This Week in Making: Codebender Closes, Copycat Factories, and Upright CNCs

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This Week in Making: Codebender Closes, Copycat Factories, and Upright CNCs

Hey haunters! If you’ve got a cool DIY project to show off, enter it into our Halloween Contest! We’re offering prizes for creative costumes and haunted house effects and decor.

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It’s not too late to take advantage of this amazing deal on Cosplay e-books! Get expert advice and tutorials from master prop builders and cosplayers like Harrison Krix of Volpin Props, Kamui Cosplay, Bill Doran of Punished Props, and Shawn Thorsson. So whether you’re trying to hone some skills for your next con or throw together the best Halloween costume for next week, these books can help you out!

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Imagine finding the clever little device you invented for sale online (you know, the device you were planning on selling yourself, maybe one you even crowdfunded, but had only just begun mass producing…). Small factories in China have a lot to gain by copycatting products, and they work fast. There aren’t a whole lot options for getting them to stop, either. This article explains the environment that enables these factories to operate like this.

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The Maslow could change how we think about CNCs. This full-sheet CNC sits upright to save space and the supplies for this open-source project are less than $500 — and that’s the price when you include the router. We like the direction this is headed!

Codebender, an open source online code editor for Arduino, announced that it would be slowly shutting down its website over the next few months. While open source is a boon to Makers the world over, free for users doesn’t mean free for organizers. Codebender successfully managed to create a nice online community and proved there was indeed a need for such services. Thank you, Codebender, for your part in growing the Maker community! And best wishes to all of you.

Check out this amazing blooming flower light that Instructables user Ossum made for his new daughter. This 3D printed night light “blooms” as it turns on. It’s totally ossum… er… awesome! :D

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A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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