DW735
Scroll Saw 20″ (Craftsman)
Scroll Saw
A scroll saw is a small electric saw used to cut intricate curves in wood, metal, or other materials. The fineness of its blade allows it to cut more delicately than a power jigsaw, and more easily than a hand coping saw or fretsaw. Like those tools, it is capable of creating curves with edges, by pivoting its table. Notes: Model: 113.236400
CNC Router 30×30 (Custom)
A CNC router can perform the tasks of many carpentry shop machines such as the panel saw, the spindle moulder, and the boring machine. They can also cut joinery such as mortises and tenons. Similar in concept of a milling machine. Notes: Mach3 controller
Chop Saw (Makita)
A saw used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board. Notes: Model: LS1011, 10' runout table
CNC Router 6’x10′ (Custom)
A CNC router can perform the tasks of many carpentry shop machines such as the panel saw, the spindle moulder, and the boring machine. They can also cut joinery such as mortises and tenons. Similar in concept of a milling machine. Notes: Mach3 controller
Table Saw (Ridgid)
Table Saw
A table saw consists of a circular saw blade, mounted on an arbor, that is driven by an electric motor (either directly, by belt, or by gears). The blade protrudes through the top of a table, which provides support for the material, usually wood, being cut. Notes: Model: TS3650, with 36" fence
Table Saw (Jet)
Jet Table Saw
A table saw consists of a circular saw blade, mounted on an arbor, that is driven by an electric motor (either directly, by belt, or by gears). The blade protrudes through the top of a table, which provides support for the material, usually wood, being cut. Notes: Model: JTAS-10-1, with 4' fence
Panel Saw 4’x8′ (Dewalt/Black & Decker)
A vertical panel saw is mounted on a wall for cutting large board material. You find them in lumber yards. Notes: Model: 483
Belt & Disc Sander (Grizzly)
Combination belt/disc sanders and grinders are used for sanding, grinding, deburring, and contouring. Disc and belt sanders are used on wood and generally operate at higher speeds than grinders, which are used with metal workpieces. Notes: Model: SD-69
Mini Drill Press (Shop Force)
Benchtop drill presses create holes in thinner wood workpieces and mount to a work surface to save floor space. They are more compact with a shorter spindle travel than floor-stand drill presses. Their manual downfeed requires hand-cranking to lower the drill bit into workpieces, and their motor uses belt-driven pulleys to transmit torque to the drilling spindle. Notes: Model: 01261, 5-speed
Lathe 12″x36″ (Central Machinery)
Wood Lathe
Lathes cut, shape, size, or finish cylindrical workpieces. They can also create features such as grooves or knurls on workpiece surfaces. The lathe holds and rotates the workpiece against a cutting tool to remove material from the workpiece. Notes: Model: T34706, speed range 600-2400 RPM
Large Drill Press (Boice Crane)
Floor stand drill presses provide a long spindle travel to drill through thicker workpieces and create larger-diameter holes than benchtop drill presses. They support work on the table below the drill head, and they maintain consistent alignment to create more accurate holes than handheld drills. Depending on the type of bits used, these shop drills may ream, countersink, counterbore, tap, or perform other holemaking operations. Notes: 1/3 HP
Branch Grinder (Ryobi)
Notes: Model: BGH615, 1/2" Arbor, Lathe sharpening fixture attached
Jointer 6″ (Delta)
Used to produce a flat surface along a board's length. As a jointer, the machine operates on the narrow edge of boards, preparing them for use as butt joint or gluing into panels. A planer-jointer setup has the width that enables smoothing ('surface planing') and leveling the faces (widths) of boards small enough to fit the tables. Notes: Model: 52-866X
Misc hand tools, clamps, power tools
🔧 Metal Shop

Step into our Metal Shop Tools section for top-quality equipment and tools to meet your metalworking needs. Perfect for both beginners and experts, we have everything you need to take your projects to the next level. Discover how we can help you today!

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Mini Lathe (Craftsman)
Lathe
Notes: Model: 109-21270
Gear Head Lathe 12×36 (Central Machine)
Central Machinery Lathe
Notes: Model: 33274
Engine Lathe 12×36 (Clausing)
Notes: Model 5914
Bridgeport Mill (Bridgeport)
Bridgeport Drill
Milling machines use the rotational motion of a stationary cutter to remove material from a workpiece. The position of the workpiece can be moved along all 3 of the machines working axes (X, Y, and Z). By advancing the workpiece into the rotating cutter, material is removed, and it is brought to the desired size and shape.
Band Saw 20″ (Rockwell)
Bench Grinder (Sears)
Notes: Model: 397.1949, .5 HP
Belt & Disc Sander (Rockwell/Delta)
Notes: Model: 31-710
CNC Mill (Tormach)
Tormach 1100
Notes: Model; PCNC-1100, 10 position ATC
Shear, Press Brake and Slip Roll 30″ (Central Machine)
Notes: Model: 62927, 20 Ga mild steel, 1 1/2 in roll
Drill Press (Rockwell/Delta)
Notes: HDP-125
Compact Bender (Central Machinery)
Notes: Model: 38470, Max width 1-15/16, thickness 5/16, bar dia 5/8
Shop Press 20 Ton (Central Machinery)
20 ton Shop Press
Notes: Model: 60603, 40,000 lbs capacity
Misc hand and power tools, tooling, stock
🖌️ Pottery Studio

Our makerspace’s pottery studio features a range of equipment and materials, including one motorized pottery wheel, two kick wheels, large and small kilns, clay, hand tools, paint, glaze, and bisqueware. Whether you’re an experienced potter or just starting out, our pottery studio provides all the necessary tools and materials to create your ceramic masterpieces. From throwing and shaping to glazing and firing, our equipment and materials cater to a wide range of pottery needs.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Pottery Studio
qty1 motorized pottery wheel, qty 2 kick wheels, large and small kilns, clay, hand tools, paint, glaze, bisqueware
🧵 Sewing Machines

Our makerspace offers a variety of sewing machines, including a serger, quilting layout table, irons, and general sewing machines, to cater to a range of needs. With precision and accuracy, our quilting layout table allows for complex designs, while our irons and sergers ensure professional finishing. Our machines provide endless possibilities for clothing and accessory creation, suitable for both beginners and seasoned tailors.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Industrial Long Arm Sewing Machine (Singer)
30" throat Notes: Model: 144W305
Quilting Layout Table
Notes: 6'x6', 3'-2" tall
Serger Sewing Machine (Singer)
Notes: Model: QuantumLock 4
Various general-use sewing machines
Fabric irons
Ironing table
💻 Computer Lab

Our makerspace features a computer lab equipped with various software packages, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk Design Suite, Vetric Aspire, and Fusion 360. These tools provide endless possibilities for digital design and creativity. Whether you’re a graphic designer, architect, or engineer, our computer lab offers the necessary resources to bring your ideas to life. From 3D modeling to graphic design, our software packages cater to a wide range of digital design needs.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
computer lab with 7 pc’s
Adobe creative cloud, autodesk design suite, vetric aspire, fusion 360
📷 Photo Studio

Our makerspace’s professional-grade photo studio is equipped with everything you need to create stunning photos and videos. With lighting, backdrops, and camera equipment, our studio is perfect for product photography, fashion shoots, interviews, and more. Our skilled technicians are also available to assist you. Take your visual creations to the next level at our makerspace’s photo studio.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
photography studio with backdrops, lights, tripods, etc
🔌 Electronics & Radio Shack Components

Our makerspace offers a range of electronics and Radio Shack components to support your electrical projects. Whether you’re a seasoned electrical engineer or just starting out, our collection of components will help bring your ideas to life. With access to a variety of parts such as resistors, capacitors, and microcontrollers, you can build and experiment with your electronic designs. Our makerspace is the perfect place to learn, create, and explore the world of electronics.

Tool Docs & Technical Specs Use & Notes
Radio Shack
A variety of electronic components for sale to build your gadget Notes: electrical components