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About Us
Fab Lab Ply­mouth is a dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion lab­o­ra­to­ry that gives you the pow­er to turn your ideas into real­i­ty. Using the lat­est in dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy, we help busi­ness­es, stu­dents and the pub­lic unlock the pow­er of making.
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Services

Business Business

Busi­ness

Fab Lab Ply­mouth has restrict­ed access due for com­mer­cial work due to the cur­rent lock­down. We are able to accept enquires again so please do con­tact us.
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Community Community

Com­mu­ni­ty

Fab Lab Ply­mouth is closed to mem­bers due to the cur­rent Covid-19 sit­u­a­tion. Please do con­tact us if you have an enquiry about future membership.
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Education Education

Edu­ca­tion

Fab Lab Ply­mouth has restrict­ed stu­dent access due to the cur­rent lock­down. The team are work­ing remote­ly and stu­dents can book online con­sul­ta­tions via Con­nect 2, or please email us if you need to access the Fab Lab.
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Smart Citizens

WASP: 3D printing eco-homes with local clay WASP: 3D printing eco-homes with local clay

WASP: 3D print­ing eco-homes with local clay

How can you trans­form the world through 3D print­ing? Hear how 3D print­ing spe­cial­ists, WASP, are lead­ing the sus­tain­able design revolution.
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Make a Solar Powered Artwork: 2-Part Workshop Make a Solar Powered Artwork: 2-Part Workshop

Make a Solar Pow­ered Art­work: 2‑Part Workshop

Design and make your own illu­mi­nat­ed art­work pow­ered by sun­light in this hands-on workshop!
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Make a Solar Powered Artwork: 2-Part Workshop Make a Solar Powered Artwork: 2-Part Workshop

Make a Solar Pow­ered Art­work: 2‑Part Workshop

Design and make your own illu­mi­nat­ed art­work pow­ered by sun­light in this hands-on workshop!
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News

Smart Citizens Community Meet-Ups – Bringing technology & creativity together to protect nature Smart Citizens Community Meet-Ups – Bringing technology & creativity together to protect nature

Smart Cit­i­zens Com­mu­ni­ty Meet-Ups – Bring­ing tech­nol­o­gy & cre­ativ­i­ty togeth­er to pro­tect nature

Mem­bers from the Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme, Green Minds, Pol­l­enize and Art and Ener­gy come togeth­er to pro­tect Plymouth’s wildlife and environment.
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Crafts third year wins in BAMS Student Medal Project Crafts third year wins in BAMS Student Medal Project

Crafts third year wins in BAMS Stu­dent Medal Project

Ply­mouth Col­lege of Art stu­dent Gre­go­ry Williams has been announced a win­ner in the pres­ti­gious British Art Medal Society’s Stu­dent Medal Project. Gre­go­ry was one of over one hun­dred entrants from over fif­teen art col­leges across the coun­try, with the win­ners cho­sen short­ly before lock­down by a group of judges at the British Muse­um in London.
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SageTech: Leading Sustainable Anesthesia Technology SageTech: Leading Sustainable Anesthesia Technology

SageTech: Lead­ing Sus­tain­able Anes­the­sia Technology

Fab Lab Ply­mouth at PCA sup­port­ed Sagetech Med­ical Equip­ment to devel­op it’s use of 3D Design and 3D print­ing to devel­op it’s inno­v­a­tive anaes­the­sia recy­cling technology.
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Projects

The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab
The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab is a part­ner­ship of sev­en Devon-based organ­i­sa­tions, work­ing togeth­er to help busi­ness­es analyse data to cre­ate new prod­ucts and ser­vices, focus­ing on safe­guard­ing the environment.
Smart Citizens Programme
Smart Cit­i­zens Programme
The Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme is open­ing Fab Lab Ply­mouth to com­mu­ni­ties. We’re sup­port­ing cit­i­zens in devel­op­ing skills to design and make their own objects, prod­ucts and art­work using dig­i­tal fabrication.
AYCH - Improving lives with design and digital fabrication
AYCH — Improv­ing lives with design and dig­i­tal fabrication
The EU fund­ed Atlantic Cre­ative Youth Hubs Project builds a social inno­va­tion mod­el for young peo­ple sup­port­ing social entre­pre­neur­ship, employ­ment and edu­ca­tion in the cre­ative and cul­tur­al industries.
Made@EU
Made@EU
Bridg­ing the dig­i­tal divide that hin­ders the use of dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion knowl­edge and tech­nolo­gies in the Euro­pean cul­tur­al and cre­ative sectors.
Fab Lab in schools
Fab Lab in schools
We want to inspire dig­i­tal mak­ers, devel­op dig­i­tal mak­ing skills in young peo­ple, and sup­port the dig­i­tal agen­da with­in the curriculum.
Skills Support for the Workforce
Skills Sup­port for the Workforce
Our Skills Sup­port for the Work­force project invit­ed busi­ness­es, artists and small traders into our Fab Lab to take part in a course that trained them how to use the kit and then how to adapt it to their practice.
HackFest
Hack­Fest
Part of Ven­turefest South West, Hack­Fest is a coun­ty-wide project for young peo­ple to come togeth­er to cre­ate prod­uct pro­to­types that respond to the issues of the future.

Get inspired by the past projects that have occurred at Fab Lab Ply­mouth, and dis­cov­er the cur­rent projects.

Through hackathons, artist res­i­den­cies, bound­ary blur­ring stu­dent col­labs and more, our lab helps the fresh­est ideas become a reality.
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Resources

Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer Lisa Sinterit Pro - SLS Printer

Lisa Sin­ter­it Pro — SLS Printer

Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers Formlabs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

Form­labs Form 2 & Form 3 SLA 3D Printers

FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet FDM 3D Printers: Ultimaker fleet

FDM 3D Print­ers: Ulti­mak­er fleet

Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner Leica BLK360 Environment Laser Scanner

Leica BLK360 Envi­ron­ment Laser Scanner

3D Scanner: Einscan Pro 3D Scanner: Einscan Pro

3D Scan­ner: Ein­scan Pro

Wazer waterjet Cutter Wazer waterjet Cutter

Waz­er water­jet Cutter

Our Fab Lab includes high-tech 2D and 3D dig­i­tal man­u­fac­tur­ing equip­ment that can be found in the best labs across the world.
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