Making

Turning bold ideas into real-life creation

The Duderstadt Center offers a range of making spaces where ideas move from concept to creation—from digital fabrication to hands-on crafting. Whether you’re building a course project, developing a startup prototype, or exploring a personal idea, our tools, equipment, and staff support makers of all experience levels.

3D Printing

a miniature castle tower, complete with an interior staircase, less than 1" tall, printed in 3D on the Asiga Max X 3D printer (a U.S. Quarter coin shown for scale)

Fabrication Underground

Crafting & Electronics

Hand tools available from DMC Fabrication Underground - via the NCTC service

Fabrication Underground

Student doing crafting work in Design Lab 1

Design Lab 1

Design Lab 1 offers sewing and embroidery machines for users of all skill levels, along with basic fabric cutting tools and supplies for crafting and low-fidelity prototyping.

close up of hands fixing the bike wheel

Fabrication Underground – Bike Repair Station

Fabrication Tools

student working at workbench in Fabrication Underground

Fabrication Underground