We will be open during this month's First Friday celebration at the Wrigley Building! Come by for a closing reception of our Making Waves show and chat about what's to come this year for art and technology on the Westside! Read more about the Making Waves Showcase from Local Santa Cruz.
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!
Register Now Looking to create hand-made gifts for someone special this Valentine's day? Come learn basic jewelry fabrication to create rings and bracelets. Class Description: Learn how to use basic jewelry tools, how to work with non-ferrous metals, and how to solder on metal to create beautiful jewelry. We will construct rings, bracelets, and bangles....
Looking to create hand-made gifts for someone special this Valentine’s day? Come learn basic jewelry fabrication to create a stone pendant. Class Description: Learn how to use basic jewelry tools, how to work with non-ferrous metals, and how to solder on metal to set a stone and create beautiful jewelry. We will construct a pendant...
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!
Do you love LEDs?? Come hang out and discuss lighting things up, LED projects, programming, hardware, wavelengths, frequencies and all that! This is the first ever 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...
Startup Grind host Pete Biggum will interviewing Jordan Layman one of the founders of Idea Fab Labs. Startup Grind's Monterey Bay chapter was started 4 years ago to bring the Startup Grind Values to the Monterey Bay's blossoming tech scene. Mostly known for it's tourism and great surf the Monterey Bay hosts plenty of Entrepreneurs...
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!
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.
