Makerspace

We define a general Makerspace as "an environment that is conducive to engage and enable makers to design and create their maker projects". At MakerClubQUT, we take an interest in an Educational Makerspace, which we define as "a learning environment where learners (makers) are engaged and empowered to problem-solve during their design, creation, and sharing of their personally meaningful artefacts (maker projects with products/solutions)". We often use the term Makerspace Learning Environment (MLE) in education, and we think that an MLE has huge implications for STEM education and competencies of future generations.

KG-B428b - a.k.a. Makerspace or STEM Classroom at Kelvin Grove Campus

The room KG-B428B was refurbished in late 2020 and started as a teaching and learning space in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice in 2021. You can find B Block on this map, and the room is on level 4 (level 3 is in fact the ground floor when coming in from Victoria Park Road). Below are some photos of B428B taken in November 2021.

Facilities

Our Makerspace has a range of digital fabrication and multimedia technologies and equipment. Click on the collapsible groups below to find out.

3D Printers

We currently have 2 Bambu Lab X1C, 4 Creality K1 Max as our main 3D printers and a resin printer Creality Halot One and a Wash/Cure machine (Creality UW-01).

Bambu Lab X1C is the new generation of fast printing and multi-colour printer.
Creality K1 Max is the new generation of fast printing FDM printer. It can move/print as fast as 600 mm/s, which is about 12 times faster then our retired Ender 3 series at 50 mm/s. It is auto calibration and firmware update, touch screen control make it easy to print. Even with fast printing, its printing quality is still of high standard. K1 Max is an enclosed printer with large printing volume. It is a great digital fabrication equipment for big or small makerspaces.
Halot One is a Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. It prints with resin (UV wavelength 405 nm) and UV light. Here is the offical site information about this printer. We also have a Creality Washing and Curing machine (UW-01) for curing printed resin models.

Below are some retired 3D printers. Except for the TEVO Little Monster, all retired printers are sent to Tinkerspace at KG-R224. These printers are well-utilised for public showcase, training workshops and student projects.

1. TEVO Little Monster

TEVO Little Monster is a Delta printer. Here is the official site information.

2. Creality CR10S-Pro

CR10S-Pro is a Cartesian printer. Here is the official site information.

3. Creality CR-X

CR-X is a dual extruder Cartesian printer, which can print 2 colours. Here is the official site information.

4. Creality Ender 3 Pro

There are 2 Ender 3 Pro printers. Here is the offical site information about this printer.

5. Creality Ender 3 V2

There are 2 Ender 3 V2 printers. Here is the official site information about this printer.

Laser cutter

We currently have one laser cutter - the Emblaser 2 with F2000 Fume Extractor from Darkly Labs. This laser cutter with the air filter is suitable for indoor classroom use.

3D Pens

3D Pens are not digital fabrication tools. They took 3D printing filament and with hand skills to extrude and draw creative 3D objects/artefacts. At KG-B428B, we have complete sets of equipment for 3D Pen creative activities. These include the 3D pen, silicon drawing mats, silicon finger cap, filament boxes, power banks etc.

3D Printing software (slicer)

1. Creality Print (Main slicer for K1 Max in KG-B428B)

2. Ultimaker Cura (Used for Ender series printers in Tinkerspace at KG-R224)

3. Repetier Host (Used for TEVO Little Monster Delta Printer)

3D Modelling software

TinkerCad (Online)
FreeCAD (Offline)
Sketch-Up (Online)
Onshape (Online)
Vectary (Online)
SelfCAD (Online)
Madeup.xyz (Online)
MeshLab (Off-line)
Blender (Off-line)
VRMath2 Editor (Online)

Microcontroller

Boards & Kits

Arduino UNO / Nano / Pro mini / Mega 2560
Micro:bit V1.5 & V2
MixGo
Webduino Bit / Smart
Makey-Makey
ESP32 (S, C and H series) / ESP8266
Raspberry Pi / Pi Pico / Pi Pico W
Kitsi

Coding programs

Arduino IDE (For Arduino boards, Pi Pico/W)
Micro:bit Makecode (For Micro:bit). Apps available for mobile devices (iOS and Android).
Mixly v2 (For MixGo, Arduino, ESP32/MicroPython, ESP8266, STM32, Micro:bit etc.)
OLD: Mixly v1 (For MixGo, Arduino, ESP32/MicroPython, ESP8266 etc.)
Webduino
a. bit.webduino.io -> only for Web:Bit
b. blocklypro.webduino.io -> supports Mark1, Fly, Smart
c. webbit.webduino.io only for Web:Bit, designed for K-12 students
Kitsi Creator (For Kitsi)
Scratch - Support Micro:bit, LEGO EV3, WeDO
PictoBlox - Scratch 3 block programming, support Arduino UNO, Nano, Mega, ESP32 (By STEMPedia), for WIndows, macOS, Linux
mBlock - Scratch 3 block programming, support Arduino.
Piper Make (Block coding for Pi Pico)
BPIES (Online Block coding for a range of popular microcontrollers: arduino, ESP8266/32, Pi Pico etc.)
MindPlus.cc (Online block coding environment, Scratch clone, supports some hardware from China)
Thonny IDE (Python coding for Raspberry Pi, MicroPython for Pi Pico)
CircuitPython (Interpreter for Pi Pico) with MU Editor

Apps (mobile apps that interact with microcontroller maker projects)

1. Dabble - Support BLE 2/4, HC-05, HC-06, HM-10 (By STEMPedia), for both IOS and Android.

2. ArduinoBlue - Support HM-10 BLE 4, for both IOS and Android.