Ages 8+ & parents
Weekend builds with clear steps, safety notes, and enough challenge to feel real—not toy kits that hide the “why.”
Deep-tech education · first principles
Named for the physics. Built for the builders.
Laue Labs designs hands-on engineering for curious kids, parents, makers, and teachers—clear instructions, real physics, and parts you can source. Ellis Laue was named for Max von Laue; our Diffraction mark carries that lineage.
Who it’s for
Built for the whole workshop table
Whether you’re eight or eighty, if you like taking things apart and putting them back better—you’re in the right place.
Adult makers
Project packs that respect your time: schematics, BOMs, and first-principles explanations you can remix.
Teachers & classrooms
Classroom packs sized for groups, with lesson hooks that map to real STEM standards without the fluff.
How it works
From idea to working machine
Pick a build
Buy a single project pack, or join Build Club for the full library plus a semester of class-ready labs.
Gather & learn
Follow illustrated steps, understand the physics, and source parts from our bill of materials—or use what you have.
Make it yours
Finish the base build, then extend it. Every pack ends with remix ideas so the project keeps growing.
Project catalog
Things you can build next
Thirty-one hands-on & high-quality packs in the catalog. Buy individually, or join Build Club for the full library plus a semester class path.
Animatronic Hand
Durable laser-cut birch plywood, five independently actuated digits, Spectra tendons, and PWM—complete animatronics apprenticeship, keepable demo. Hardware separate. Individual maker $12 or Homeschool / Co-op $39.
IR Tripwire Doorbell
Birch door-frame mounts, IR beam-break, and threshold logic—sensing without mystery modules. $7 digital pack in catalog.
Birch Differential Rover
Laser-cut birch chassis, geared motors, H-bridge, and differential drive—mobility from first principles. $12 digital pack in catalog.
New for high school (grades 9–12): Rocket Flight Computer & Telemetry Lab — build a model-rocket flight logger, predict apogee, then compare with the logged flight. Digital pack from $17. · See all 18 High School packs
For schools, co-ops & microschools
A full engineering curriculum, not just kits
Two complete courses built from the Laue Labs project library: a 30-week elementary-to-middle-school curriculum and a 1-credit high-school semester — each with a student workbook and a week-by-week teacher's guide mapped to STEM standards.
Alabama homeschool families: Laue Labs is an approved CHOOSE Act Education Service Provider — ESA payments through ClassWallet coming soon.
Curriculum A — 30 weeks, ages 8–14. Physics, circuits, sensing, robotics, and an animatronics finale.
Curriculum B — 1 credit, grades 9–12. A full semester with a rocket flight-computer capstone.
Workbooks + Teacher's Guide — guided missions, data tables, and timed session plans for every week.
Catalog open
The full catalog lives in the shop
Project packs for curious builders ages 8+, classroom seats for teachers, and Build Club for families who want a monthly build rhythm.