Contemporary Sculpture Studio:

The sculpture studio located on the 1st floor of the Fred Jones Center is equipped for a variety of construction needs. It includes 2 main indoor workspaces and an outdoor covered workspace with loading access & 1 ton rolling gantry crane. The sculpture tool room is equipped with a variety of essential hand & power tools including various pneumatic tools. The studio also provides numerous safety items including eye protection, gloves, hearing protection and specific protective clothing. A limited number for undergraduate studio spaces are available for exceptional majors. The studio is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for enrolled students. Each student enrolled in sculpture courses also receive a comprehension Sculpture Safety & Operation Manual for reference.

Studio equipment:

Torchmate 4’ x 6’ CNC plasma cutting table, Thermal Dynamic plasma with 5/8” cut capacity

Laser cutter, Universal VeraLaser, 50 watt w/ 32” x 18” capacity

McEngelvan B-301 speedy melt furnace (#30 crucible capacity)

Iron casting furnace, 120# tap

sand muller, 125# capacity
Hypertherm Powermax 600 plasma cutter

Hydraulic metal bender with complete die package

Miller 350P MIG welder w/ XR-A aluminum pro kit
Miller 212 MIG welder
ESAB 252 Heliarc TIG welder
Lincoln AC/DC ARC welder
2, Miller 140, 120v Mig welders
3, oxy/gas welding rigs

5 ton pedestal ring roller

Baileigh Industrial 14” manual cold saw
Dayton hand shear
Dayton milling/drilling machine
30" metal foot shear
24" metal break/bender
8" stationary grinder
Powermatic 220v. variable speed drill press
14" Porter Cable chop saw
52" Birmingham slip roll
1 ton rolling gantry crane
Baleigh manual iron worker
7" x 12" Dayton variable speed horizontal bandsaw

NC Tool Whisper Daddy II gas forge

Sandblasting cabinet
110 lb. portable sand blasting pressure pot
10” Saw-Stop professional cabinet saw
2, Powermatic drill presses

18” Laguna bandsaw
14" Powermatic bandsaw
18" Dayton wood/metal variable speed bandsaw
Powermatic 3520 variable speed lathe
2, 14" Delta bandsaws
Jet professional oscillating spindle sander
10" Delta radial arm saw
12" Hitachi miter saw with laser sight
8" Delta Professional jointer
20" Grizzly planer
Milwaukee panel saw with laser sight
Woodtek combination belt & 12” disc sander
Bosch router table

Grizzly downdraft sanding table

Paragon Ovation-10 1700F glass fusing kiln w/digital control
Vacuum degassing chamber for liquid plastic and rubber
Rubber/plastic 60 psi. pressure casting chamber