Students and instructor in the SAPL woodshop.

Workshops + Facilities FAQs

Make a workshop request

Fill in the Materials & Service Request Form.
Submit completed form to workshop@sapl.ucalgary.ca
Submit your work order(s) by Friday to have it articulated the week following.
Once parts are completed, Shop staff will notify students and schedule a time for pick up.
Students should be prepared to pay for the materials during pick up.
To pick up and pay, please go to the laser room doorway (PF 1102). The POS system is no longer in the front office.

Note: material orders must be requested 2 weeks in advance to ensure we can ensure your materials will be on site in time

Due to distancing requirements, the computer lab is not available to students this term. To remotely access the computer lab:

Launch the FortiNet VPN client and connect to the UofC General VPN using their University credentials
Launch the Remote Desktop application and enter the computer name they wish to connect to
Login to the remote computer with their University credentials

Unfortunately, you cannot schedule or reserve a computer or know in advance if a computer is already in use. If a computer is already in use, a pop-up message will appear. Please try another computer.

For additional support, please phone IT at 403-220-5555 or chat live https://ucalgary.service-now.com/it.

To keep everyone safe and healthy for Fall Term, SAPL has made the difficult decision to not provide student access to the plotter room. Most course instructors have restructured their courses as to avoid printing. If you do need to print, the faculty has made arrangements with some printers to offer discounted student printing:

http://www.insourcealberta.com/ offers 50% off to students
https://theallinprinter.com/ offers student discounts
www.printthree.ab.ca offers students 25% off

Tutorial includes:

Document Setup & Exporting Files
Submit Print Jobs (Workstations)
UniCard Account & Loading Funds
Release Station Instructions
Pricing and Refunds

Use the QR code above for the video version of the tutorial.

Platics and Casting Supplies

Polymershapes 403-250-1670
Laird Plastics 403-250-9298
Industrial Plastics and Paint 403-252-8368
EM Plastics
Smooth-On Plastics (casting supplies)

Solid Wood and Sheet Goods

General Hardware and Supplies

Metal

Metal Super Market 403-720-2267
Ryerson 1 800-661-8554
Russel Metals Inc. 403-279-6600
Reliable Tube Ltd. 403-236-7800

Hobby Shops

PM Hobbycraft 403-291-2733
Model Land 403-249-1661
Action Hobby 403-236-5098
Michaels

3D Printing Material

Print Your Mind 3D 587-226-2645
3D Printing Canada
Spool3D.ca
All3dp.com
Filaments.ca

3D Printing Services and Maker Spaces

Print Your Mind 3D 587-226-2645
Fuse 33 Makerspace 587-818-6253
TFDL – U of C
University of Calgary Maker Multiplex- Schulich School of Engineering
Protospace (Makerspace) 587-774-5672
Affordable 3D
Calgary 3D Printing

Tools

SAPL recommends that students have tools for model making. You can find all of these tools at local stores, for possibly better pricing; some Amazon links have been provided to help you get started!

Olfa knife -standard, pen knife

Rotary knife

Cutting Mat

Model making Japanese saw

Model making mitre box

Model Making Shears

Model Making Twist Drill - Twist Drill Precision Spiral and/or Fine/Good Precision Casting Jewelry Plastic

Needle Nose Pliers, Side cutters,

Super glue and Activator

White Glue

5 Minute Epoxy

Masking Tape

Model Making Ruler - stainless double-sided ruler set and/or 3 Pack 12"/30CM Big Scale & Small Scale Aluminum Metric

Wire Bender

Small Combination Square

Carbon Paper for transferring drawings

Spring Clamps

These are the steps to print posters of 18"x24" and larger:

FIND: Make sure you find a plotter that has paper and is not low on ink
SUBMIT: Submit your print job in one of the workstations
FUND: Make sure your UniCard has sufficient funds
RELEASE: Log into the Release station with your UCID & submit your print job
PICK-UP: Find your print job in the specific plotter you selected in step 2

Printing Tutorial

Do not interfere with Plotters, they automatically print & cut your documents

If you have experienced issues with the plotters and feel you are owed a refund the Unicard office handles this themselves as they are able to check if a refund is in fact due to you, please click the button below and complete what is required:

How will international students/remote students make their models without access to the workshop facilities on campus?

Students are encouraged to seek out workshop facilities near them, but instructors will consider students' access to facilities and adjust model making requirements accordingly.

Will we be paying for the services that the shop is providing? Materials for 3D printing and/or laser cutting? Will the shop be doing cutting of other materials upon request?

We will ensure that students who do not have the ability to access the workshop are not responsible for fees related to workshop use. Nathan Tremblay will offer a session during Orientation for students on Workshop use and will be able to answer additional questions at that time.

Workshops + Facilities FAQs

Materials & Service Request Form

Remote Computer Lab

Print Room

Printing Tutorial

Supplies + Vendors