Available Materials
Available Materials
BeAM offers a variety of standard materials for your Making needs. You are welcome to purchase premium materials to use in BeAM. A few links to premium materials are provided in the table.
| Materials description | Provided | Compatible (but not provided by BeAM) | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewing Machine Thread | Black and White, Additional colors included in the variety pack | Please purchase on your own any colors not available | Amazon (In Black, Ivory, and Color Wheel) |
| Sewing Scraps | Variable – fabrics available from Scrap Exchange | Please purchase on your own. Fabric not available | Recommend visiting Scrap Exchange or Joann Fabric |
| Sewing notions (e.g. buttons, snaps, fasteners, zippers, elastic, velcro, polyfill, etc) | None providers | Please purchase on your own | Recommend visiting Scrap Exchange or Joann Fabric |
| 3D Printer Filament/Resin | Colorfabb XT Colorfabb HT nGen Flex filament (for research use) NinjaFlex (for research use) | formlabs resin | Formlabs Materials |
| Vinyl Cutter Items | Sticker vinyl: limited supply Transfer paper Paint mask | Sticker vinyl: all other colors T-shirt vinyl: all colors | Fashion Film HTV Sticker Vinyl Oracal 631 |
| Embroidery Machine | Stocked Thread Cutaway and Tearaway backing | Stocked Thread Cutaway and Tearaway backing | Madeira Polyneon Dissolvable backing |
| Laser Items | Cardboard PETG | 1/4" Acrylic, 1/8'' Acrylic 1/4'' Plywood, 1/8'' Plywood Colored Acrylic Bristol Board | Amazon Hardwood Store Piedmont Plastics |