YSM Electronic & Machine Shop
Building: Hope Building
About the core
Tucked into the basement of the Hope Building at the corner of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street is a warren of well-lit rooms filled with milling machines, table saws, welders and lathes. The Yale School of Medicine Electronic & Machine Shop has catered to medical school researchers for more than three decades, building prototype devices for use in experiments.
Available to Yale researchers & external researchers
Orders
Download the PDF and open in Acrobat, complete order request form and either e-mail emshop@yale.edu or fax it to our shop at 203-737-4340.
Rates
The machine shop provides expert machinist for metal and plastic machining and fabrication services. Contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment for a consultation. Please note our standard lead time is three weeks and anything needed sooner will be charged at the emergency rate.
Hourly rates
as of July 1, 2026
| Service | Yale users |
|---|---|
| Standard shop service | $129 |
| On-site service | $166 |
| Emergency service | $192 |
| Tool loan | Free |
For more pricing information, call or email emshop@yale.edu. Electronic customers: Please review the service process for laboratory equipment repair.
Order request form PDF: Download the PDF and open in Acrobat, complete order request form and either e-mail emshop@yale.edu or fax it to our shop at (203) 737-4340. Please contact us with any questions.
Acknowledgment
If research supported by this core results in publication, please acknowledge this support by including the following in your publication(s): "We thank the Yale School of Medicine Electronic & Machine Shop for their assistance with _________ service. The Shop is supported in part by the Yale Core Grant for Vision Research # NEI P30 EY026878."
Example projects
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Aluminum Custom microscope stage
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Acetal Multiport perfusion monitor
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Acrylic Perfusion chamber
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Titanium Mini dual slider
Contacts
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Core/facility
Advanced Instrumentation Development Center (AIDC)
Our mission stands at the nexus between hardware, computing, and data science.
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Core/facility
Advanced Prototyping Center at Wright Lab
The Advanced Prototyping Center is a fabrication and design support facility to help Yale researchers with custom instrumentation.
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Core/facility
Scientific Glassblowing Laboratory (Glass Shop)
Our glassblowers work closely with researchers and other experts to create affordable standard catalog items, modifications of existing glassware, and new designs.
Daryl Smith