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Making and Fabrication

AAP houses teaching, learning, and gathering spaces, as well as cutting edge fabrication shops and studios that support our material-based practices and pedagogies.
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Contact

Material Practice

(607) 319-3061

aap_mpf@cornell.edu

Fabrication Shops

The Autodesk Design and Make Space on Rand Hall’s first floor includes a fully equipped digital fabrication lab, wood shop, metal shop, and 24/7 work area. The digital fabrication center consists of a computer lab alongside a wide variety of digital tools including CNC machines, laser cutters, and 3D printers. The analog shops include table saws, band saws, sanders, welders, kilns, and much more.

  • A person uses a drill press tool to shape a long rectangular block of wood.
  • A person files small wooden forms with concrete.

Autodesk Design and Make Space

Location
First Floor Rand Hall

Shop Hours
Monday–Friday: 12–10 p.m. (cleanup shutdown begins at 9:30 p.m.)
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED 

Please see the shop and lab entrances or check our calendar for an updated list of shop closure times.

Shop Service Details

The shops and fabrication spaces are accessible by card during open hours for authorized visitors.

Wood Shop
  • Band saws (4)
  • Saw Stop table saws (2)
  • Festool chop saws (2)
  • 20″ Powermatic planer
  • Powermatic jointer
  • 36” Timesaver sander
  • Large router table
  • Drill presses (4)
  • Sanders (4)
  • Lathe
  • Many small hand tools
Metal Shop
  • Metal band saw
  • Mig welders (2)
  • Tig welders (2)
  • Oxy-acetylene welders and cutters
  • Cold Cut Off saw
  • Grinders
  • Sanders
  • Many small hand tools
  • Sheet metal break, roller, and shear

Digital Fabrication Lab

Location
Sibley Hall Room 240A

Lab Hours
Monday–Friday: 12–10 p.m. (late night: 10 p.m.–12 a.m.)*
Saturday: (12–6 p.m.)*
Sunday: CLOSED

*Hours are reduced at the start of the semester until student workers are onboarded and trained.

Please see the shop and lab entrances or check our calendar for an updated list of shop closure times.

Lab Service Details

Sign up for AAP DigiFAB Lab Services can be done through our online appointment system. If you have not previously made an account in our system you will need to create an account to log in.

Laser Cutting: Laser cutting is a self-performed service. Appointments can be made through the appointment site above.

3D Printing: Lab 3D printers are available after consultation with staff or via student access to MakerBots in the lab. Consultation appointments are available via the appointment system link above. Students must provide their own filament. Any brand of 1.75mm PLA is permitted, although the Hatchbox brand is recommended.

CNC Router: CNC Routers are available after consultation with staff. Consultation appointments are available via the appointment system link above. Users should expect at least a two–three day lead time before actual use of the machine. Once you are 100% ready, staff will contact you to arrange a time for you to set up and supervise the machine while it runs.

Robotics: Use of our robotics equipment will be limited to students in qualified courses or conducting approved research, who have received robotics safety training, and have reviewed their project with shop staff. Please email Kurt Brosnan at kwb57@cornell.edu to schedule a training time or to coordinate access to our Robotics equipment.

Digital Fabrication Equipment
  • Prusa I3MK4 FDM printers (8)
  • Prusa I3MK3.5 FDM printers (3)
  • Prusa Mini FDM printers (2)
  • 18″ x 32″ universal laser cutters (4)
  • Robotics, CNC, and 3D printing programming stations (4)
  • 4′ x 8′ CNT motion CNC mill with tangential knife *

*Equipment is located in the Rand Shop area

Software
  • Rhinoceros 8
  • RhinoCAM 2023
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Prusa Print
  • ABB RobotStudio
  • RoboDK
Robotics
  • Robotic operation workstations (2)*
  • ABB IRB-120 6 axis robotic arms (2)*
  • ABB IRB-4600 6 axis robotic arm (1)*
  • ABB IRB-6700 6 axis robotic arm (1)*

*Equipment is located in the Rand Shop area.

Material Practice Staff

The MPF shops staff support coursework and research at AAP through training and supervision of equipment and processes in our shops and DigiFAB lab spaces. 

Interior of an art studio with a large painting of a person on a bed. The art studio leads into a common space with two people using a projector at a table.

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