BAE Shop UC Davis

Turning Ideas Into Reality

The Biological and Agricultural Engineering Shop provides high-quality design and fabrication services customized to meet the unique needs of any UC project.

Biologial and Agricultural Engineering Shop UC Davis

The BAE shop can handle welding and fabrication projects from any department within the UC system and beyond.

To request shop services, please fill out the Request Form with your UC account number and an authorized signature. Requests from outside the UC system should email shop staff directly.

BAE faculty, students, and visiting scholars are welcome to use the tools and machines within the shop once they have completed departmental shop and equipment-specific BAE safety training.  

Services:

  • Custom prototyping
  • Complete welding and metal fabrication
  • Engineering, design, and CAD (SolidWorks)
  • CNC and manual machining
  • Research support
  • Basic wiring and electronics development
  • Repair of broken parts and equipment

Contact Us:

Phone: (530) 752-2737
Email: baeshop@ucdavis.edu

Shop Hours:

Mon-Fri: 7am–12pm, 1–5pm
Sat-Sun: Closed
*Hours subject to change

Equipment:

  • Full welding capabilities: 2 Miller 350LX T.I.G. machines, 1 Miller 350P M.I.G. welding machine, 1 Hobart Handler 120v M.I.G., 1 Miller Spectrum 1250 plasma cutter, 1 Linde VI 253C M.I.G. machine, and several welding turntables.
  • Welding Processes: T.I.G., M.I.G., stick, pulse M.I.G., spray arc, flux core, oxy acetylene, silver soldering and brazing.
  • Metal fabrication and forming: 100 ton Pittsburg Ironworker, Ellis belt sander, Ellis 1600 mitre cutting band saw, Marvel vertical band saw, 6 foot power sheet metal shear, 25 ton arbor press, various sheet metal box and pan brakes and other metal working machines.
  • Full service machine shop: 4 Bridgeport milling machines: one 2 axis CNC 9 x 48 bed, one 3 axis CNC 9 x 48 bed, and two manual 9 x 42 bed with DRO'S. A Milltronics 3 axis CNC mill with a 16 x 54 bed and a Haas TL-1 CNC lathe.  Various other lathes, manual mills, and drill presses.
  • Sand blaster and glass bead blaster
  • Forklift
  • Electronics lab: soldering irons, multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, and wiring supplies.

BAE Fabrication Shop

Rates:

*Shop Rates are per hour

Shop Staff – Internal to campus $144 / External $200

Shop Student – Internal to campus $35 / External $50

Shop Use - $90 Internal and External

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