Anyone in the NYC area/interested in helping NYC should read https://jakehlee.github.io/nyc-makers-vs-covid/ or https://nycmakesppe.com/ same site, different URL
Adafruit deemed an essential service to make Personal Protection Equipment
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#12> Adafruit is a 100% woman-owned, loan-free, VC-free, profitable, USA Manufacturing company. Cool
Open hardware, gold standard tutorials, open source libraries.
But holy cow, they need to charge a premium to make it work. I'm always conflicted between supporting them or just going to ebay or alibaba.
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#13Adafruit make circuit boards and microelectronics in Manhattan. In that blog post,
Adafruit Industries located at 150 Varick Street, New York,
NY 10013 by Executive Order 202.6, “Essential Business” by
New York State: https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026
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#143d printing janky masks.. is that really essential?
Faceshields != masks. Those lend themselves a bit better to printing than proper masks (since it's mostly a sheet of transparent plastic + one plastic piece to hold it)
Do you have the link to an STL so I can print one? I have an Ender 3 Pro
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#15> We are also working with NYC to explore disposable open-source low-cost face shields.
That's interesting, is that supposed to be used on top of the face mask (surgical, N95 etc.) or is that supposed to be used as standalone protection equipment at low risk environment?
I wonder whether it would be put through thorough tests such as NIOSH ratings, before being used?
I'm asking this because I have made a 'Qualitative Filter' based Facemask[1], to be used as last resort when nothing better is available.
[1]DIY Qualitative filter face mask - https://abishekmuthian.com/diy-qualitative-filter-face-mask/
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Faceshields != masks. Those lend themselves a bit better to printing than proper masks (since it's mostly a sheet of transparent plastic + one plastic piece to hold it)
Do you have the link to an STL so I can print one? I have an Ender 3 Pro
I printed these https://budmen.com/ until I ran out of PLA. I don't honestly have any knowledge about their effectiveness, but while my city is under shelter-in-place it seemed as good a way as any to pass the time.
I saw a few different designs for 3D printed PPE out there - I went for this one because the materials were all things I could source and they were one of the only places I saw that would help coordinate matching you up with medical professionals that want what you've printed.
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#17> Adafruit is a 100% woman-owned, loan-free, VC-free, profitable, USA Manufacturing company. Cool
Open hardware, gold standard tutorials, open source libraries. But holy cow, they need to charge a premium to make it work. I'm always conflicted between supporting them or just going to ebay or alibaba.
I don't know, lots of their electronics stuff is pretty cheap for a hobbyist, even at retail prices. Unfortunately shipping from NYC to the west coast is either slow or expensive. It would be nice if they had a good west coast distributor.
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#18Adafruit is a great show-off business for New York City (tech, manufacturing, woman-owned) so even though the PPE angle here is quite dubious the governor and mayor are doing this as a favor.
> Adafruit is a great show-off business for New York City (tech, manufacturing, woman-owned)
They also make quality products and turn a profit, unlike most VC backed "tech" startups like Uber and WeWork.
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#19> Adafruit is a 100% woman-owned, loan-free, VC-free, profitable, USA Manufacturing company. Cool
Open hardware, gold standard tutorials, open source libraries. But holy cow, they need to charge a premium to make it work. I'm always conflicted between supporting them or just going to ebay or alibaba.
Yeah they survive on beginners and goodwill. Unfortunately I'm no longer a beginner and the goodwill went out the window when they started waving a rainbow flag on the homepage.
I wouldn't greet customers with a swastika; keep your politics out of electronics.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Faceshields != masks. Those lend themselves a bit better to printing than proper masks (since it's mostly a sheet of transparent plastic + one plastic piece to hold it)
Do you have the link to an STL so I can print one? I have an Ender 3 Pro
Prusa designed a face shield which was verified by the Czech Ministry of Health. There's an assembly guide for making your own, too: https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/25857-prusa-protective-...