From the name, you might guess that Toronto-based Makelab was a local hackerspace where you’d pay membership fees to use their CNC machines and 3D printers on the weekend. Makelab, however, is a pretty different sort of creature. Jonathan Moneta, the company’s founder, has a background in event planning. Instead of sticking to one-time events, though, Jonathan wanted to create a repeatable experience so that people could come to him and enlist his services again and again. And, so, Makelab’s collaborative 3D printing experiences were born. Jonathan and his team made a deal with the manufacturers of the Up!…
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