Swindon Makerspace

Swindon Makerspace Community workshop with laser cutter, 3D printers, wood/metal work, electronics & craft facilities. Open evening every Wed. Unit 34, BSS House, Swindon

Members work on a range of projects that usually involve electronic hardware, software programming, and mechanical assembly. Popular projects often include prototyping electronic circuits using breadboard, and interfacing with Arduino, Raspberry Pi or Stellaris LaunchPad micro controllers. We also do a lot of 3D printing and metal machining. Members occasionally run informal sessions on topics such as PICAXE, Laser Cutting, OpenSCAD, and 3D Printing. If you have an idea for a session you would like to run, please let us know via the group or on twitter

Open Evenings:

We meet regularly on Wednesday evenings from around 6:30pm for our open and social evening – anyone that’s interested in visiting the space is welcome to come along and see what’s going on, your first visit is free. Generally there are members around for Saturday mornings between 10:00-13:00 if you prefer to visit us then, however this is not always guaranteed. You are always welcome to contact us before hand to check. If you’re not quite ready for a full membership, there is a pay on the door option to use the space – it’s £5 for the evening, or for an entire day if escorted by another member (i.e. if you’re friends with an existing member). You’re strongly encouraged to bring along works in progress, new and interesting hardware, or any other projects or shiny gadgets. We love to help with other peoples projects (much easier than working on your own) and are more than happy to introduce you to the various tools. Unit 34, BSS House, Cheney Manor, Swindon Wilts, SN2 2PJ.

Nothing quite says quality as hand crafted metal parts milled out one by one. Milled here at the Makerspace and a custom...
26/09/2026

Nothing quite says quality as hand crafted metal parts milled out one by one. Milled here at the Makerspace and a custom 3D printed box to store it all.

Wood pallets are such a great and cheap source of material for your hobby projects. This wood store was bashed out in a ...
23/09/2026

Wood pallets are such a great and cheap source of material for your hobby projects. This wood store was bashed out in a weeked using a range of tools at the space, from tearing the wooden pallets down, cutting to size and nailing/screwing it all into the new shape!

Swindon Open studios are open this weekend and next, many local artists are opening their homes to show what they make a...
18/09/2026

Swindon Open studios are open this weekend and next, many local artists are opening their homes to show what they make and how they make so go and check them out!

Whose that Pokemon? With our new embroidery machine, members are beginning to get the basics down on making their own de...
30/08/2026

Whose that Pokemon? With our new embroidery machine, members are beginning to get the basics down on making their own designs. Not quiet there yet but learning the do's and don'ts is part of the fun

Wait things other than 3D printer filament come in spools? Guess we need to make more spool mounts! A quick and easy pro...
19/08/2026

Wait things other than 3D printer filament come in spools? Guess we need to make more spool mounts! A quick and easy project made at the makerspace, not as fancy as the others but still helpful for use at home!

Things a grandad has to do.. Fairy House which was slightly adapted under orders from a 5 year old. Printed on a Bambu ...
16/08/2026

Things a grandad has to do.. Fairy House which was slightly adapted under orders from a 5 year old. Printed on a Bambu P1S like we have at the makerspace , all colours separately printed then glued together.

Many members were out yesterday to watch the eclipse, here are just some of the pictures they got!
13/08/2026

Many members were out yesterday to watch the eclipse, here are just some of the pictures they got!

A member of the Swindon Makerspace 3D scanned themselves and then resin printed themselves. Looks like a real bronze sta...
20/07/2026

A member of the Swindon Makerspace 3D scanned themselves and then resin printed themselves. Looks like a real bronze statue!

Resin printing like the one our members have access to here at the Swindon Makerspace continues to impress us, these are...
18/07/2026

Resin printing like the one our members have access to here at the Swindon Makerspace continues to impress us, these are chess pieces just 2 inches tall yet have so much detail in! You wont get this an other chess sets without spending a fortune!

15/07/2026

The latest addition to our range of crafting tools is an embroidery machine.
We also have Sewing machines, a vinyl cutter, a pyrography tool, a badge maker, a t-shirt and a mug hot press for our craft group.

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Unit 34, BSS House, Cheney Manor
Swindon
SN22PJ

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