Fabrication Lab Resources
Fabrication Lab hardware/software
- Four Mac computers
- One Microsoft Surface Pro
- One Dual screen PC
- Epson P9000 Inkjet Printer-Cut Sheet and roll media up to 44” wide
- Epson flatbed scanner-11” X 17” capacity
- Sailrite Industrial fabricator sewing machine-single straight stitch
- Glowforge Pro laser engraver- material capacity 18” X 20”- Cutting area 11” X 19.5” maximum material thickness 2"
- Vector cut- wood, paper and acrylic sheet (cast acrylic preferred)
- Raster engrave-wood, paper, acrylic sheet, glass and ceramic
- File Formats: PDF, JPG, SVG, PNG
- Flash Forge Hunter 3D resin printer- for prints smaller than a softball but with very high resolution/detail
- File Formats: OBJ, STL
- Raise 3D Pro2 Plus 3D printer- This printer has dual nozzle extrusion capability and uses many different plastic extrusion materials in many different sizes. Currently printing in PLA (polylactic acid thermoplastic) 12” X 12” X 23” build capacity.
- Materials: PLA / ABS / HIPS / PC / TPU / TPE / NYLON / PETG / ASA / PP / PVA / Glass Fiber Infused / Carbon Fiber Infused / Metal Fill / Wood Fill
- File Format: OBJ, STL 3MF
- Zund G3 Digital Cutter- A vacuum bed digital CNC machine with a 2” maximum material thickness and ability to cut fixed materials 52” wide and 100” long or on a roll no wider than 52.”
- File Formats: AI, PDF
- Tools available:
- Driven rotary tool for textiles
- Universal cut tool with several drag blades for basic cutting
- Electric oscillating tool for thicker materials
- Pneumatic oscillating tool for thicker material but with more force
- Drawing tool with a ballpoint pen or Crayola marker insert
- Crease tool for creating creases and folds
- Material handling: paper, fabric, foam core, thin plastic, corrugated plastic, corrugated cardboard, leather, foam, etc.
Software available
- Full Adobe Suite
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- Autodesk Slicer
- Blender
- Maya
- Mesh Mixer
- Full Microsoft Suite
- Audacity