Skilled Craft and Fabrication Studio
The Skilled Craft & Fabrication Studio
Located in Room 0901, this studio specializes in powerful manufacturing equipment that includes both saws and CNCs. Here, students can manipulate materials in three dimensions to create their own designs. All of the materials are sourced sustainably from the university’s retired furniture, including dorm bed frames, wooden doors, and metal bracing. Additionally, much of the wood comes from already-removed campus trees, ensuring that the university’s resources are directly supporting student learning and innovation across their entire life cycle.
Just a sample of our wood supply!
This CNC base has a special calibration board that allows a CNC mill to be controlled precisely by hand, automatically adjusting the milling to account for human error.
Projects such as this Wake Forest logo can be made easily with this device.
This saw has an advanced safety feature that automatically stops and hides the blade when it detects a hand from electrical signals.
This band saw can cut precise and deep paths in woods, plastics, and metals.
This Axiom CNC can automatically mill 3D objects of great length, creating incredibly intricate wood designs with only a computer file.
This miter saw is capable of powerful carpentry, cutting accurate crosscuts and angled cuts in wood alongside plastics and metals.
This Belt/Disc Sander is able to easily smooth objects, removing rough edges that may be dangerous or aesthetically unpleasant.
There’s a plethora of different equipment to explore, all available through an easy-to-learn Canvas page with detailed instructions and videos.