Crafts and Customizing

The laser cuts sheets of wood or paper or fabric. You draw in software and get your design right before you put it on the wood.

You can cut stencils and screens for screen print.

The blade cutter does all the Cricut things. You can cut vinyl - which can't be safely lasered.

Customize all kinds of things for your family, friends, and paying customers.

The vinyl can be applied to mugs and shirts and phone cases.  Make your own custom stickers. There are companies devoted to the vinyl cutting business.

Use the sublimation printer as another way to create custom images that you can apply to many things.  You don't need to cut each color, just print the entire image the way you want it. Reversed.

Learn how to use a rug tufting gun and make plush or looped rugs Not everyone needs or wants a fully customized rug, but you can make what you can see in your mind's eye.

Screen printing is a special kind of stencil for applying colorful designs to fabrics and paper.  The laser cutter can cut special screens that make the process go much more quickly than the original process, which is like photography. 

Screen printing is time and cost effective for making many copies of the same design.

This is the tool that applies your cut vinyl and sublimation printed designs.  We have the basic shirt press and a hat/cap press and mug press, and a plate press. 

You can make stuff that does something! These are sensors that can be used with Arduino and Raspberry Pi computers. Make robots or musical instruments.  Soldering skills can pay.

Pour stuff into a mold or press clay into shapes.  You can make molds for making molds. You can make flower pots and keychains. You can have fun being productive. 

You can make things useful and beautiful.

A paracord bracelet?  A tumbler handle? A collar for your dog?  A plant hanger?

You can learn a variety of braiding and knotting techniques to use with different kinds of cording. Group workshops offered monthly.