Makerspace: Equipment, Tools, and Material Catalog

Epilog Fusion Maker 36

• The Makerspace is home to an Epilog Fusion Maker 36 Laser Cutter. This machine uses a laser beam to cut and engrave into material by burning away the substrate. The bed size is 36" x 24" and it can easily cut through many materials up to 1/4" thick. Common materials include wood, acrylic, EVA foam, cardboard, natural fabrics, and more.

Janome M7 Continental

• The Janome M7 Continental Sewing Machine provides professional quality stitches. It has a computerized database of hundreds of stitches to choose from. The machine's computer screen provides an abundance of useful information through QR codes.

Janome Memory Craft 550E

• The Janome Memory Craft 550E is the Makerspace's embroidery machine. Embroider your fabric with any image that you can create in the computer. You can create your file in 2D software such as Adobe Illustrator and then come into the Makerspace to turn it into a stitch file.

Janome AirThread 2000D

• This machine is the Makerspace's serger -- sometimes also called an overlock machine. It is a type of stitch commonly used in producing fabric garments that cuts the edge and wraps the stitch over the side to protect the fabric from fraying.

Ditto Pattern Projector

• New to pattern making? The Ditto Pattern Projector works in combination with the Ditto software to make cutting your own patterns as easy as possible. Select from the Ditto library the garment you'd like to create, input your custom measurements, and cut along the projected lines onto your fabric.

Adjustable Dress Form

• Create well-fitted, wearable designs with our dress form. We have one, size medium dress form that be adjusted for to 39"-47" bust, 31"-39" waist, 41"-49" hips, and 14"-16" neck.

Cricut Maker 3

• The Cricut Maker 3 is a computer controlled (CNC) machine that takes a digital file and transforms it into cut paths. The machine then moves a small cutting knife across the surface of your material to cut out any shape you can imagine. Common materials include vinyl, paper, fabric, and more.

Mayku Multiplier Pressure Former

• A pressure former allows you to create custom 3D shaped plastic sheets. This is commonly used in packaging, mold making, and other fabrication methods. A heating element that heats a plastic sheet -- once the plastic has been heated to a malleable temperature, a vacuum pulls out all the air and pulls the plastic over your mold to create a replica.

Button Maker

• Our button maker is a super easy to use tool. Just put in a button that is 2.25" diameter, add your paper design, press down, and voila! You just made a button.

Hakko FX-888D Soldering Station

• Ready to make some circuits? Our soldering stations have everything you need to solder wire together, including the soldering iron, tips, solder wire, copper sponges, helping hands, and more!

Hot Air Rework Station

• Our hot air station works great for many tasks including surface mount soldering or applying heat shrink tubing.

Power Supply

• Power your circuits using a power supply. Our power supply has 3 independent variable outputs of up to 32 V.

Oscilloscope

• Test and debug your circuits in the Makerspace using our oscilloscope. Our oscilloscope has four channels as well as a waveform generator. An 8.5” display allows you to see your signals with clarity.

Computers

• We have two desktops available for use in the Makerspace. Our computers have various design software installed including:
  • 3D modeling software such as Fusion, Solidworks, Rhino, and Blender
  • Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Other various software like Embird embroidery software and Arduino IDE development platform

Janome 2030 DC-T

• We have 4 smaller sewing machines that are portable and perfect for sewing alongside your peers in our workshop room.

Clothing Iron

• A basic clothing iron with steaming capabilities.

Mannequin Padding Set

• Use the mannequin padding set to add extra customization to our dress form.

Machine Embroidery Hoops

• These embroidery hoops are for use with our embroidery machine. We have 5 different sized hoops available:
  • RE10b: 3.9" x 1.6"
  • SQ14b: 5.5" x 5.5"
  • RE20b: 5.5" x 7.9"
  • SQ20b: 7.9" x 7.9"
  • RE28b: 7.9" x 11"

Hot Glue Gun

• Stick all your ideas together.

Mini Heat Gun

• A dual-temperature heat gun that allows you to heat your projects with precision.

Cricut Heat Press

• The heat press has a 9" x 9" plate which allows you to easily apply materials such as iron-on vinyl. It has a timer and temperature control that reaches up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (205 degrees Celsius).

Kevlar Shears

• Heavy-duty scissors to cut through plastic and composite sheets.

Arduino Starter Kits

• Use our Arduino R3 boards to get started in the realm of microcontrollers. Arduino is a well-known, open source product that allows you to plug and play while building circuits with logic. If you want to use electronics to react to the real life environment, add timing to circuits, and more, then come into the Makerspace to get started.

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Kits

• Raspberry Pi boards are low-cost, single-board computers that can be used to connect the virtual environment to the physical environment, among other tasks. The board comes installed with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities. Use our monitor and keyboard setup at the electronics workbench to test out your program.

Hakko FX-8804CK Hot Tweezers

• This hot tweezer station can be used with our solder station to rework existing circuit boards. The heated tweezers allow you to remove components from the circuit board while minimizing damage to other areas.

Sensor Kit

• This kit includes breadboard compatible sensors so you can sense gesture, humidity, motion, touch, sound, altitude, acceleration and more. There is thorough documentation and hookup guides online for each of the sensors.

Breadboard Power Supply Kit

• Easily power your circuit's breadboard with the choice of 5V or 3.3V. This kit includes the power module and DC barrel jack wall adapter.

Multimeter

• A multimeter allows you to test electronic values for voltage, current, resistance, continuity, and more. Our multimeters are auto-ranging.

Helping Hands

• Hold your components in place while soldering. This is an adjustable jig that allows you to position your circuits while keeping your hands free to do precise soldering work.

Makey Makey Kit

• The Makey Makey kit is great for beginners getting started in electronics. It allows you to turn anything into a keyboard so you can create a piano made of bananas or build a video game with a playdoh controller.

Power Supply Cables

• We have alligator clips to banana plugs available for use with our power supply.

Oscilloscope Probes

• Connect up to 4 probes (passive 10:1) to our oscilloscope to test and debug your circuit.

Waveform Generator Cables

• We have various wire connector types (alligator clips, IC hooks, BNC) to hookup to our oscilloscope for use with its waveform generator function.

Laptops

• We have two laptops available for use in the Makerspace. Our computers have various design software installed including:
  • 3D modeling software such as Fusion, Rhino, and Blender
  • Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Other various software like the Arduino IDE development platform

iPad

• Borrow our iPad to design your ideas. Draw on the iPad using Adobe Fresco or create a 3D scan with photogrammetry using the Polycam app.

Wacom Tablets

• Draw digitally while still gaining the comfortable feeling of drawing with pen and paper. Use the tablet to draw on our computer or connect it to your personal device.

Mouse

• A wireless mouse that can be connected via a USB-A port.

USB-C Hub

• Expand your device's port options. This USB hub plugs into a USB-C port and has a HDMI port, two USB-A ports, a USB-C data port, and a PD-IN USB-C port (for charging other devices).

Keyboard and Mouse Set

• A wireless mouse and keyboard set that can be connected via a USB-A port. These can be used with our Raspberry Pi kit to create your own mini computer setup.

Battery Powered Drill

• This battery powered drill is available for you to drill holes and drive screws.

Impact Driver

• This battery powered impact driver allows you to rapidly drive in screws and assemble your project.

Pilot Point Drill Bit Set

• Drill bits to create holes in wood, plastic, or metal (we recommend using our provided cutting fluid when drilling into metal).

Impact Screwdriving Set

• Various driver bits that easily pop in to our impact driver.

Forstner Drill Bit Set

• A set of drill bits that allow you to create clean, flat-bottomed holes in wood. Diameter sizes range from 1/4" to 2".

Digital Caliper

• We have lots of gadgets that can help you assemble or repair your project. This includes a socket wrench set, a digital torque wrench, precision screwdriver set, and more.

Hex Allen Key Set

• This hot tweezer station can be used with our solder station to rework existing circuit boards. The heated tweezers allow you to remove components from the circuit board while minimizing damage to other areas.

Precision Screwdriver Set

• This hot tweezer station can be used with our solder station to rework existing circuit boards. The heated tweezers allow you to remove components from the circuit board while minimizing damage to other areas.

Socket Wrench Set

• This hot tweezer station can be used with our solder station to rework existing circuit boards. The heated tweezers allow you to remove components from the circuit board while minimizing damage to other areas.

Digital Torque Wrench

• This hot tweezer station can be used with our solder station to rework existing circuit boards. The heated tweezers allow you to remove components from the circuit board while minimizing damage to other areas.

Sheet materials

• Plywood, 1/8" thickness (24" x 12")
• Acrylic, 1/8" thickness (12" x 12")
• Cardboard, 1/8" thickness (various sizes)
• Chipboard, 0.32" thickness (12" x 12")

Masking Tape

• We have rolls of 12" wide masking tape to mask off laser cut materials. This allows for the easy removal of burnt residue from laser cut pieces.

Fabric

• Small squares (usually 12" x 12") of various colored and patterned fabric
• Occasional larger scraps left behind from other student projects

Thread

• Basic thread colors for sewing
• A rainbow array of machine embroidery thread
• An assortment of hand embroidery floss

Stabilizer (for machine embroidery)

• Tear away stabilizer
• Cut away stabilizer
• Water soluble topping

Yarn

• Various yarns for crochet or knitting
• Crochet hooks
• Knitting needles

Cricut Supplies

• Removable vinyl in various colors
• Transfer tape

Pressure Former Sheet Materials

• PETG Sheets, 0.40" thickness (8.5" x 11")
• PETG Circular Sheets, 1mm thickness (for use with pressure former only)
• HIPS Circular Sheets, 1mm thickness (for use with pressure former only) 

Button Making

• 2.25" pin button making supplies

Soldering Supplies

• Solder wire
• Heat shrink tubing
• Perf boards
• Electrical tape

Electronic Components

• LEDs
• Capacitors
• Resistors
• Various other small components
• 22 gauge solid and stranded wire

2D Supplies

• Paper - Construction paper, printer paper, cardstock, reclaimed papers
• Drawing - Markers, pencils, pens, crayons
• Glues (Elmer's liquid glue, glue sticks, fabric glue, wood glue)

3D Supplies

• Oil based modeling clay (never hardens)
• Playdoh
• Toothpicks
• Popsicle sticks
• And more!