our facilities
Machines & Tools.
3D Printing
3D printing is the future and we’ve got just what you need to get started. Make your own designs or download open-source files and get printing!
- 8 Ultimaker 2 Extended 3D printers
- 4 Prusa Mk2 3D printers
- 2 Inventables Carvey desktop precision CNC routers
- Jimmi large-format printer (36″ x 36″ x 24″ build volume)
Digital Fabrication
Our digital fabrication shop has advanced large-format machines that can cut through plywood, plastic, and soft metals with hair-splitting accuracy. Some of the furniture throughout Open Works is built on our own CNC routers – we’d be happy to teach you how to make your own!
- 2 60-watt Boss Laser cutters: bed size 35″ x 23″
- 2 100-watt Boss Laser cutters: bed size 54″ x 35″in
- 2 ShopBot PRS Alpha CNC routers: bed size 48″ x 96″ in
- 1 Laguna SmartShop CNC router: bed size 48″ x 96″ (Vacuum Bed)
- Centralized dust collection and compressed air
Metal
Our metal shop is equipped for production workflows and one-off projects at almost any scale. Located close to the loading dock, moving materials in and products out is easy. A full-size paint booth makes finishing a breeze.
- 19” vertical band saw
- 5” horizontal band saw
- Bar bender
- Bench grinder
- Bench polisher
- 9” Cold saw
- Metal lathe
- Drill press
- 40” English wheel
- 4 Lincoln MIG welders
- 1 Miller Synchrowave TIG welder
- 16-ton pipe bender
- 4’x4’ Torchmate CNC plasma cutter
- Oxy/acetylene torch
- 52” shear
- 50” slip roller 16 ga. Capacity
- Centralized compressed air
Wood
- Jet 17″ Drill Press
- Track saw
- 2 10″ Saw Stop table saws w/ various custom sleds
- DeWalt 12″ Double Bevel Sliding Compound Mitre Saw
- Laguna 14″ bandsaw
- Laguna 18″ bandsaw w/ re-saw blade
- Panel Pro Vertical Panel Saw
- Dewalt 20″ scroll saw
- Jet Oscillating edge sander
- Jet Combination belt/disc sander
- Jet Spindle sander
- 2 DeWalt trim routers w/ assorted bits
- 1 DeWalt plunge router w/ assorted bits
- Jet Router table w/ assorted bits
- Jet Wood Lathe (14″ x 42″) w/ basic selection of knives and gouges
- Powermatic 12″ Jointer
- Powermatic 20″ Planer
- Tormek water-cooled sharpening stone
- Festool DF500 domino cutter
- Steam generator with 3 steam boxes (S.M.L)
- Centralized dust collection and compressed air
- Assorted hand tools, clamps, bits, blades, and jigs
Computer Lab
- 16 Dell Precision workstations with 27” monitors
- AutoDesk Fusion 360
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Sketchup Pro
- Rhino 3D
- Microsoft Office
- SolidWorks
Textiles
- 8 Juki industrial lockstitch machines
- 1 Juki serger
- 2 Juki walking-foot machines
- Industrial iron
- Melco 14-color CNC Embroidery machine
- Janome 7-color CNC Embroidery machine
- 2 cutting tables
- Assorted adjustable dress forms
Digital Media
- 36”-wide full-color Epson roll plotter
- 2 18”-wide Epson photo printers
- Scanner
- Lightbox
- Light table
- Desktop laminating machine
- 6 Mac workstations with Adobe Creative Suite
- Vinyl cutter
Electronics
Open Works is well-equipped for electronics fabrication with oscilloscopes, soldering stations, and a micro-CNC mill for circuit board fabrication. Whether you’re experimenting with Arduinos or prototyping a new invention, we’ve got you covered!
- 6 soldering workstations
- Regulated DC power supplies
- Fume extractors
- Oscilloscopes
- 3rd hand clamp stand
- Soldering iron
- 2 desolder pumps
- Assorted precision hand tools
Want to reserve a machine? Link to Resource Reservations page
Make it Happen at Open Works
Looking for something else? Open Works has all the tools and resources you need to bring an idea to life, learn a new skill, find a space for your new business and so much more.