The B-made Hub

B-made has two different models of laser cutters. Please check the dimensions of the machines when you are setting up your files in line with the sheet material sizes listed below.

We stock laser plywood, acrylic and paper products for use on our laser cutters:

Laser plywood

Poplar plywood

• 3mm thickness | sheet sizes: (610 x 610) (610 x 1220)
• 6mm thickness | sheet sizes: (610 x 610) (610 x 1220)
• 9mm thickness | sheet sizes: (610 x 610) (610 x 1220)

Birch plywood

• 0.8mm thickness | sheet sizes: (610 x 610) (610 x 1220)
• 1.5mm thickness | sheet sizes: (610 x 610) (610 x 1220)

Acrylic sheet

Clear acrylic 

• 2mm thickness | sheet sizes: 
• 3mm thickness | sheet sizes: 
• 5mm thickness | sheet sizes: 
• 10mm thickness | sheet sizes: 

Coloured / special effects acrylic

• Coloured / tinted / flourescent acrylic: 3mm thickness | 
• Mirrored / frosted: 3mm thickness | 

Paper products

• White Card / black card: A1 x 0.5mm / 1mm
• White card / black card: A2 x 0.5mm / 1mm / 2mm
• Greyboard: A2 x 1mm / 2mm

Read more about dangerous and unsafe materials

Learn more about our 3D printing services and 3D printers

The B-made Hubs now supply approved, high quality, recycled PLA filament.  We sell them without individual boxes to reduce waste and are able to offer them at a great discount to market prices. Students must use approved filaments for the bookable Desktop 3D printers. Other filaments cannot be used without permission from the 3D Printing Manager as they may be toxic, can damage the machines or can produce poor quality prints.

B-made's large sheet goods come in 1220mm x 2440mm sheet sizes. In order to get sheets cut on the B-made tablesaw you must first complete a cut list and purchase the appropriate amount of material from the shop. Once issued a reciept, you can bring your cut list and reciept to one of our technicians who will cut the specified material according to the cut list.  

B-made no longer supports the use of dust producing boards on our CNCs. The associated health risks and HSE policies have impacted the discussion to protect air quality for Students and Staff. We now offer model board that ‘chips’ as it is milled, creating a safer by-product during milling.  MDF is not permitted on the CNCs.

The Hub also sells various other consumables but while social distancing measures are in place, no one will be able to enter the physical shop and stock will be reduced while we operate primarily from our online shop. Please also be aware that the Hub must only order through UCL-approved suppliers and that the Hub is there to support B-made operations, so though we always strive to bring in quality materials at fair prices, we are limited in what we can reasonably supply. 

Resin 

B-made respects and supports the Bartlett’s resin policy and does not permit resin use in the workshops. It is an unsustainable material with various hazardous by-products during and after casting (sanding / finishing etc.). There are health and environmental concerns that surround the use of resin so the school’s duty of care to everyone’s safety supersedes the design opportunities this material presents. 

All resin is banned entirely. The Bartlett prohibits the casting of resin by Bartlett students, indoors or outdoors, on or off College premises. No work, cast in resin will be accepted as part of a portfolio submission. Student work that contains resin is removed from shows. 

This includes expanding foams. Expanding foams are hazardous to health and highly flammable.

Spray-paint 

B-made only supports the use of water-based spray paints in the Bloomsbury Workshop location. There are no spray-painting facilities at Here East. The B-made Hub now stocks and sells water-based spray paints below market prices to ensure that students can reliably use water-based spray paints.

The Bartlett School of Architecture 

B-made workshop, room B.14, 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0QB

UCL at Here East

B-made workshop, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E15 2GW