While factories close, we're opening one. BETA

A virtual one, for now.

Running a business in Slovakia keeps getting harder. So we opened a factory of our own.

Run at home, a Slovak factory, no corporation.

No rent, no real payroll taxes and, so far, no VAT.

MachinaLab Factory A virtual factory. Real factory life.

“The boss is ours, the foreman too. And when something breaks, we only have ourselves to blame.”
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Preview of the MachinaLab 3D factory
Heads up! The factory is in beta

Not even this factory is flawless!

Just like on a real shop floor, a reject turns up now and then, and it can happen here too. Some machines may go on strike, staff may do strange things and now and then the website itself may break.

We're working on the defects. Complaints go to the foreman, who is currently unavailable.

1,259 followers in total

Hall 02 · CNC mills and lathes

Hall complete

new hall 2,500

Next unlock: Maintenance cart and tool cases1,300

41 followers to the next unlock

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From a grinder in the gazebo to a virtual factory of our own

It started with an angle grinder in a garden gazebo. Today we're building a virtual factory. And this is only the beginning.

  1. Stage 01

    The start – grinding in the gazebo

    • A completely ordinary start.
    • First experience with grinding, metal and welding.
    • No big workshop, no factory.
    • Just the urge to learn and try new things.
  2. Stage 02

    First welding attempts

    • First welds, mistakes, learning and trying.
    • Getting better step by step.
    • Documenting the progress and sharing what we learned.
  3. Stage 03

    MachinaLab is born

    • Technical content takes shape.
    • CNC, mechanical engineering, welding and industry.
    • Building a community on social media.
  4. Stage 04

    The community starts to grow

    • The first followers.
    • The first reactions and comments.
    • People start becoming part of the project.
  5. Stage 05

    1,200 followers – the virtual factory is born

    • The combined Instagram, TikTok and Facebook community reached about 1,200 followers.
    • The idea came up to build a virtual engineering factory that grows together with the community.
    • A simple idea turns into a 3D world with CNC, welding, production, staff and stories of its own.

    A real milestone, not the finish line. See the factory

  6. Stage 06

    What comes next?

    • New production halls.
    • CNC machines, welding stations and logistics.
    • Staff, stories and everyday factory life.
    • The community decides how it grows.

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