Medical protective face masks - maybe we can help in the Coronavirus crisis

[webguy1012000]

I saw a story on the news about some makers using laser cutters and 3d printers to make face shields for medical personnel. Just thinking it would be nice if someone could create an svg or design for something we can make that would be useful in this crisis as well. What do you think?

[evermorian]

Hi,

This category is for posting projects you have made on the Glowforge. I can move this to the Everything Else category for you.

There have been a bunch of posts about this exact topic recently. Here are several found with a quick search using the magnifying glass icon in the upper right:

Glowforge-optimized Proto-Shield files: COVID-19 face mask design

The folks over at Protohaven have published instructions on how to lasercut face masks for medical workers. [t4rcy3P] I used their PDF to create files optimized for my Glowforge Pro and thought that others might want to give this a try. You can download the files here. You can order the PETG sheets from McMaster Carr. Here is their PETG page.

Making masks and face shields for healthcare workers

Hey community. Healthcare workers are running out of face masks and shields. They are making them out of whatever they can get a hold of. Can we come up with a design and pattern and the right materials and start providing them to the health workers who need them? Please let’s make this happen.

Medical masks - COVID-19 (also looking for a Glowforge on Whidbey Island WA)

This is my first post and I did not imagine it like this… So I apologize for the lack of detail but wanted to show what I was doing as it got the interest of a crafter friend on south Whidbey Island. She is focaling an effort where people are making medical masks from regular cotton fabric and then delivering them to a local hospital, clinics and nursing homes. These are not N95 equivalents but the pattern she posted on Facebook was approved by the hospital she is working with. …

Another 3D printable face mask

There’s another 3D printable face mask (not shield) design available. This one uses material cut from vacuum cleaner HEPA bags for the filtration part. You can find it here: https://firedbycorona.com/

[eflyguy]

Yes, fabulous idea.

(you don’t visit here often, it would appear…)