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Inductions, bench hire and laser cutter time as separate things to book, because they are not the same hour and not the same price.

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  • Live workbench availability
  • Regular maker bookings repeat
  • Induction time stays protected
  • Full card checkout on Pro
  • Machine closure stays visible

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Sell real makerspace bench availability

Offer induction, bench and machine sessions around real workshop availability. A reserved workbench leaves the makerspace page immediately.

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An induction booked before the member ever touches a machine.
New bookingAvailable
SessionLaser cutter induction
WhenWed 10 Sep - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
MemberNew member, first booking
Priced instantly€65

One live timetable

Keep every induction time clear

Put project blocks, laser time and machine closures on one workshop calendar, with the correct bench or machine on every entry.

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A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
09:00 · Rathmines
Bench 3 - half day hire
10:00 · Ranelagh
Laser - machine time
13:00 · Drumcondra
Induction - two members

An induction is not an hour at a bench.

A taught session with a tutor and eight places, a space by the hour, and one machine everybody wants. Three products, three prices, one workshop.

  • Inductions have a size

    A taught session holds what the tutor can supervise. When the places are gone the session comes off the page rather than quietly overfilling.

  • The laser cutter is the constraint

    Everybody wants the one machine. Booking it by the hour as its own thing is what stops the queue forming around a bench nobody needed.

  • Bench 4, not "a bench"

    Each bench is bookable in its own right, so closing one for a repair leaves the rest of the workshop online instead of shutting Saturday.

A day of classes, each shown as a session with the seats booked out of the total.
SessionsWednesday 1 Jul
  • 09:00Cooking class
    Full
  • 12:15Spanish lessons
    11/16
  • 17:30Strength & Conditioning
    5/12

Built for your workshop

Built for every kind of workshop booking

Workshop inductions

Customers choose from makerspace bench blocks genuinely free, and the confirmed workbench session leaves circulation immediately.

Casual bench hire

Set the same makerspace bench weekly or monthly on Free, choosing when the familiar run comes to an end.

Laser cutter time

Protect the full booking and induction time while ordinary sessions carry on around it.

CNC router bookings

Put the hirer and dust extraction details together so the booking can begin as arranged.

Woodworking classes

Keep the organiser and project hire requirements on one record rather than rebuilding the visit from messages.

School-break builds

Prepare an itemised quote for the bench days, the machine hours and the materials.

A changed project day

Put a member on a free bench and what they paid and the sessions before it travel with them.

Machine maintenance closures

Close the exact window needed for machine closure, leaving every ready resource online.

Woodshop induction, Saturday 10am, 7 of 8 places taken.
Woodshop induction, Saturday 10amThree hours
7 of 8 places1 place left

Eight places, and it holds.

When you teach the induction rather than hire the bench out, the number of places is the number of stools, and the page stops selling at it.

An induction booked before the member ever touches a machine.
New bookingAvailable
SessionLaser cutter induction
WhenWed 10 Sep - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
MemberNew member, first booking
Priced instantly€65

Booked without asking anyone.

A member picks the machine, the hours and pays. It lands in the diary while the supervisor is still cutting something.

A day of classes, each shown as a session with the seats booked out of the total.
SessionsWednesday 1 Jul
  • 09:00Cooking class
    Full
  • 12:15Spanish lessons
    11/16
  • 17:30Strength & Conditioning
    5/12

One clear day across every workbench.

See workshop inductions, laser cutter time and machine closure together, with the actual resource attached to every entry.

Pro

The bench hire fee beside the booking.

Keep payment status with the bench session, including offline money recorded on Free and complete online card checkout on Pro.

  • Full card payment online

    With Pro, collect the full bench hire fee online for the bench session. Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free.

  • Offline money stays recorded

    Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free, keeping the bench hire fee visible beside the bench session.

  • Longer work starts with a quote

    Send an itemised quote for the project hire and agreed extras, then keep later payments with the accepted details.

A list of payments, each with the customer, reference, date, method and amount, with totals received and still outstanding.
Received€4,310
Outstanding€3,840
  • Aoife ByrneP-1011 · 25 Jun · Bank transfer€380
  • Cian MurphyP-1012 · 25 Jun · Cash€240
  • Niamh DoyleP-1013 · 28 Jun · Card€380
  • Seán GallagherP-1001 · 27 Jun · Card€190

One app for every booking

Everything you need to run your workshop hire business.

Online booking

Offer induction, bench and machine sessions around real workshop availability. A reserved workbench leaves the makerspace page immediately.

Scheduling

Put project blocks, laser time and machine closures on one workshop calendar, with the correct bench or machine on every entry.

Standing bookings

Set a maker’s workbench weekly or monthly on Free, ending when their project block reaches its agreed final session.

One machine, one booking

The laser cutter is one machine. A booked hour leaves the page at once, so two members are never sent to the same bed at the same time.

Estimates

Itemise several benches, machine time and agreed supervision in a quote, retaining the accepted workshop plan for the booked day.

Email reminders

Email the maker their bench, arrival time and dust-extraction notes by the time materials are carried into the workshop.

Customers

Leave each maker’s bench sessions, equipment notes and payment history together when they return for another project.

Team

Give the workshop supervisor one view of arrivals, inductions and machine closures by the time tools are switched on.

Payments

Note cash or transfer for a bench session on Free, or take the full bench hire fee by card as the workbench is confirmed on Pro.

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Common questions.

Yes. Your public page shows genuinely open makerspace bench time and removes the selected workbench when the booking is completed.

Yes. Repeat the same makerspace bench weekly or monthly on Free, ending on a chosen date or after the final planned booking.

Yes. With Pro, collect the full bench hire fee online for the bench session. Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free.

Yes. Close the exact window needed for induction time or machine closure while every unaffected resource remains available.

Yes. Set every workbench up as a separate resource so a confirmed booking removes only that resource and time.

Yes. Itemise the longer project hire and agreed extras, send the quote and keep the accepted version with the booking.

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