General Maker Area
Hand tools
A wide variety of hand tools are available to help you with a small or quick job. They meet common needs such as hammering, screwing and cutting. Tools available include:
- Hacksaw (300 mm)
- Hammer – claw
- Screwdrivers – flat, Phillips (with or without insulation)
- Pliers – bull nose and pointy nose
- Side cutters
- Shifting spanners (150, 200, 250 mm)
- Tin snips
- Magnetic spirit level (180 mm)
- Tape measure (10 m)
- Ratcheting combination wrench (15 piece set)
- Ratchet and socket set (3/8” 56 piece, ¼” 50 piece)
- Pliers kit (10 piece)
Required training: General Maker Training
Cordless power tools
A variety of cordless, handheld power tools are available for small or quick jobs. They meet common needs such as drilling, sanding, cutting and grinding. Tools available include:
- Drill (12 V, 18 V)
- Rotary multi-tool (12 V, 18 V)
- Compact heat gun
Required training: General Maker Training
Laser cutters
The Trotec laser cutters Speedy 100 and Speedy 400 are used to cut or engrave acrylic and other non-metal materials with a high-powered laser light source.
Trotec Speedy 100 | Trotec Speedy 400 | |
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Work area | 610 x 305 mm | 1016 x 601 mm |
Maximum workpiece height | 132 mm | 305 mm |
Laser power – CO2 | 30-60 W | 60-120 W |
Laser power – Fiber | 20-30 W | 20-50 W |
Manufacturer: Trotec
If you’d like to bring in your own materials to be cut, consult with a Telstra Creator Space team member first as some materials, like treated pine, are hazardous when cut with a laser.
Required training: General Maker Training, Laser Cutter training
Vacuum former
Shape plastic materials with the Formech 508FS vacuum former. A simplified version of thermoforming, you can stretch the plastic onto a single-surface mould.
- Forming area: 482 x 432 mm
- Sheet size: 508 x 457 mm
- Maximum depth of draw: 290 mm
- Maximum material thickness: 6 mm
Manufacturer: Formech
Required training: General Maker Training, Vacuum Former training
Lockers
Telstra Creator Space has over 90 lockers available for you to store your work-in-progress projects. Most are 0.5 m x 0.5 m in size.
Telstra Creator Space lockers are located on the Ground floor and basement. They are only accessible during opening hours.
Due to the limited number, we encourage you to only book if you need to store your projects here.
Food, drinks, hazardous and personal items must not be stored in the lockers.
Required training: General Maker Training
3D printing
3D printers - MakerBot
The MakerBot Replicator+ and the MakerBot Replicator Z18 are used to print high quality concepts models from PLA plastic filament with fused deposition modelling.
Replicator+ | Replicator Z18 | |
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Build volume | 295 x 195 x 165 mm | 300 x 305 x 457 mm |
Layer resolution | 100 µm | 100 µm |
Material diameter | 1.75 mm | 1.75 mm |
Positioning precision | 11 µ (x/y), 2.5 µm (z) | 11 µ (x/y), 2.5 µm (z) |
Manufacturer: MakerBot Replicator+, Z18
3D printer - Markforged
The Markforged Mark Two allows for the precision printing of parts from nylon, with the ability to add different continuous filaments such as carbon fibre to increase strength and stiffness for high-strength prototypes.
- Build volume: 320 x 132 x 154 mm
- Layer resolution: 100-200 µm
Manufacturer: Markforged
Contact us directly at 3Dprint-creatorspace@unimelb.edu.au if you would like to use this 3D printer.
3D scanners
The Artec Leo and Artec Space Spider are 3D scanners that gather the data required to construct 3D digital models of real-world objects.
Leo | Space Spider | |
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3D point accuracy | up to 0.1 mm | up to 0.05 mm |
Working distance | 0.35-1.2 m | 0.2-0.3 m |
Volume capture zone | 0.16 m3 | 2000 cm3 |
Angular field of view | 38.5 x 23° | 30 x 21° |
Manufacturer: Artec Leo, Artec Space Spider
Required training: General Maker Training