Service Prioritizations

Please note that services relating to Support Machining and the Electronics Shop, as well as other work in the Student Machine Shop and MakerSpace may be prioritized as follows:

  1. Course instruction involvement and teaching support
  2. Research support
  3. Operations support
  4. Approved Mech Student Groups support
  5. Requests external to Mech (sub-prioritized for teaching, research, and other)

Student Machine Shop, Student MakerSpace and Support Machining Services

The UBC Department of Mechanical Engineering supports hands on learning by providing students with access to machining and fabrication resources through the Student Machine Shop and the  Student MakerSpace. We also provide fee-for-service Support Machining Services for university purposes.

Hours

The Student MakerSpace is typically open 24/7 .

The Student Machine Shop open hours are typically 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM Monday to Friday (expect statutory holidays). Please book ahead and check the schedule on the Mech Tech-Access Booking System  as this is updated in case of special closures.

Support Machining Service staff are generally on-site 9 AM – 5 PM. Please email to make an appointment if you wish to discuss potential service machining work with staff (mshop@mech.ubc.ca).