MakeLocal is being built to lower the barriers to production, so people can contribute a useful skill without having to build an entire manufacturing business around it.
A person might be excellent at design, printing, finishing, coordination, or delivery. MakeLocal’s purpose is to help those strengths come together in a finished product.
Starting with 3D printing
Our immediate focus is the first real orders: understanding the need, agreeing the work and price, making the object, delivering it, and handling what happens afterwards.
We plan to run a printing service inside MakeLocal ourselves so the product is shaped by the practical experience of being a Maker as well as building the platform.
Find your place in the work
Need something made?
Bring a real problem, an existing design, or an idea to explore.
Have a printer or workshop?
Tell us what you can make and where you can help.
Design or coordinate production? Help turn separate capabilities into something useful for a customer.
A mission beyond one manufacturing process
3D printing is the starting point. The broader goal is accessible local production: fewer barriers for individuals and small specialists, efficient use of resources, and greater resilience when distant supply chains cannot be relied on.
MakeLocal’s full mission also includes European and free-world production sovereignty, reducing dependence on China, and building infrastructure that can operate across providers. Its relevance includes ordinary civilian production and resilience in emergencies and defense.
Why it is part of WebTree
MakeLocal gives us a practical place to learn whether complementary skills, clear commitments, and useful production history can make cooperation more dependable—and improve what each participant gets from it.
Explore MakeLocal · Read the MakeLocal mission
A concrete next step
The initial focus is Kraków. Discuss the need, location, process, timing, and fulfillment before relying on availability.
Visit MakeLocal or email Max about a production need. Makers can introduce their equipment, location, and capabilities. These are exploratory enquiries, not confirmed orders.
When we operate our own Maker service, we need to distinguish those orders from independent network fulfillment. First-party operational learning does not by itself demonstrate a working decentralized marketplace.