Making and fabrication spaces
Dedicated spaces to explore various types of 3D construction.
Our Making and Fabrication spaces are generously-sized areas for working with a wide range of materials and processes.
With a large selection of specialist model-making tools at your disposal and support from experienced technical staff, you'll have everything you need to create detailed and high-quality work.
The space is open to everyone as a general making and assembly area for all types of 3D geometric construction, green woodworking, and furniture production. There's also a material library and other resources to support and inspire you.
The space is equipped with specialist model making tools, including:
- Circular saw
- Scroll saw
- Chop saw
- Pillar drill
- Profile cutter
- Disc sander
- Lathe
- Drills/drivers
- Router
- Dremel
- Sewing machine
- Hand woodworking tools.
Specialist sessions
As a student at BSU, you'll be able to take advantage of the various specialist taught sessions available in our Making space, for example:
- Card model making
- Timber/sheet material model making
- Scale model making with machine tools
- Plinth/exhibition furniture design and build
- Technical drawing
- Green woodworking
- 3D geometric construction
- Digital making and computer aided design (CAD) support.
Discover something new
Almost all of our workshops are open for all students to use, after appropriate tuition and health and safety introductions. It doesn't matter what course you're studying – we encourage you to break boundaries and explore new disciplines.