Trainings

In our machine trainings, we show you how you can use the machines at Happylab to realize your own projects. This includes correct preparation of the file, the workflow on the machine and safety instructions so you can start right away without any prior knowledge. For most of the machines at Happylab, you first have to complete the respective training before you can work on the machine.

Training courses take place several times a week at Happylab - for Happylab members these are free or can be booked at reduced prices. Alternatively, you can book private individual trainings with our lab managers or complete online tests in the Happylab Members Portal (access only for members!).

For the use of the metal and woodworking shop, a General Safety Instruction (GSI) is mandatory.

→ GSI Metal

→ GSI Wood

Next Dates:

Consulting

You have an idea but no plan where to start? You've already attended a machine training, but are too afraid to work on the machine alone? In the last few years we've already helped realize many projects and product ideas and are happy to support you with our expertise on digital manufacturing technologies and rapid prototyping!

In a joint brainstorming session, we will address the following questions, among others:

→ Which machine is best suited for my project?

→ What do I have to pay attention to when choosing a material?

→ What are the next steps?

The consultation session with our lab managers is billed based on actual time spent. Cost: €96 per hour, billed in 15-minute increments. The first 15 minutes are charged as a deposit upon booking.

Lukas Winter completed the HTBLA for Aviation Technology in Eisenstadt and is responsible at Happylab for 3D printing, laser cutting, Textile Lab (embroidery machine and sewing machines), plastic processing, hobby workshop (including CNC milling), and Autodesk Fusion 360.

→ Book appointment with Lukas

Andreas Wildmann completed the HTL Leonding for Electronics and is responsible at Happylab for electronics and knowledge transfer. He is happy to advise you on topics related to microcontrollers, embedded systems, IoT, and PCB manufacturing.

→ Book appointment with Andreas

guided tours

Curious about 3D printers, laser cutters, etc.? We are happy to guide you through our makerspace and give you an insight into Austria's largest maker community. During a tour of our open workshop, we'll show you which machines you can use for your own projects and answer your questions about membership, technical details and specific project ideas.

Every Wednesday at 7 pm (excluding public holidays) there is a free guided tour through Happylab. Registration is necessary due to limited space! Duration: approx. 1 hour

→ Registration for the tour

Alternatively, you can arrange a free visit and take a look around our lab. Duration: approx. 30 minutes

→ Arrange a free visit

Private Group tour (School classes, UNI & companies ETC.)

Upon request, we are happy to offer a private group tour through our makerspace for school classes, student groups or companies, during which we briefly present the high-tech machines, explain the potential of digital fabrication in more detail and provide insights into Austria's largest maker community. Duration: approx. 1.5 hours

As a highlight, at the end of the tour, participants can look forward to a hands-on station where they can design their own keychain pendant and produce it directly on the laser cutter. Cost: € 6 per person (at least € 60).

→ Book appointment

Kids birthday parties

Kids from the age of 6 can celebrate their birthday with their friends in our high-tech workshop and fabricate a cool present for themselves! The birthday party lasts approx. 3 hours and includes a workshop for up to 12 children, a Sachertorte, decorations, drinks, snacks and a self-made gift for all participating children. Kids birthday parties are offered on Fridays starting at 3 pm and on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 10 am or 2 pm. Costs: € 250 for eight children, € 15 for each additional child

→ Info & Booking

Luminous badges - make textiles shine! (ab 8 Jahre)

3D pen: Your ideas become three-dimensional! (from age 8)

Cutting plotter creative workshop - Create your own T-shirt (from age 8)

Wunderwuzzi robots: Bristle speedsters racing against each other (age 6 - 10)

Drawdio: Music out of a pencil (from age 10)

Woodturning - put your hand to the wood! (from 8 years)

Wood racer Rallye - The hot race for victory! (from 6 years)

SUmmer camp for Kids

"Do it yourself with 3D printing, electronics and textile design" - this is the motto under which summer camps for children from 8 to 12 years old take place in our Happylab!

Summer Holiday program for kids (Age 8 - 12)

Dates for 2024: 22.07.24 - 26.07.24 + 05.08.24 - 09.08.24

This exciting summer week at Happylab is all about "Do it yourself". During the week-long summer camps, the children become real makers themselves and get to know our makerspace and all its equipment. The motto is "Do it yourself with 3D printing, electronics and textile design".

Every day, a new project is tackled and together we screw, solder, plot and tinker. The children can also let off steam creatively at the same time. In the afternoon, it's off to the park, the museum or a fun park - depending on their mood and the weather.

→ More info

Repair Café

Happylab is not just a place where new things are created with the help of digital production technologies. Getting to the bottom of mistakes, fixing things and reusing recycled parts are important parts of the Maker DNA. That's why we regularly offer repair cafés in our makerspace!

Dates: Every last monday of each month (except public holidays and during summer in July & August)

Time: 4 - 6 pm

No registration necessary!

Together with our repair experts you can repair your broken small devices (e.g. coffee grinder, iron, blender, radio alarm clock, plug-in power supply,...) yourself with simple tools. It doesn't matter whether you are already a Happylab member or simply want to repair a broken device - you are welcome either way!

Happylab is DIY partner in the Repair-Network Vienna & part of the international Repair Café network!

School of makers

In our School of Makers, makers from the Happylab Community share their knowledge on various subjects. The workshops impart creative and artistic skills, as well as technical expertise in working with machinery and software.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Create bioplastic materials yourself

October 18th, 2024 6 PM & October 19th, 2024 11 AM

Would you like to make bioplastics yourself? In this workshop, Vienna-based designer Cindy Fodor will show you how to cook different bioplastics and how to create different surfaces and structures. Are you ready to get to know a whole new world?

Workshop host: Cindy Fodor (www.instagram.com/cindyfodor/)

→ Info & Registration

Ceramics Studio: Handbuilding Essentials

3 sessions: November 11th & 12th 2024 (5 - 8 pm) & December 3rd 2024 (5 - 8 pm)

Discover the world of ceramics at Happylab! We are excited to introduce our new three-day ceramics workshop – your chance to dive into the fascinating art of clay modeling and handbuilding! Whether you’ve always wanted to create your own unique ceramics or are simply curious about how a lump of clay can be transformed into beautiful and functional objects, this workshop offers a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of hand-building and ceramics making.

Workshop host: Zahra Mirza

→ Info & Registration

Female Makers

Unfortunately, women* are still significantly underrepresented in the maker scene and technology-related making has so far not been very inclusive. We want to change that! Our goal: to inspire more women* to start maker projects and to reduce fear of digital production technologies.

With the Female* Maker Month, we have marked the starting point for more equal opportunities in technology-related making. The program includes welding in the metal workshop, furniture making with wood, do-it-yourself bicycle repair and an electronics workshop with ethical hardware.

CuRrrent Dates:

Welding courses By & For Women*

At Happylab, MAG & TIG welding courses are held regularly with by two female locksmiths Doris Kern and Maud Eiselsberg - including Women*only dates exclusively for women*! The courses provide a low-threshold introduction to working with a welding torch and are ideally suited for beginners.

The workshops are sponsored by the City of Vienna - Frauenservice Wien (MA 57). Therefore we can offer reduced workshop tickets for women* at 59€ instead of 79€ - while stocks last!

→ Registration MAG welding

→ Registration TIG welding

Welding courses for Girls

October 19, 2024 // 9 am - 12 pm & 1.30 - 4.30 pm

In these workshops at Happylab Vienna, girls from 7 - 12 years of age will be welding together with workshop host Tatjana Schinko! After an intensive safety briefing, the participants create sculptures from pre-cut sheet metal triangles that will cause surprise and pride.

The workshops are sponsored by the City of Vienna - Frauenservice Wien (MA 57). Participation is free of charge!

→ Registration

TEAMBUILDING

Strengthen your team spirit at Happylab! Our tailor-made teambuilding events offer a unique opportunity to get creative and innovative together. In our modern Makerspace, your team members can work on their teamwork and communication in a playful way and unleash their creative potential.

After a tour of the Happylab and a short introduction to the Maker movement, it's time for project work in small groups. There are various workshops to choose from: from building a magic table to designing furniture to designing individual bracelets.

Let your team grow together at Happylab.

We look forward to seeing you!

→ Info & Booking

Trainings

Consulting

guided tours

Kids Birthday

School classes

School Of makers

Repair café

Female Makers

TEAMBUILDING

Trainings

Next Dates:

Consulting

guided tours

Private Group tour (School classes, UNI & companies ETC.)

Kids birthday parties

SUmmer camp for Kids

Summer Holiday program for kids (Age 8 - 12)

Repair Café

School of makers

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Create bioplastic materials yourself

Ceramics Studio: Handbuilding Essentials

Female Makers

CuRrrent Dates:

Welding courses By & For Women*

Welding courses for Girls

TEAMBUILDING