More Makerspace for everyone

Over the last 10 years, the equipment pool has grown and new ideas and synergies are constantly emerging. You have contributed wishes and ideas over the years. It is therefore time to make adjustments to accommodate this change and your wishes. With new opening hours from October 2025, you will have new options for using the equipment in the Makerspace. With a simplified booking process for equipment and a PC pool for preparing files for the laser cutters and 3D plastic printers, more people will have the opportunity to actively work on the equipment. More makerspace for everyone!

Yes, even more than before! Wednesdays, which will be closed from October, are primarily so that we can offer more regular equipment operator courses. You can find the e-tutorials in OPAL. The dates for the practical instruction on site in the Makerspace event calendar.

Yes, as usual, we work with the traffic light system: To use "green" devices, you must present the certificate for the occupational safety instruction. To use "yellow" equipment, you also need to watch a video tutorial. To use "red" equipment, you also need an equipment operator's license. You can find out which conditions apply to which device or what the respective device operator's license looks like on the respective device booking pages. With the device operator's license, you can work independently on the devices, consolidate your knowledge and work more flexibly on the device.

To obtain the certificate for occupational safety instruction, please watch the video first and then complete the knowledge test.

With a full closing day, we can offer a whole day of specific equipment operator courses, which in turn allows you to book appointments more flexibly. The more equipment operator courses we can offer, the more people have the chance to get a place and be trained to work independently on the equipment. This also fits in with the newly introduced maximum number of supervised appointments per person .

We are still open for you on Mondays and Fridays from 9 am to 12:30 pm. After that, we also use the time to offer equipment operator courses, for other events or to make the room and equipment available for courses. The equipment also needs to be serviced regularly. We take care of this during the closing times.

The supervised appointments are intended to make it easier to get started or to facilitate one-off projects. One of our goals is to impart knowledge about appliances and manufacturing techniques to as many people as possible. With the supervised appointments, we can allay fears, spark interest and facilitate the first steps on the device. To ensure that there is more makerspace for everyone, everyone gets the same number of supervised appointments.

In simple terms, "Open Lasercut" means: laser cutting with a device license, but without booking an appointment. From October 2025, there will be fixed times when this is possible: Mondays and Fridays from 9 am to 12:30 pm.

With "Open Lasercut" you can laser cut on Mondays and Fridays from October (only!) with a device license, but without prior device booking. Spontaneous laser cutting is no longer a problem! There will be a queue to ensure that everything runs smoothly. As usual, you will register with the Makerspace staff using your SLUB or Campuscard and will be allocated a time slot and a laser cutter. This will probably be displayed on a screen.
By default, a time slot is scheduled for 20 minutes so that as many people as possible have the chance to laser cut their files. If there is no queue, you can laser cut for longer than 20 minutes. The files are no longer prepared on the computers on the device itself, but on the newly introduced PC pool, which is also located in the Makerspace.

At Open Lasercut, a time slot of 20 minutes is set as standard so that as many people as possible with a device license have the chance to laser their files. If there is no queue, it is possible to laser for longer than 20 minutes. The files are no longer prepared on the computers on the device itself, but on the newly introduced PC pool, which is also located in the Makerspace.

The limitation to a maximum of 1h laser time per day and 2h laser time per week, or a maximum of 3 print starts per week, is intended to enable as many people as possible to get laser time and print time. If the devices are free, it is also possible to use them beyond the maximum time. If this is the case, please contact us on site or by e-mail.

PC pool refers to a PC island in the SLUB Makerspace: several computers that are available to prepare files for laser cutting or 3D plastic printing. This means that the devices are not blocked by the preparation of the files, but are only booked for you when you are actually lasercutting or printing. This means that more people can laser cut during opening hours, especially at the laser cutter.

No. All fees remain the same. You can find a list of fees on the Fees and terms of use page.

Without equipment license

Supervised appointments on the 3D plastic printer take place as follows:

• Tuesday: 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday: 1 to 4 p.m.

You have a quota of four supervised appointments for 3D plastic printing. After that, you will need the 3D plastic printing equipment license to work on the 3D plastic printers.

Please send us the following information using the contact form:

• User number and name
• Appointment request: Date, time (free appointments are in the Ultimaker 2 Extended+ device calendar - "Benno").
• Description of the object (dimensions X Y Z-axis), filament, quantity
• Information on the project, purpose and use of the object (necessary to determine the printing time)
• A separate file in *.stl format for each object (several files as a .zip archive, max. size 10MB or link to cloud storage space)

With a device license
You can independently reserve a maximum of three bookings up to at least two days before the start time and up to 14 calendar days in advance. The Makerspace team will approve the appointment so that it becomes valid. The models to be printed must be available to us in *.stl format. Please upload them to our booking system when you make your booking. Alternatively, you can send us the files via our contact form. If we do not receive them 24 hours before the start date, the reservation will be canceled.

Without a license

• Supervised appointments on the laser cutter Epilog Fusion M2 40 - "Edgar" take place as follows:
  • Tuesday 1 pm to 4 pm
  • Thursday 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• You have a maximum time allotment of two hours for supervised appointments. After that, you will need a laser cutter operator's license to work on the laser cutter.
• You can book the Epilog Fusion M2 40 - "Edgar" laser cutter yourself via the equipment calendar at the above times for a maximum of one hour per day and for a maximum of two hours per week and up to 14 calendar days in advance.
• Your booking is only valid if it has been approved by Team Makerspace. To do this, the files to be lasered must be uploaded to the booking system in PDF format at the time of booking. Alternatively, you can send us the files via our contact form. If we do not receive these files in time before the start date, the reservation will be canceled.

With equipment license

• Open Lasercut
  • Monday and Friday from 9 am to 12:30 pm
  • The laser cutter Epilog Fusion M2 40 - "Edgar" and laser cutter Epilog Fusion 40 - "George" are available for open laser cutting without prior booking.
• Use with booking
  • You can reserve the laser cutter Epilog Fusion 40 - "George" and laser cutter Epilog Fusion M2 40 - "Edgar" yourself via the device calendar up to the start time, for one hour per day, for a maximum of two hours per week and up to 14 calendar days in advance.
  • Laser cutter Epilog Fusion M2 40 "Edgar" can only be reserved at the following times 24 hours in advance by sending a request via our contact form:

    • Tuesday 1 to 4 pm

    • Thursday 16 to 19:30

The Makerspace is constantly evolving. New additions to the current range of equipment are to be expected. We will keep you up to date about new devices and device operating licenses on our website.