The primary function of the woodshop is to assist students and faculty in realizing their ideas in three-dimension. Carrying a design through construction gives students a better grounding in materials and building techniques while it hones design skills. The woodshop is also used to prepare or post-process digital fabrication materials from the 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC machine.

A skilled craftsman is always on hand during shop hours to supervise the use of our 1,700 square foot shop.  

Most tools are available for individuals to operate themselves and include traditional woodworking tools such as table saws, band saws, miter saw, drill press, combination sanders, and small rotary tools. Some equipment, including the jointer/planer, drum sander, and router table, require the assistance of a qualified Woodshop lab tech or shop supervisor. Handheld power tools such as sanders, cordless drills, and heat guns are available for use in the shop. Fasteners, sandpaper, and wood glue is provided for convenience. 

Access is limited to faculty and enrolled architect students. In addition to the training required for all workshops, users must complete a full orientation in order to have access to the other labs. 

Available Equipment

Hand Planes
2 SawStop T-Glide Fence
14" Delta Bandsaw
8" Powermatic Jointer Plainer
15" Powermatic Thickness Plainer
12" Milwaukee Sliding Compound Miter Saw Variable Variable  Speed Router Table
Drill Press
12" disc/6"x48" Combination Sander
Spindle Sander
Jet 14"x42" Wood Lathe
Jet Benchtop Mortiser
Tenoning Jig
DeWalt Scroll Saw
Delta Knife Belt Sander
Hot Wire Cutter
Cordless Drills
Orbital Sanders
Biscuit Jointer
Jig Saws
Hand Planes
Chisels
Gouges
Various Clamps, Handscrews, Spring Clamps etc.
Various hand held tools

Our large format laser cutters are used for cutting or engraving two-dimensional shapes from wood, acrylic, paper products, metal and glass. Accuracy is one of the primary advantages of laser cutting, along with flexibility and repeatability. This process is a lot quicker than traditional mechanical cutting methods and is often used in our classes to create rapid model prototypes, especially in the case of more complex cuts.

Available Equipment

Three Universal Laser Systems VLS6.60 with a material processing envelope of 32″ x 18″ x 9″.32" x 18” bed and 60 watt power.

Contains a three-axis 120x60 Shopbot and one Desktop Shopbot

Available Equipment

ShopBot Desktop
ShopBot PRSalpha CNC 120x60
2 computers with VCarve and Shopbot3 installed

Resources

Documentation ShopBot Desktop
Documentation ShopBot PRSalpha CNC 120x60
Documentation VCarve

Our comprehensive 3D printing Lab has the latest equipment to aid our students and professors in the development, design and creation of architectural models and sites. All the 3D equipment is free to all students and faculty, once trained. 
 

Available Equipment:


Dedicated computer with 3Dprint software
6 FDM 3D Printers Ultimaker S53 Custom made Pulse XE Nylon X Advanced Materials FDM printer
3 MakeiT Pro M High Res Dual Extruder with Extended Z Height
SLA Formlabs Form 2 with dedicated cleaning station and Preform software
Roland vinyl cutter
Sewing machine Sailrite Ultrafeed LS-1
8 PC computers with different types of 3d modeling from like clay modeling to algorithmic modeling and various slicing / 3d printing software; all computers are equipped with 3D mice and Wacom Intuos interactive monitors.  

We are lucky to have a large 200 sqft finishing room which allows our students and faculty to spray most any material in a safe, wind free and dust free environment.

Available Equipment

Lemmer T-55 HVLP Finish Sprayer