3D Printing

The CreationStation has two Prusa Research 3D printers available for use. Use of the 3D printers and materials are free. Any 3D design or CAD software that allows exporting to STL format is great for designing your own files, but novices may prefer to download a pre-made file from online libraries of digital designs, which makes printing as easy as picking a project from a catalog.

Cricut

The CreationStation offers a Cricut Maker, Cricut Joy, and Cricut Easy Press 2 for free use.  Limited materials are available, so patrons may bring their own.  The Cricut Maker or Joy are perfect for paper projects, iron on decals or vinyl stickers; the Maker can also cut light-weight leather and balsa wood. Users can pick free designs, or import their own images into Cricut’s Design Space software.  The Cricut Easy Press 2 is a heat press for iron-on vinyl projects.

Sewing and Textiles

The CreationStation Makerspace offers a variety of tools for textile crafting, embroidery and sewing, including Brother sewing machines, a Juki overlock/serger machine, crochet hooks/knitting needles, sewing needles and threads and wearable LED supplies.

Button Maker

Buttons are an extremely popular way to market a brand, promote a cause, or just show off your favorite characters. Download images from the internet or design your own to have professional looking results in seconds on the CreationStation’s 58mm Button Maker.

Seed Library

A seed library is a place where community members can get seeds for free and is run for the public benefit.  Many public libraries offer seed libraries.  Our goal is to encourage you to garden, grow your own food, and preserve some of the seeds from your harvest to develop a sustainable collection of locally adapted varieties.

Board Games

Enjoy a variety of board games for teens and adults in the Library’s Makerspace.  From social games like “Telestrations” to cooperative games like “Pandemic” and quite a few in-between, this collection is just a lot of fun.

Lamination

Use our Scotch Thermal Laminator to strengthen and protect documents.    Laminate items up to 9 inches wide.  You may provide your own laminating pouches up to 5 mil thickness.  You may also purchase 9″x12″ 3 mil laminating pouches from the Reference Desk for $1.00 each.

Audio Recording

Produce your own spoken word audio recording with our professional equipment and free open source software.

Digital Film and Slide Scanner

Preserve your precious memories digitally, so you can enjoy them for years to come.  The Kodak Slide n Scan Digital Film Scanner makes it easy to scan and save film negatives and slides to an SD card.  This scanner can convert color and B&W negatives (135, 110, 126) and 50mm slides (135, 110, 126) to JPEG digital files.

Microscope

Explore the tiny, beautiful world of cells!  Borrow this circulating microscope kit for 2 week loan.  Suitable for students, this AmScope compound microscope comes with full optical glass elements, metal framework, 360 degree rotatable monocular head, and LED illumination. It offers five magnification settings, 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X and 1000X.

A set of 120 prepared glass microscope slides can be checked out separately.

Generously donated by the Mann-Lecko Family in loving memory of Mrs. Surraiya Rahman.

Videorecording

More details coming soon.