第3079a期:Help out with 3D printing

So it's a 3D-printed cowl or helmet. It's like a mask basically but it's specifically designed and tailored to fit my face exactly.这是一个3D打印的头罩或头盔。它基本上就像一个面罩，但它是专门设计并量身定做，以完全贴合我的脸型。Because of that, it's kind of difficult to get on because it is a rigid, hard plastic.因为它是一种坚硬的塑料制成的，所以很难戴上。But the amount of time that it takes to make something like this is, and cost even is far superior than it would be to sculpting it, molding it, casting it.但是制作一个这样的面具要花费的时间和成本，都比雕刻、塑形、铸造要高得多。We are cosplayers. We are comic book nerds and fans of comic book culture and everything like that. So we are naturally inclined to craft things and creativity.我们是角色扮演者。我们是漫画书虫和漫画文化的粉丝。我们自然就很喜欢手工制作和创意发挥。That led me to a job at the Long Beach Public Library teaching 3D design and 3D printing, which led me to purchasing one, which I've used to make costumes and props and things like that for cosplay.那让我在长滩公共图书馆找到了一份工作，教授3D设计和3D打印，然后我就买了一个3D打印机，用来制作角色扮演所需的服装、道具之类的东西。We have a lot of friends in the medical field and stuff and just, "What can we do to help instead of just sitting at home watching Netflix?" although, if you are home, watching Netflix, great, do that. Stay there.我们在医学领域有很多朋友，然后就在想，“除了宅在家里看网飞剧，我们能怎么帮助你们？”不过如果你确实在家看网飞剧，那也不错，就这么待着吧。This is what we've done in one week on two machines. With the masks, they are done in three pieces. There is the front nose part.这是我们在一周内用两台机器完成的工作。这些面罩由三个部分组成。 这是前鼻部分。There's the inside. There's like a shield and in between that is the four layers of MERV-13 filters.这边是里侧。里侧有一个像防护罩一样的东西，打开之后，中间是四层MERV-13过滤网。With COVID-19, everyone's, you know, needs help on the respirators or the ventilator machines.由于新冠肺炎，每个人都需要呼吸器或呼吸机的帮助。This is a way that two people can use one machine now.用这个东西，两个人就可以共用一台呼吸机。So, it splits off, kind of like, you know, back in the day, you had for Walkman and you could let two people could listen to it at the same time. So, two people can use one machine now.这中间是分叉的，有点像以前的随身听，可以让两个人同时听音乐。现在两个人可以共用一台设备了。So, we're just basically going to the friends that we know, the people who are actually doing the jobs right now and just reaching out to them first because that's easier.我们基本上就是要联系我们认识的朋友，那些目前正在从事相关工作的人，并且先和他们取得联系，因为这样更容易些。There is a gray area and we talked about this before, where hospitals are not supposed to accept anything from a non-medical professional.我们之前讨论过一个灰色地带，那就是医院不可以接受非医学专业人士的任何物品。However, they have been reaching out to other people because they just need anything rather than nothing.但是，医生正在向其他人求助，因为他们的物资已经不够了，什么都得拿来用。And that's why we are kind of trying to go out of our way to make sure that these things are able to withstand the processes that they would go through for sanitization.这就是为什么我们想方设法确保这些面罩能够经受住消毒的过程。So, we've switched to these ones here, which are the high heat plastic.我们把材料换成了这种高热量的塑料。So, they'll melt at a much higher rate, higher temperature. They are a lot sturdier.它们会在更高的温度下以更快的速度融化。它们要坚固得多。They are going to last longer. They can withstand being sanitized over and over and over again.它们将更加持久耐用。它们能够承受反复多次的消毒处理。We have set up an Amazonwish list. So, whatever people buy on there, gets shipped directly and we are just using it.我们已经创建了一个亚马逊心愿单。人们在上面买的任何东西都会直接发货，我们只需使用即可。People get weird about like sending money or things like that. What's it actually going to? And yeah, and we just want to do this.如果直接打钱的话一些人会觉得很奇怪。比如钱到底用来干什么了？我们只是想生产面罩、We are not trying to make anything out of this or whatever. We're just trying to help. 我们不指望能获得什么好处，只是想帮忙。