3D Designer Q&A with Lael Lee, prop maker, MyMiniFactory contributor, Destiny freak

[RedSox2013]

Have you made props for any films I may have seen using 3D printing? Also, what are some of your future project?

[Lael Lee]

Have you made props for any films I may have seen using 3D printing? Also, what are some of your future project?

Nothing to brag about I have only been working with 3d printing for the last few years, and didn't originally intend for this to be a career choice. I have done small-set and stage work, as well as props and display pieces for promotional groups who are paid by the studios to advertise, so there's that I suppose....

As for future projects, too many. I'm currently trying to refine the engineering on a 3d-printable animatronics system in kit-form that uses electromyography (I know, a $10 word) for control. Essentially, the system is an expandable component-based kit that would allow people to 3d print and custom-build anything from a robotic head with controllable facial features, to even an articulated prosthetic limb and sensory feedback, all controlled by muscle sensors on the user. Definitely a lot of troubleshooting, but companies like Advancer Technologies have allowed 'garage-engineers' like me to design and develop some amazing stuff at a level that was not possible even 5 years ago for someone not in the industry.