The Forge is a student-run makerspace at Rensselaer. The Forge is open to all members of the club, faculty, and staff to create projects for classes, clubs, personal use, or research. The Forge is supported by the School of Engineering (SoE), the Student Union, and the SoE Manufacturing Innovation Learning Lab (MILL). Visit the Forge website for additional information regarding services and resources.
Mission
The active and standing mission of the Forge is to promote and foster an inclusive collaborative design and innovation community (Defined by the Forge Student Club).
Objectives
- Provide a maker environment to support innovation, collaboration, and proof of concept modeling to enhance the educational process for students
- Provide resources to promote student creativity and innovation
- Serve as a knowledge hub fostering links to campus wide maker and fabrication facilities
- Promote a maker community through outreach and internal maker related activities
Location
George M. Low Center for Industrial Innovation (CII) Room 2037A
Equipment:
- Thunder Laser Nova35 130w Laser Cutter
- Prusa i3 MK3S 3D Printers
- Prusa Mini 3D Printer
- Prusa XL 3D Printers
- Lulzbot TAZ
- Formlabs Form 3B Resin 3D Printer
- Grey and Clear Resins
- Tough 2000 Resin
- Rigid 4000 Resin
- Elastic 50A Resin
- Flexible 80A Resin
- High Temperature Resin
- Markforged Mark Two Fiber Composite 3D Printer
- Markforged Onyx Fiber Composite 3D Printer
- Roland BN-20A Vinyl Printer
- Electronics Workstation
- Brother SE1800 Sewing and Embroidery Machine
- Brother LX3817 Sewing Machine
- Smart Board
- 80” Interactive LCD Monitor and Innovation Collaboration Systems
Hours of Operation
Knowledge Base
MILL Manufacturing Services Request Forms and How to Documents
- Procedure and form to request services for 3D print
- Procedure and form to request services abrasive for water jet cutting
- CAD-CAM Modeling Translation Guide
- Manufacturing Services Overview
Founding Documents
Contacts
- James Funaro, President, Forge Student Club, funarj@rpi.edu
- Maddie Dwyer, Academic Support Engineer, SoE, dwyerm3@rpi.edu
- Sam Chiappone, Director Manufacturing Innovation, SoE, chiaps@rpi.edu
