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This weeks Designer Spotlight focuses on David Yale<\/a>, whose futile search for scale miniatures led him to design his own.<\/div>\n
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Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you?<\/em><\/p>\n

I am an Attorney by day, 3D designer by night, living in Waterbury, Connecticut. I am 52 years old, and have had an interest in computers and emerging technology since the 80’s. I have been investigating 3D design and printing for about 5 months now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What’s the story behind your designs? What inspires you? <\/em><\/div>\n
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I started becoming involved with 3D printing in early 2013.  I had re-started a hobby I enjoyed as a teenager, model railroading.  I joined a model railroad club, Valley Ho Trak<\/a> where each member did a four foot module using standard design specifications and joined them together at shows to make a large set up. I decided I wanted some detail inside my buildings.  My club models all their trains in HO scale, 1\/87th life size.  I looked around and found there are some really nice cast metal details, but the cost was very high.  There is also a little bit of doll house furniture available, but the size wasn’t really right.  So I kept looking. Eventually I hit upon 3D printing.  I was looking on a site called Shapeways, and I saw some really nicely done N scale (1\/160 life size) <\/span>passenger cars<\/a> from the post civil war time frame. I decided if they could do it maybe I could, too. When I hit the site it was the tutorials that sold me, and the good reputation Shapeways had when I searched on user’s ratings for the service.<\/span><\/div>\n
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How did you learn how to design in 3D?<\/em><\/div>\n
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I started with Shapeways’ tutorials, then took advatage of the active Sketchup community, and have been slowly learning Blender.  I have found that almost every question or problem I have run into has already been answered, and I have benefited greatly from the people who have already gone through the learning curve ahead of me.<\/div>\n
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How do you promote your work?<\/em><\/div>\n
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My model railroading club sets up at about 12 shows a year.  I have found many opportunities to talk about 3D printing and the advancement in the technology to a group of people who mostly have not realized its potential.  Most people are amazed when I show them what is possible.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you weren’t limited by current technologies, what would you want to make using 3D printing? <\/em> <\/div>\n
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I am waiting for two things slightly better resolution, so I can get fingers on 1\/87 inch figures, and the ability to print detailed parts in full color.  I can’t wait until I print a figure 7\/8 of an inch tall in full color, with decent resolution – 300DPI should do it.<\/div>\n
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Check out Dave’s tiny furniture on his Shapeways Shop<\/a>, or his website<\/a>. And if you’d like to be our next featured designer, email natalia@shapeways.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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