Design Fabrication Lab

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Students have access to our extensive Design Fabrication Lab (DFL) which houses a full-scale furniture-making shop, model-making tools, a spray booth and four laser cutters.All students must complete appropriate training before they may access the DFL.

The Design Fabrication Lab (DFL) includes:

• 24 Hour Explosion-proof spray booth
• 500 SF 3D Print Lab that houses 15+ 3d printers
• 700 SF Laser Lab that houses five laser cutters
• 1,000 SF 24 Hour Bench Space for assembly and temporary wood storage
• 1,500 SF Woodworking Machine Lab
• 3,700 SF Annex Lab housing metalworking, woodworking and CNC machines

The Design Fabrication Lab is staffed by two Full-Time Staff and student employees during the day and well into the evening to assist in the set-up and processing of your model parts.

Laser Lab

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Hours

Hours are posted each semester offering approximately 52 hours of available lab time each week.

Students can reserve time on the laser cutters through our online reservation system.

Available Tools

3 – Universal Laser Cutters

2 – Epilog Laser Cutters

Woodworking Machine Lab

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Hours:

Hours are posted each semester offering approximately 52 hours of available lab time each week.

The 1500-square-foot Woodworking Machine Lab houses the bulk of the woodworking machines the Design Fabrication Lab has to offer.

Students are required to complete mandatory Safety Training conducted only at the beginning of each semester. Once a student has completed the necessary training, access to the facilities and resources will be at your disposal.

Annex CNC + Machine Lab

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Hours are posted each semester offering approximately 52 hours of available lab time each week.

Students are required to complete mandatory Safety Training conducted only at the beginning of each semester. Once a student has completed the necessary training access to the facilities and resources will be at your disposal.

The College of Architecture and Planning has a 3-AXIS CNC Router. The machine has a 4’x8’ bed, 10 tool changer, dual vacuum hold-down pumps and a 14” Z-clearance. Students are required to attend training prior to using the CNC machine or accessing the Annex.

Available Tools:

• Shop Sabre 3-Axis CNC Machine Sand blast cabinet 1-Miller 252 MIG Welder 2- Miller 210 MIG Welders JET 14” metal band saw Metal dry cut steel carbide saw
• Ellis Drill Press
• Ellis Horizontal Bandsaw
• Sawstop Tablesaw
• 12” sliding compound miter saw Wood Vertical Bandsaw
• 12” wood planer A large variety of handheld power tools and hand tools

CNC, Laser, and 3D Print Job Submission

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Step 1: Take the PaperCut training under computing through canvas

**Step 2a: (only if off campus) Connect to the CU VPN

Step 2b: In order to submit DIGITAL files for 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC routing and CNC plasma using papercut please use the following link:

Step 3:Drop off flat material in Laser Lab for Laser Files or Annex for CNC and store it on the racks with your name.  

Step 4: Be patient (typical turn around time is 3 days for most files to be checked and toolpathed). A lab monitor will reach out through papercut with questions and to create an appointment for you to come in for the milling process.  

Step 5: notifications will be sent through PaperCut when the lab communicates with you. 

Step 6: After milling or cutting is complete on the CNC collect your produced parts, discard any waste and clean up the mess from your mill/plasma. For laser and 3d print just come pick up when notified.

**NOTE**
If you are off-campus you will need to log in to the CU VPN before accessing PaperCut.