Below is a list of tools, resources and materials that the community has mentioned they would love to have in the MIS MakerLab. If you would like to add to this list, please get in touch by emailing
amartin@mis-munich.de or bburke@mis-munich.de

 

TOOLS

  • 3D printers
  • Laser cutter
  • Sewing machines
  • Soundproof booth with equipment (mics, preamps, mixing desk, etc.) for voice recording and recording musical performances/bands.
  • AV room with green screen, photography space, lights and mics for filming
  • Drills
  • Low heat hot glue guns
  • Stanley knives
  • Jigsaws/bandsaw
  • Table saw/circular saw
  • Hand saws / coping saws / hacksaws
  • Electric sanders
  • Soldering irons
  • Vinyl cutter
  • A range of bike repair tools
  • Safety equipment (heat proof gloves, safety glasses, earmuffs, etc.)
  • PVC pipe cutter
  • The Cool Tool Unimat 1 Classic

 

MATERIALS

  • LOTS of cardboard
  • A range of tape (masking tape, sellotape, packaging tape, gaffer tape, electrical tape, etc.)
  • Markers
  • 3D pens
  • Lego
  • Everblocks (giant Lego pieces)
  • A range of different textiles and thread
  • Electrical wires/clips/lights/battery holders/etc.
  • Wire
  • Wood
  • String
  • Velcro
  • Kinetic sand
  • Sugru (formable, adhesive putty that sets like rubber)
  • LittleBits
  • Arduino’s
  • Raspberry Pi’s
  • Circuit Scribe
  • Electronics breadboards
  • Electrical essentials (wires, servo motors, buttons, switches, solar panels, LED’s, etc.)
  • Solder
  • PVC pipes and elbows

 

RESOURCES

  • Walls painted with whiteboard paint so that people can sketch and design on any surface
  • Two projectors/screen on different endĀ of the room to teach and present to multiple grounds at the same time
  • Movable walls to help separate the space for different purposes
  • A Lego Wall
  • Magnetic strips to store tools on walls
  • Light boxes for photography and film
  • Paint spray booth (requested by design apartment and arts department)
  • Phone booths for recording (could even be outside!)