StingerStudio Makerspace
Create, Collaborate & Innovate
Hours
Today:
Open to Sacramento State students, faculty, and staff (OneCard required for check-in).
Location
- On the library’s first floor in Room 1529
- Next to the Carlsen Center
- Map
Contact US
- Have questions? Send us email at
lib-stingerstudio@csus.edu - or call 916-278-6422
Course Instruction Request
The StingerStudio makerspace collaborates with campus faculty from diverse academic disciplines to facilitate the development and delivery of meaningful educational experiences through the integration of maker technologies. Encompassing areas such as 3D printing, digital fabrication, textiles, virtual reality, and more the StingerStudio offers comprehensive training, instructional design consultation, and technical support to assist faculty in enriching student learning and engagement.
Equipment
3D Printers
Construct three-dimensional objects from a digital model. Bring your own data file or let us help you find one.
Virtual Reality
Experience virtual worlds with one of our 3 VR headsets. We have a library of programs and games to get lost in.
CNC Router
Create unique signs and plaques, topology maps, or machine complex shapes with our CNC machine.
Sewing/Embroidery Machines
Embroider designs into jeans, add patches to clothing and bags, or just fix a tear in your favorite jacket. We have traditional manual sewing machines and programmable digital devices.
Electronic Kits
Arduino kits available for exploring programming lights, sensors, sounds, or even robots.
Vinyl/Laser Cutter
Print and cut stickers with our vinyl cutter. Our laser cutter can etch designs or cut shapes out of a range of different materials.
Software
The software listed below should be free of charge for the Sacramento State University community. You can ask anyone in the StingerStudio for help with this software.
This is not a comprehensive list of every makerspace software you could use, but this is what we generally recommend for use for our equipment.
3D Design
Autodesk for Students and Educators is free to the Sacramento State community – just be sure to sign-up using your Sacramento State e-mail address!
- Fusion 360 a powerful 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool from Autodesk.
- Thingiverse is an open, community-sourced repository for 3D objects.
- Printables is an open, community-sourced repository for 3D objects.
- TinkerCad a free, browser-based, 3D modeling program known for its simplicity and ease of use. A great starting place to begin learning 3D design!
- Shapr3D is a general-purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeling program.
3D Printing
- PrusaSlicer is the free open-source software we use to slice and run the LulzBot and Prusa 3D printers. You can download this software to estimate how long your print will take to complete.
- ideaMaker prepares files for printing with Raise3D’s unique 3D slicer software.
Laser Cutter
- Inkscape a free and open-source vector graphics editor with an available extension for creating laser cutter files.
- Adobe Illustrator
Machine Embroidery
Vinyl Cutter
Workshops & Events
Support Student Makers
StingerStudio provides students with skills, experiences, and connections that prepare them for careers in the knowledge-driven economy. Help us fund supplies and equipment so that all of our students, regardless of their ability to pay, can develop workforce skills to succeed in today's economy and the future.
Partners
The Sacramento State University Library thanks Haskell Education for its generous furniture gift