Fab Lab Oulu

You can utilize Fab Lab equipment to fabricate your own prototypes or meet the requirements for different research and education projects.

For using Fab Lab premises and booking machines read the instructions. 

You can find more information about our machines, including tutorials on how to prepare files and how to operate them in our wiki space. 

Machines available at Fab Lab: 

• Laser cutters: Cut and engrave multiple materials including wood, plastic, fabric, cardboard. Learn more about available laser cutters and operation instructions. 
• Vinyl cutters: Cut vinyl for decoration, masking processes. You can also fabricate flexible circuits. Find more information about the vinyl cutters available at Fab Lab. 
• 3D printers: Build your 3D model out of plastic (PLA, ABS), resin or nylon. Have a look to the machines available at Fab Lab as well as its operating instructions.   
• CNC Precision Milling Machine: Carve wood, create molds and fabricate PCBs. Read the guidelines on how to utilize the Roland GSM-20.
• CNC Wood Router: Fabricate big molds and build pieces of furniture. Read carefully instructions to create 3D models for the router. 
• Digital Embroidery: Create patches or decoration for fabric. Create wearables. Have a look to the digital embrioidery instructions. 
• 3D scanner:  We have different 3D scanning solutions. 
• Electronics measurement and fabrication equipment: Solder or stuff components and test electronic circuits. 

Information valid during COVID-19 restrictions

We have special operations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

1. We have a temporary machine booking system
2. Try to limit the amount of time that you are at Fab Lab. For instance, finish your designs at home when possible.
3. Please, follow carefully University of Oulu COVID-19 guidelines for staff / guidelines for students. Keep special attention to the safety distance. 
4. When need for help ASK the staff.
5. You should bring your own materials or use the scrap pieces found at Fab Lab Oulu.

Follow this instructions to use Fab Lab machines

Following information will be valid again when COVID-19 restrictions are completely over.

1. Register to our Fab Lab Oulu Scheduler
2. Come for a visit to explore our machines and capabilities
3. Design your own work
4. Ask help for estimating how much time your work needs
5. Reserve time for machine needed from Fab Lab scheduler
6. Bring your own materials
7. You are responsible for the use of machines at your reserved time slot
8. Some machines need to be attended at all times while in use
9. Take extra materials with you or donate them to Fab Lab (Fab Lab is NOT a storage for users own materials). All the material that is left in FabLab without identification, will be considered as a donation to Fab Lab.
10. In general, you can use our machines for free. See exceptions below.
11. Small leftover materials can be found in the Fab Lab (come and check for yourself)
12. Staff can help you with machines and design problems, but they are not going to do the work for you.

In general, machine usage is free. However,  the utilization of the machine is subject to a fee when:

• You are selling / getting any economical benefit out of the products you have fabricated using Fab Lab equipment.
• When you use our machines for mass production (e.g. you are laser cutting dozens of units of the same object)

Using our machines for prototpying is still free of cost. 

Please, contact our staff to get more information about pricing and invoicing.  

Please note that when using Fab Lab you should bring your own material. 

Special schedule in Easter: 

Fab Lab will be closed from Thursday 14th at 16:00 till Tuesday 19th at 9:00. Hauskaa pääsiaista.

For University students and staff:

• Mon - Fri: 09:00 - 16:00

For FabAcademy students and students following Fab Lab Courses:

• Mon - Fri: 09:00 - 19:00
• Sat: 09:00 - 15:00

For General Public:

• Currently not possible due to COVID-19 restrictions

Contact information

• E-mail: fablab (at) oulu.fi
• Tel. +358 50 575 4293

Visiting address

Fab Lab Oulu is located in the Linnanmaa campus of the University of Oulu, rooms TF 132-135, entrance 2T. 

Street address: Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3

Read more about campuses and how to locate yourself. 

You can ask any question regarding our Fab Lab operations or ask specific questions about any digital fabrication process at our online tutoring time.

• Location: Zoom
• Date: Mondays and Thursdays
• Time: 10:00 - 11:00