The Makerspace will be closed for professional development on Friday, August 15th, 2025.
Want to try out a Makerspace class? You may be eligible for a scholarship to take a class of your choice at a discount! Visit our course page to find a class that interests you, then email us at makerspace@csmd.edu to request a scholarship.
Attention Makerspace Members: starting September 1st, 2025, we will no longer offer training for equipment under EquipmentReservation.We have created classes for equipment training, which will be provided on our Equipment & Safety page.
The Makerspace will be open to members and visitors for limited hours on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
The Makerspace will be open to members and visitors for limited hourson Friday, October 3rd, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Makerspace at the CSM Velocity Center
The Makerspace at the CSM Velocity Center is a 1,984 square foot collaborative community work space for making, learning, exploring, and sharing.
It is equipped with a variety of maker equipment including 3D printers/scanners, laser cutters, soldering irons, and other additive and subtractive machines for manufacturing. It also includes hardware and software for cyber/gaming, CAD modeling, simulation, app development, robotics, and prototyping.
Together, we work–play–improve the community at the MAKERSPACE!
CSM Students and Faculty/Staff Get Free Membership To become members, current CSM credit and non-credit students should take the Equipment and Safety: Basic Makerspace Training for Current CSM Students. Current CSM faculty/staff can head over to the NEOED dashboard and take the CSM Makerspace Safety Course.
For Non-CSM Individuals Start by enrolling in our Equipment and Safety: Introduction to Makerspaces class, which includes your first month of membership.
NOTE: All equipment is on a first-come, first-served basis unless the equipment is reserved. To guarantee usage of the equipment, fill out a form. Additionally, equipment can be reserved for current members only, as the Equipment and Safety: Introduction to Makerspaces or Basic Makerspace Training for Current CSM Students courses must be taken before equipment can be used.
Need materials for your next project? The Makerspace also sells materials for laser cutting & etching, CNC routing, and garment making at our Makerspace at the CSM Velocity Center Marketplace site:
The Makerspace at CSM’s Velocity Center offers tours. Tours take about 10minutes and can be scheduledin advance or on demand based on staffing availability.
Monday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., by appointment only Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 11:59 a.m., by appointment only Tuesday through Friday, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., open lab hours
*Hours subject to change. Please view our calendar for specific information.
Address
Physical Address: 4465 Indian Head Highway Indian Head, MD 20640
Mailing Address: 8730 Mitchell Road PO Box 910 La Plata, MD 20646-0910
Available Equipment
Access to laptops equipped with free, open-source software and licensed software such as:
2D Design: Inkscape, Krita, Scribus, Illustrator
3D & CAD Design: Blender, FreeCAD, Fusion (by request)
3D Slicers: GrabCAD Print, Makerbot Print
PCB Design Software: KiCAD, Fusion (by request)
IDEs & Text Editors: Arduino IDE, Visual Studio Code, VEXcode V5
...and more!
Formlabs 3B 3D Printers – Medical-grade SLA printers that produce highly accurate, high-resolution prints using photopolymer resin. Uses Preform slicer software.
Stratasys F370 3D Printer – Industrial-grade FDM printer with a higher level of consistency, reliability, and accuracy. Offers dissolvable support materials for clean, efficient post-processing. Uses GrabCAD Print slicer software.
MakerBot Replicator+ – FDM 3D printer with slicer accessible through MakerBot CloudPrint services. Can print PLA, Tough PLA, and Special or custom PLA options.
MakerBot Method X – FDM 3D printer with slicer accessible through MakerBot CloudPrint services. Offers dissolvable support materials for clean, efficient post-processing. Can print Tough PLA, Nylon-CF, ABS, and other materials, including custom options.
Universal Ultra R5000 Laser Cutter – Provides the highest level of accuracy and throughput. Features a large 24" x 32" bed with the ability to cut materials as thick as 12". Capable of vector cutting, vector marking, and raster etching wood, acrylic, aluminum, leather, and more.
Glowforge Plus – This powerful machine makes it simple to cut, score, and engrave hundreds of materials up to ½” thick, like wood, acrylic, leather, fabric, etc. More common as a household laser cutter option.
Denford 2600 Pro - 3-axis CNC router with an enclosed, safety-locking guard door. Ideal for cutting and engraving a range of resistant materials, including hard and soft wood, plastic, modeling foam, acrylic, and prototyping materials, as well as non-ferrous metals.
Penta Pocket NC V2-50 - 5-Axis desktop CNC router with enclosure. Can cut materials up to a hardness of G5 titanium, although it optimally cuts Delrin, aluminum, or softer steels. Capable of 3+2 or full simultaneous 5-axis machining.
Roland VersaStudio BN-20A – Create, print, and cut high-quality graphics at highly affordable pricing. Suited for posters, CAD drawings, banners, large photographs, car wraps, stickers, T-Shirts / Clothing via Transfer Vinyl and heat press, customized fundraising items, and more.
HandyScan 700 – Ultrafast handheld 3D scanner is easy to use and generates highly accurate and repeatable results. Designed for product development and manufacturing. Easily develop a 3D mesh that can be 3D printed or analyzed and reverse-engineered.
Voltera V-One – Desktop circuit board printer with circuit printing, drilling, solder dispensing, and built-in solder reflow.
8 live video inputs, supporting any combination in resolutions up to 4K UHD.
YIHUA 948D II Soldering Stations, helping hands, 10x and 3x magnifying glasses
A variety of electronic equipment, such as Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, signal generators, digital oscilloscopes, power supplies, and hobby electronic components.
Manual hand tools are available, such as pliers, screwdrivers, ratchets, Dremel, vise grips, and more.
Brother 1634DX – Thread serger sewing machine with 1-needle, 3-thread or 2-needle, 4-thread options. Differential fabric feed for high stitch quality. Color-coded guides for easy threading.
Brother LX3817G – Mechanical sewing machine with 17 built-in stitches, including one 4-step auto-size buttonhole.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro – Professional 6K digital film cameras with Super 35 HDR sensor, EF lens mount, 13 stops of dynamic range, dual native ISO, built-in ND filters, and a bright HDR touchscreen.
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lenses
Tripods
Tricaster Mini 4K – Video production system with Plug and Play NDI® device setup. 4 NDI® connections with PoE for video, audio, tally, power, and control. Stream to all your favorite social channels. Supports any combination of 8 live outputs in resolutions up to 4K UHD.
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