Sculpture Facilities and Equipment
4,000 square foot facility divided into three areas
Large scale foundry for metal pours (1434 square feet)
- Induction furnace with lift swing system for bronze and tilt box furnace for steel and iron
- Combustion furnace for bronze and aluminum
- Three research Cupolas
- Large drop bottom burnout kiln for ceramic shell mould processing
- Ceramic shell, plaster investment, green sand and bonded sand equipment and tools
- Steam out mould processing
- Large capacity high pressure sand blast cabinet
- Full safety equipment for all operations
- Oxy-acetylene and TIG welding equipment
- Vented patination area
- Vented wax working area
- Two electric kilns for glass fusing
- Plasma Cutter
Wood working facilities (1200 square feet)
- StopSaw cabinet table saw, left tilting motor
- Delta table saw, right tilting motor
- Three 14” throat band saws
- One Rikon 19” throat band saw
- Wood and metal variable speed drill press
- Delta 40” bed machine wood lathe
- Router table
- Panel saw
- Powermatic 8” jointer
- Powermatic 15” planer
- Four machine sanders: disc; horizontal and vertical belt; spindle
- DeWalt sliding compound miter saw
- Wood finishing supplies and equipment
- Blade sharpening station and equipment
- Wood bending equipment including steam tube
- Reserve of green and seasoned lumber supply
- Wood vises and wood working table
- Well stocked tool crib: power & manual hand tools:
- Carving: gouges, chisels, adzes, axes, hatchet
- Wood veneer working tools
- Plaster working tools
- Saws, hammers, general manual tools
- Chainsaws, gas and electric
- Wide range clamping equipment
- Measuring and marking equipment
- Worm drive and direct drive circular saws
- Wood turning equipment
- Six DeWalt cordless drills
- Hammer Drills
- Stone Carving and finishing tools
- Electric hand planer, biscuit jointer
Full metalshop
- Oxy-acetylene and TIG welding equipment
Area amenities
- Truck bed grade loading dock accessibility
- 10 foot garage door, ground level loading area
- Eye-wash and First Aide station
- Compressed air and water facilities
- In class video monitor and projection screen lecture facilities
Plaster room
- Blunger
- Slipomatic casting slip mixer
