My brothers and dad are 3D printing protective face masks around the clock for local hospitals

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Pyronic_Chaos on March 29th, 2020 at 23:17 UTC »

FYI you can find elastic band (not rubber bands) at dollar stores for $1/6ft. Just bought some at my local store. Much more comfortable than tied together rubber bands

83jdbsna on March 30th, 2020 at 00:09 UTC »

How did you find a hospital that accepts donations from random walk-ins? Housemate is a nurse and theyve been told theyre prohibited from using any PPE not provided by a registered medical supply company. Knitted and 3d printed ppe are beinf rejected or thrown straight in the garbage

Doctor_Swag on March 30th, 2020 at 02:53 UTC »

This is great! If you're going to continue donating faceshields, here's the latest NIH approved model.

https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3DPX-013238

This group started with the Prusa RC2, validated it with doctors and hospitals, made improvements, and got reviewed and approved by the NIH