Fab Lab Masterton

Fab Lab Masterton Haere mai! Welcome! Wairarapa citizens, schools and businesses can access digital fabrication here. We use this page as our website. Thank you MDC!

Here we aim to connect with individuals, businesses, schools and anyone interested in our kaupapa: to spread digital fabrication capability through Masterton and the Wairarapa. We would love you to be a part of it! Fab Lab is a global community that exists to make and share capability, not for profit. Our Fab Lab is kept sustainable via a grant and a hub-space from Masterton District Council under

their Wellbeing Strategy. In here we'll post some of what we're doing and some of the useful info we come across. You can contribute to the conversation in our public "Group" page under the "More" tab. Don't be shy ;)

We try to be responsive if you message us here, otherwise email [email protected]

Equipment:
3D printers (6x Prusa i3 MK3S+ and a Creality CR30 infinite-Z belt)
Laser cutter
Vinyl cutter
Heat press
CNC (900x600, available outside Open Lab hours due to noise)
Pancake Bots (2x available with prior arrangement)
Heaps of microprocessor & electronics stuff

The rules:
• We encourage you to share your views and respect the views of others
• You are responsible for the material and comments you post
• We will remove spam and unauthorised advertisements
• You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided
• We will reply to comments at our discretion
• We reserve the right to delete posts at our discretion
• The appearance of external links or comments on this page does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of Fab Lab Masterton. Main rules: have fun, make & share.

21/08/2026

Lab closing early due to illness.

21/08/2026

There will be a slight delay before opening today. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We've been lucky enough to help out the Fireballs Aotearoa team with their successful retrieval of fragments of the rece...
07/08/2026

We've been lucky enough to help out the Fireballs Aotearoa team with their successful retrieval of fragments of the recent Masterton Meteorite. Vik and Tamara have a microscopy lab at their house (we can't fit everything in Dixon Street!) and it was the nearest place for initial handling, preparation, and examining the samples. This is the most recent find from today, with a magnified image of the broken surface.

24/07/2026

Open Lab today from 1-4pm

Send a message to learn more

03/07/2026

Got a bad case of the Friday blues? Come grab a pancake at the lab tonight 4-6pm

Neat inspiration here, from the folks at Make Magazine.Vik & Tamara at Fab Lab Masterton are on tap if you need a hand w...
23/06/2026

Neat inspiration here, from the folks at Make Magazine.

Vik & Tamara at Fab Lab Masterton are on tap if you need a hand with your 3D printer, Arduino thingy or chemistry stuff. (Tamara teaches molecular gastronomy workshops fyi).

Of course this equipment and expertise is available to you for tinkering FREE during Open Lab on Fridays 1-5pm, next to Aratoi/Entice.

It's lunchtime as I write this and my daughter Lizzy is making lasagna, not helping with lasagna but making it. Her brother Peter sulks nearby because it

Yes indeedy, we are open this Friday 22nd May. If you have laptops that can no longer run updated Windows, we are refurb...
21/05/2026

Yes indeedy, we are open this Friday 22nd May. If you have laptops that can no longer run updated Windows, we are refurbishing them with Xubuntu. This lets them still be used for Office, browsing, and all the things we do in the Fab Lab - either for yourself or perhaps donated to the needy in the community.

Xubuntu delivers a smooth and unified user experience with an elegant look from the boot to the shutdown with all aspects integrated to one.

Fab Lab will be closed on Good Friday
01/04/2026

Fab Lab will be closed on Good Friday

26/03/2026

Arohamai
Fab Lab crew are at a family event this Friday, so we are closed.

26/02/2026

We're Open!
Open Lab today 1-5pm

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6 Dixon Street
Masterton
5810

Opening Hours

1pm - 5pm

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