Makerspace Booking Software for the UK.
Inductions, bench lets and machine time as separate things to book, because they are not the same hour and not the same price.
Start with Google- Live workbench availability
- Regular maker bookings repeat
- Induction time stays protected
- Full card checkout on Pro
- Machine closure stays visible
Online booking
Sell real makerspace bench availability
Offer induction, bench and machine sessions around real workshop availability. A reserved workbench leaves the makerspace page immediately.
Learn moreOne 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.
Learn moreAn 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.
- 09:00Cooking classFull
- 12:15Spanish lessons11/16
- 17:30Strength & Conditioning5/12
Built for your workshop
Built for every kind of workshop booking
Workshop inductions
Offer the makerspace bench time actually left; once taken, that workbench block disappears before reception can promise it again.
Casual bench lets
Run a weekly or monthly makerspace bench let on Free and give the recurring run a sensible final date.
Laser cutter time
Protect the complete hire, including induction time, while useful time either side stays available.
CNC router bookings
Attach the hirer and dust extraction details, leaving rather less to reconstruct when the door opens.
Woodworking courses
Keep the organiser and project let requirements in one record instead of the customary second email thread.
Half-term builds
Price a project block with the bench, the machine hours and the materials as one itemised quote.
A changed project day
Put a member on a different bench without losing the payment taken or the hours agreed.
Machine maintenance closures
Take the resource offline for machine closure while everything unaffected carries on booking normally.
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.
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.
- 09:00Cooking classFull
- 12:15Spanish lessons11/16
- 17:30Strength & Conditioning5/12
One clear day across every workbench.
See workshop inductions, laser cutter time and machine closure together, with the actual resource attached to every entry.
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
Pro takes the complete bench hire fee when the bench session is booked online. Enter cash or bank transfer 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 let and agreed extras, then keep later payments with the accepted details.
- Gemma WhitfieldP-1011 · 25 Jun · Bank transfer£380
- Danny OkoroP-1012 · 25 Jun · Cash£240
- Aisha PatelP-1013 · 28 Jun · Card£380
- Liam DochertyP-1001 · 27 Jun · Card£190
One app for every booking
Everything you need to run your workshop hire business.
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.
Email reminders
Email the maker their bench, arrival time and dust-extraction notes ahead of materials are carried into the workshop.
Starts free. Grows
only when you do.
Add your whole team and get booking for nothing.
As you grow with us you can go Pro.
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. Pro takes the complete bench hire fee when the bench session is booked online. Enter cash or bank transfer 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 let and agreed extras, send the quote and keep the accepted version with the booking.
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