The association
LakeLab has been an association since 13 September 2026, seated in the municipality of Freienbach, canton of Schwyz. This is how it started and where the papers are.
How it started
It started in 2020 with our first machine of our own. Ordering prototypes elsewhere kept getting more expensive, and when something did not fit, we wanted to fix it right away instead of waiting two weeks for the next delivery. Over the years one machine followed another: first the printers, then the laser, then the mill. At some point there was more in the workshop than two people can keep busy.
What we have
Switzerland has around thirty open workshops, hackerspaces and FabLabs. In canton Schwyz the Turbine in Brunnen has been open for years, with wood, textiles and a laser cutter. We sit at the other end of the canton, on the lake, with different machines: a 5-axis mill, resin printers, a PCB etching station and injection moulding. Anyone from Wollerau, Freienbach, Lachen or Einsiedeln who wanted to build something used to drive to Rapperswil, Zug or Zurich.
What we are after
Meeting people
The important part is not the machine, it is whoever stands next to it. Sitting over things together, showing what you are working on, throwing ideas back and forth.
Learning from each other
Projects, exchange, input. If you know something, pass it on. If you do not, ask. Both are worth the same here.
Doing it yourself
The machines are here so you use them and learn something along the way. For your own projects, not for commissioned work.
The papers
All public documents as PDF.
Donations
You do not have to be a member to chip in. Every franc goes into upkeep, spare parts and new machines, nowhere else. Tell us what your donation is meant for and we will tell you what became of it.
- Recipient
- LakeLab, Schlyffistrasse 8, 8806 Bäch
- IBAN
- CH03 0077 7009 8938 5455 9
- Bank
- Schwyzer Kantonalbank
- Payment reference
- Donation, and your name
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