3D Printers
Software:
Quarterly Limit:
- 500 Grams of filament per student
- Roughly half a filament spool
Ultimaker S5 (x2)
- Bed Size: 13 (x) x 9.4 (y) x 11.8 (z) inches | 330 (x) x 240 (y) x 300 (z) mm
- Both Ultimaker S5's have air mangers and material stations installed
- Uses 2.85mm and 3.00mm filament
Ender 3 V2 (x3)
- Bed size: 8.66 (x) 8.66 (y) 9.84 (z) inches | 220 (x) 220 (y) 250 (z) millimeters
- Uses 1.75mm filament
- Uses the "Ender 3 Pro" machine profile in Cura
Ender 3 S1 Pro (x3)
- Bed size: 8.66 (x) 8.66 (y) 10.63 (z) inches | 220 (x) 220 (y) 270 (z) millimeters
- Uses 1.75mm filament
- Requires the following edits to the "Ender 3 Pro" machine profile in Cura
- Change Z (Height) value from 250 to 270
- Copy and paste the following start and end G-code:
Start G-Code
G28 ;Home
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G1 X10.1 Y20 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position
G1 X10.1 Y200.0 Z0.28 F1500.0 E15 ;Draw the first line
G1 X10.4 Y200.0 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to side a little
G1 X10.4 Y20 Z0.28 F1500.0 E30 ;Draw the second line
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
End G-Code
G91 ;Relative positioning
G1 E-2 F2700 ;Retract a bit
G1 E-2 Z0.2 F2400 ;Retract and raise Z
G1 X5 Y5 F3000 ;Wipe out
G1 Z10 ;Raise Z more
G90 ;Absolute positioning
G1 X0 Y0 ;Present print
M106 S0 ;Turn-off fan
M104 S0 ;Turn-off hotend
M140 S0 ;Turn-off bed
M84 X Y E ;Disable all steppers but Z
Laser Cutters
Software:
- Adobe Illustrator (paid subscription, available for free in Collaboratory)
- Adobe Photoshop (optional)
- Inkscape (free alternative to Adobe Illustrator)
Quarterly Limit:
- One 32x18 slab of wood per student
- You can reuse older scraps of wood if needed
Universal Laser Systems PLS 6.75 (blue laser cutter)
- Bed size: 32 (x) 18 (y) 9 (z) inches | 812.8 (x) 457.2 (y) 228.6 (z) millimeters
Universal Laser Systems VLS 3.50 (purple laser cutter)
- Bed size: 24 (x) 12 (y) 4 (z) inches | 609.6 (x) 304.8 (y) 101.6 (z) millimeters
Workable materials
For cutting, material should be around 1/2 or less in thickness.
- Plywood
- Acrylic
- Vinyl
- Foam Board
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Glass (engraving only)
- Other material is experimental
CNC Mills
Software:
Carvey CNC mills (x2)
Drill bit types and sizes
- 1" Bits
- 1/8" Bits
- Straight (2 Flute)
- Upcut (1, 2, and 3 Flutes)
- Ball Nose (2 Flute)
- Downcut (2 Flute)
- 1/16" Bits
- Upcut (2 Flute)
- Downcut (2 Flute)
- 1/32" Bits
- Upcut (2 Flute)
- Downcut (2 Flute)
- Assorted PCB Cutting bits
Workable materials
- Wood & MDF
- Plastics
- Expanded PVC
- Acrylic
- ABS
- Delrin
- Carbon Fiber
- Machinable Foam
- Machinable Wax
- Aluminum
- PCB
- Corian
Other Machines
Cricut Maker 3
Software: Cricut Design Space
- Good for vinyl cutting/sticker making, card making, foil transfer, and fabric cutting
- You can cut sheets with a diameter of up to 12 inches. A wide variety of colors will be provided at the Collaboratory for you to choose from.
- The longest routing bit we have can only cut 0.8 inches deep
Button Makers
The Collaboratory has two button makers
- The larger button maker produces buttons with a diameter of 2.25 inches (~57mm).
- Please use this 2.25 inch button template when designing your own buttons for our button press. Make sure to double check your sizing and positioning!
- The smaller button maker produces buttons with a diameter of 1 inch.
- The limit per student is 25 buttons. However if you are making buttons for a club ask a staff member to adjust that limit accordingly.