The Woodshop in the KSU College of Architecture and Construction Management (CoACM) is located on the Marietta campus on the ground floor of the Architecture (640) building. It is a resource that is available for use by all active students and faculty. The university’s focus on safety requires that anyone who wants to use the shop must have successfully completed the Shop Safety training course in D2L (contact a staff person for enrollment).
The shop was designed and is equipped to build small to medium sized models, using primarily wood. The shop contains a variety of equipment that allows users to perform just about any operation that they would like on wood or in some cases other similar materials.
The Woodshop is staffed by trained professionals during all hours of operation. The
equipment in the Woodshop includes the following (alphabetical):
- Band Saws – multiple saws of various sizes, set up to make a variety of types of cuts
- Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) routers
- Sanding
- Combination Belt and Disk Sanders
- Edge Sander
- Oscillating Spindle Sander
- Wide Belt Drum Sander
- Hand power sanders
- Downdraft tables
- Power Carving – rotary and reciprocating power carvers
- Hand Power Tools – Circular saws, Pneumatic nailers, etc.
- Woodworking Hand Tools – planes, hand saws, chisels, carving tools, files, rasps, etc.
- Joiner – flatten rough lumber
- Thickness Planer – make a second face smooth and parallel to the first
Panel Saw – break down larger sheets of material into smaller pieces
- Sliding Compound Miter Saw and Radial Arm Saw – crosscut long lumber shorter
- Scroll Saws – make fine or curvy or inside cuts
- Layout Tools – many different measuring and marking tools for project layout
Clamps – many different types
The Woodshop is equipped with dust collection systems that capture dust from most of the stationary machinery. Additional dust collection is addressed with a network of ambient air filtration units.