EPISODE · Mar 23, 2020 · 1 MIN
3D Printing Protective Face Shields
from Adafruit Industries · host Adafruit Industries
Hey folks, thought I'd post an update on what we're working on. We were asked to 3D print protective face shields on Saturday, March 21 2020. We were inspired by the protective face shield design from Prusa Research. We redesigned the parts using Autodesk Fusion 360 and made them parametric so we can easily adjust thickness, height, etc. https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/25857-prusa-protective-face-shield-rc2 Check out our Layer by Layer tutorial to see how we designed it. https://youtu.be/BYPWB5-auQE The RC1 design takes about 2hr 14min. RC2 takes about 2hr 52min and the bottom holder takes 59min. We redesigned the bottom holder so it's longer and able to grab onto the sheet more effectively. We didn't have any sheets of clear PETG plastic so we used transparency film. We used our CriCut vinyl cutter to cut out the shield using the PDF template from Prusa Research. We're taking the proper precautions to sanitize the parts before shipping them out. Check out the Learn Guide for building these protective face shields. https://learn.adafruit.com/open-source-face-shield-designs Download Fusion 360 Design https://a360.co/3agcgFK 3D Printing Projects Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOWD2dJNRIN46uhMCWvNOlbG 3D Hangout Show Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVgpmWevin2slopw_A3-A8Y Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb Timelapse Tuesday Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVagy3CktXsAAs4b153xpp_ Milling Monday https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVL48weqeHiu7aw-_sPhCSA ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------
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Hey folks, thought I'd post an update on what we're working on. We were asked to 3D print protective face shields on Saturday, March 21 2020. We were inspired by the protective face shield design from Prusa Research. We redesigned the parts using Autodesk Fusion 360 and made them parametric so we can easily adjust thickness, height, etc. https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/25857-prusa-protective-face-shield-rc2 Check out our Layer by Layer tutorial to see how we designed it. https://youtu.be/BYPWB5-auQE The RC1 design takes about 2hr 14min. RC2 takes about 2hr 52min and the bottom holder takes 59min. We redesigned the bottom holder so it's longer and able to grab onto the sheet more effectively. We didn't have any sheets of clear PETG plastic so we used transparency film. We used our CriCut vinyl cutter to cut out the shield using the PDF template from Prusa Research. We're taking the proper precautions to sanitize the parts before shipping them out. Check out the Learn Guide for building these protective face shields. https://learn.adafruit.com/open-source-face-shield-designs Download Fusion 360 Design https://a360.co/3agcgFK 3D Printing Projects Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOWD2dJNRIN46uhMCWvNOlbG 3D Hangout Show Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVgpmWevin2slopw_A3-A8Y Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb Timelapse Tuesday Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVagy3CktXsAAs4b153xpp_ Milling Monday https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVL48weqeHiu7aw-_sPhCSA ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------
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