Idea Fab Labs will be in full effect this Saturday at the Santa Cruz Mini Maker Faire held on the Cabrillo College Campus! Part County Faire, part Burning Man, part Consumer Electronics Show, the Santa Cruz Mini Maker Faire is a place where creators of all levels -- from garage hobbyists and passion projects to...
We hold Open House each Monday from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
You are invited to see our equipment, take a tour, and get a feel for what IFL has to offer!
We hold Open House each Monday from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
You are invited to see our equipment, take a tour, and get a feel for what IFL has to offer!
Learn about these new technologies from the experts developing them, and watch first-hand as we step through setting up a secure Ethereum wallet.
Do you love LEDs?? Come hang out and discuss lighting things up, LED projects, programming, hardware, wavelengths, frequencies and all that! This is the second Santa Cruz chapter meetup of the thriving LEDs ARE AWESOME group on Facebook! There's no real format this time, just come and hang out. There will likely be pizza and...
We hold Open House each Monday from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
You are invited to see our equipment, take a tour, and get a feel for what IFL has to offer!
Express yourself in coded pixels! Learn the basics to draw and animate shapes and patterns on a computer screen using the Processing programming environment.
Indexical and Idea Fab Labs present a workshop and talk with artist and educator Casey Anderson. Join us at 8pm for an overview of radio technologies, the construction of simple transmitters, and a group performance of Anderson’s own compositions for radios. various interference procedures with radios Join Casey Anderson for a celebration of the creative misuse of...
Class Description: This class will cover the use of more than five tools for beginner makers. In this class you will learn to make a wall-mounted coat rack while using some of the more “intimidating” tools in the wood shop, like the table saw or the miter saw, as well as techniques like “splitting the...
We hold Open House each Monday from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
You are invited to see our equipment, take a tour, and get a feel for what IFL has to offer!
Brief Explanation: The laser cutter and engraver uses a drawing program to tell it what to do. A CO2 laser can cut and engrave wood, leather, some plastics, cotton, paper, even bread! It’s not strong enough to cut glass or metal, though it can etch glass and coatings on metal such as anodization or paint.
How it works: It uses a focused beam of light to burn through wood or other materials. It can cut all the way through or just engrave the surface. It is good at very detailed cuts and engravings.
What it makes: It is used to make engravings of images, signs, boxes, sculptures and more. A CO2 laser can cut and engrave wood, leather, some plastics, cotton, and paper!
Redsail 1290 Laser cutting & engraving machine
GWEIKE LC1390 Laser cutting & engraving machine
Brief Explanation: The 3D printer builds objects by “printing” out one layer at a time, using a 3D model as a guide.
How it works: It is essentially a tiny hot glue gun, that squeezes out melted plastic and draws a single layer of an object, then moves up a tiny bit, and draws the second layer on top of the first layer, and on and on.
What it makes: Mostly small plastic items such as toys, containers, replacements parts, and more.
2 x Prusa i3 Mk3
Brief Explanation: The ShopBot is a computer controlled router that can cut or carve wood. It can cut up to a 4ft by 14ft piece of wood. We can use a drawing program, or we can send it a 3D model in order to tell it what to do.
How it works: It uses stepper motors to move the router through the x, y, and z axis system. A router is like a drill bit, but it is designed to move sideways through wood as well as up and down.
What it makes: It can be used to make furniture: chairs tables, desks, kitchen cabinets. Also large signs, 3D carvings, and more.
