Maker Space Services

3D Printing and Laser Cutting/Engraving, Oh My!

The library has available 3D printing and Laser Engraving! Currently hands on use of the 3D printers and Glowforge are Staff Only. To get started with this service please read our policies and procedures below, and submit your file to the submission form.

Happy making!

3D Printing

The Library’s 3D printers are available to the public to make three-dimensional objects in plastic using a design that is uploaded from a digital computer file. If you design it, we will print it! 3D Printers!

Need a design? Make your own at Tinkercad.com or find one someone else has made at Thingiverse.com! (These are external sites and not affiliated with CBCPL.)

Get started with Tinkercad.com using our super-helpful maker project to design your own personalized medallion!

Glowforge

The library now has a laser engraver for your making wants and needs! Computer designed vector files can be used to precisely cut or engrave on a 2D material. Very fast moving particles of light bombarding wood, acrylic, or leather cause the atoms to split apart and burn away in very precise movements, leaving behind you design. Lasers!

Need a starting point? Check out Glowforge’s website for inspiration.

Want to design you own? Check out cuttle.xyz to see others projects and use their web based editor to make your own!

Vinyl Cutter

The library has a vinyl cutter, to cut vinyl too. Knives!


3D Printing and Glowforge submission form

Submit your 3D Print or Glowforge designs here!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at library.maker@corvallisoregon.gov.

Before submitting your design, please review our Policies and Procedures.

Please enter your patron ID. This is located on your library card, and typically begins with the numbers 26928.

Maximum size 5MB

Policy

    • The Library’s 3D printers may be used only for lawful purposes. The public will not be permitted to use the Library’s 3D printers to create material that is:
      1. Prohibited by local, state or federal law.
      2. Unsafe, harmful, dangerous or poses an immediate threat to the well-being of others. (Such use may violate the terms of use of the manufacturer.)
      3. Weapon shaped in design and/or capable of launching projectiles.
      4. Obscene or otherwise inappropriate for the Library environment.
      5. In violation of another’s intellectual property rights. For example, the printers will not be used to reproduce material that is subject to copyright, patent or trademark protection.
    • The Library reserves the right to refuse any 3D print request.
    • The Library District is not responsible for any object created with use of the 3D printer, including any harm or injury incurred as a result of any usage of the 3D printer or the object which is printed.
    • Cost: 3D printing at the Library is currently free, thanks to The Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. It is anticipated that a fee may be charged in the future to cover the printing costs.
    • Items printed from Library 3D printers that are not picked up within 14 days will become property of the Library. Items must be picked up by the individual who printed them.
    • Only designated Library staff and volunteers will have hands-on access to the 3D printer.

Procedures

    • Design creation:
      1. Any 3D drafting software may be used to create a design as long as the file can be saved in .stl, .obj, or .thing file format.
      2. Digital designs also are available from various file-sharing databases such as Thingiverse.com.
    • Submitting a design for printing:
      1. Persons wanting to use the 3D printer shall attach their file (in .stl, .obj, or .thing file format) (no larger than 5MB) to the CBCPL 3D print submission form .
      2. Patrons may only submit one print job per week. This is subject to change, depending on demand.  Please note that multiple parts can be combined into one print job.
    • The files will be readied for printing in MakerWare or other authorized software. The Library will view all files in MakerWare or other authorized software before printing.
    • Print time for individual projects may not  exceed 4 hours.
    • Finished prints may be picked up at the Corvallis Circulation desk.  Patrons will be notified by e-mail when their print is completed and ready for pick up. It is our goal to have prints completed within 7 days of receiving the file.
    • Patrons will be responsible for removing the raft and supports from their own print jobs.
    • Please note that procedures governing the use of the Library’s 3D printers are subject to change.