What you can and can't make here.

How screening works

You submit on the makerspace page and receive the secure pay link without a separate approval step. NovoCreation may still pause fulfillment, ask a clarifying question, or enforce this policy if the submitted details raise a safety, legal, or licensing concern.

We ask for a description on print-job and volume-pack checkouts so the team can screen what will be made. All purchases remain subject to this policy and to on-site safety requirements.

What we will not print, cut, route, or assist with

These categories are rejected without exception:

• Firearms and components. Full firearms, receivers (serialized or unserialized), auto sears, suppressors, magazines over state limits, bump stocks, solvent traps, or any part whose primary function is to enable firing a projectile. This includes “educational” or “airsoft-compatible” variants. Federal law is the floor, not the ceiling.
• Counterfeit or fraud-enabling items. Fake IDs, currency-sized plates, credit-card skimmers, lock-bypass tooling marketed for unauthorized use, counterfeit brand logos or packaging.
• Copyrighted characters. Disney, Nintendo, Marvel, DC, Hasbro, Pokémon, Sanrio, and similar — even for personal use, if we can't confirm the design is original or properly licensed.
• Medical devices. Anything implanted, ingested, or used in diagnosis/treatment outside of a research context with documented IRB approval. Prosthetics and orthotics for personal use are case-by-case — ask first.
• Hate symbols, harassment targets. Swastikas, KKK iconography, effigies of specific individuals, anything intended to intimidate.
• Hazardous items. Explosive, incendiary, or high-pressure components. Drug-paraphernalia items in jurisdictions where they're illegal.

What we approve enthusiastically

• Original CAD — your own design or something you've licensed (Thingiverse CC, Printables, commissioned work).
• Functional prints — brackets, enclosures, jigs, fixtures, replacement parts, tooling.
• Educational — robotics kits, Jetson/Arduino/Raspberry Pi housings, classroom models, science-fair components.
• Prototyping for a product or project you're shipping.
• Art, jewelry, custom gifts, fashion accessories.
• Repair work — replacement knobs, appliance parts, furniture brackets, anything keeping an old thing alive.

If we cannot fulfill a request

We'll contact you with a plain-English reason and the available next step. You can reply with clarification or submit a revised request; any cancellation or refund follows the published policy.

We don't keep a blacklist. A request we cannot fulfill has no bearing on future submissions; each one is considered on its own merits.

Why screening matters

NovoCreation operates as a licensed design and engineering studio. When we manufacture on-premise, the insurer, our building owner, the ATF, and state regulators all expect us to know what's being made. Screening and enforcement is how we hold up that end — not because we want to slow you down.

It also keeps the space safe and pleasant. Clear screening and enforcement prevent hazardous, unlawful, or disruptive projects from becoming someone else's problem in a shared shop.

Questions

Not sure whether your project fits? Write to [email protected] before you submit. We'll give you a quick read on whether it's in scope — no commitment either way.