What if you and the people around you could re-design your world?

FullBuild teaches how to build open-source machines, design real-world objects, and prototype like an engineer.

1 Day Printer Workshop

Build 1 Open-source 3D Printer and take it home with you.

2 Day Professional Education

Get teaching professional skills training to run a 3D printing lab at your school.

The FullBuild Retreat

Learn to build, design, and prototype your world starting with a 3D printer.

Testimonials

Bhakti

As a software developer who wants to change the world, creating real-world products was something I knew nothing about. Thanks to this intro to tool-making, I actually know the first steps to changing the material world around me!

Kyle

A big change is that I feel more confident about changing people's lives, and I don't have nearly the amount of self-doubt I used to have.

Amber

I and my daughters loved the 3D printing workshop. Your group is so smart yet so kind, accommodating and cheerfully optimistic. It is so refreshing. Thank you for giving our learning direction and renewed focus.

The technology that has built the modern world is kept behind closed doors. We're opening those doors.

Open Source Ecology's mission is to eliminate scarcity by creating an open source economy. We are a 501c3 nonprofit developing open source industrial machines to help people build and design their community and live with abundance. It is our dream to change the status quo of how everyday people interact with the material world around them.

We hold events as an introduction to this technical skillset and demonstrate how open collaboration can create community-scale infrastructure that enables new possibilities for wealth and community.

Watch our founder's TED talk for an overview of our work.

Build Open-source Machines

Build your first industrial machine step-by-step. Our modular designs make it accessible and straightforward for anyone to learn how. These machines let you build at industry standards at a local community scale.

Design Real-world Objects

It’s easier than you think. Build from existing designs from open-source libraries and make them your own. Re-configure them to suit your specific use case and unleash a new possibility into the world.

Prototype Like An Engineer

Develop your innate ability to problem-solve and create solutions. By discovering the relationships between material resources and the processes of production, you begin to learn how to impact the material world around you.

Ready to build your own 3D printer now?

Upcoming Events

1-Day Build

Build 1 Open-source 3D Printer and take it home with you.

OSE Full Build Retreat

Learn to build, design, and prototype your world starting with a 3D printer.

Team

Marcin Jakubowski

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Sara Bajor

Sara Bajor is an OSE Fellow who does core research on open source machines and facilitates the adoption of technology in local communities through workshops and events. She got into Open Source Ecology because she believes community participation in open source hardware is a powerful way to unlock wealth and reforge human connections. She envisions a future where people can spend less time worrying about money and more time collaborating.

Alex Au

Alex Au is an OSE Fellow who creates social learning infrastructure through web development and technical documentation to support novices in building their world. He brings his experience as a startup co-founder and grassroots organizer to create feedback loops that enable builders to connect and learn with each other.

Dixon Nahrwold

Dixon Nahrwold is an OSE independent collaborator who is researching how best to improve and use open source machines to create community wealth. He sees the potential for communities to create small to medium enterprises that employ underemployed men and women to support local revitalization.

Grab our free e-book, “1 Open-source 3D Printer to Seed 7 Industrial Tools.”

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1 Day Printer Workshop

This 1-Day, immersive workshop showcases collaborative building techniques and modular design to enable individuals of any skill level to build a printer themselves.
is intended for those people who don’t have the time to build a printer themselves – or who don’t think they have the skills to build one.

Who: We do not require prior experience from our participants, as we teach the basics and work as a team.
What: The Open Source Ecology 3D Printer Construction Set Workshop is an immersion experience building your own take-home 3D printer – in one day.
When: Oct 27 @ ?time?
Where: Oakland
Why: This workshop is intended for those people who don’t have the time to build a printer themselves – or who don’t think they have the skills to build one – but who are interested in an extremely streamlined and efficient process.

Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel for any reason, we will be happy to (a) transfer you credit towards another workshop in the future; (b) substitute the name on your ticket and have a friend take your place.

Group Rate

Email us if you would like to bring a group.

True Fans of OSE

As supporting members of OSE, True Fans who have been subscribed for 6 or more months receive a 25% discount on all of our workshops. This discount is only for the tuition part part of the registration fee, but not the 3D printer materials cost. Email us for details. You can sign up as a True Fan now to become eligible for the True Fans discount on future workshops.

Sponsor another participant or Donate to OSE

We are a nonprofit organization with 501©3 status. You can make tax-deductible contributions to us. Sponsor $699 to fund attendance of someone who is on the waiting list for financial assistance by making a donation. We receive low-income assistance requests for all of our workshops.

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2-Night Retreat Itinerary

Friday

• 7pm - Arrival and introductions
• 8pm - Open Source Enterprises: Starting Your Own Business with Open Source Tools
• 9pm - Close.

Saturday

• 8am - Breakfast
• 9am - 3D Printer Overview & Build Assignments
• 10am - Build Phase I
• 12pm - Lunch
• 1pm - Downloading & Re-Mixing Designs with FreeCAD
• 2pm - Build Phase II
• 4:30pm - Printer Assembly, Testing & First Print
• 5:30pm - Dinner
• 6:30pm - The Modular 3D Printer: Expansions & Possibilities
• 8pm - Close.

Sunday

• 8am - Breakfast
• 9am - Event Recap & Future Opportunities
• 10am - Depart.

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