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In this interview we talk to Paulo about his company Creative Tools AB, located throughout Sweden, and a major force in bringing 3D to Scandinavia, along with a tugboat called 3DBenchy that has taken the 3D print enthusiasts and hobbyists by storm.

http://http://www.creativetools.se/

http://www.3dbenchy.com/

Designs and things to print from Daniel:

Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/barspin/designs/page:1

3Dprinted wrench (fourth most popular thing on Thingiverse 2014): http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:139268

The 3D printed R/C car "OpenRC Truggy": http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:42198

Article about the Truggy: http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/09/11/look-far-3d-printed-open-rc-project-come/

"OpenRailway Project": https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104319325439898567675

Questions:

Please tell us a little bit more about yourselves, where you are located and what you do for a living.2. What is Creative Tools?

You mention that you started out of as a visualization department of another company, do you have anything you can show us that you have done. What company was it? Why did you become more of a retail oriented company? My guess, like many companies who were doing 3D visualization, the market was taken over by visualization mills in China, India and Brazil. Is there some truth to this, or did you see a new market forming?

In 2004 Creative Tools became an independent company. Has the company always been involved in 3D fabrication?

Paulo, you mention specifically you have been involved with 3D printing for 20 years. Give us a look down memory lane on what it was like to do 3D printing, and what type of 3D fabrication were you involved in?

Presently you have decided to exclusively carry "affordable" 3D printers instead of the more expensive commercial printers. Is this because affordable 3D is now upon us, and the need to buy an expensive commercial printer is no longer needed from let's say an Engineer?

Tell us a little about your RepRap involvement, you say your first 3D printers you sold were RepRap kits. Do you sell kits, or like in the computer industry, go with more a packaged 3D printer now?

Let's talk about 3D Benchy. It is one of the first calibration models that caught my eye, because it had a fun look and story behind it. Can you guys tell me why you chose a tugboat of all things to use as its model?

I have printed two versions of the 3DBenchy and I I can clearly see the areas that I need to work on and now that I have my calipers with me, walk me through each area of the print and what it accomplishes and the measurement I am suppose to have. (I will have my 3DBenchy model and calipers on hand to do this on my end).

You alluded in your email that you have more planned for 3DBenchy, anything you would give our audience a sneak peak on, or first crack a new calibration model? If not, what can we expect from Creative Tools, AB in the coming months?