East Cobb Branch 3D Printing Shield Masks for Local Healthcare Units VII

During this pandemic, the East Cobb Branch of AYLUS was quite involved in helping in the community. Activities that were done included donating masks and disinfecting products to local hospitals, as well as writing nice/encouraging cards to local senior centers. Since June 16, they started 7^th round of 3-D printing face shields, those printed frames with films are to give to those who were in need of face protection, including workers at libraries and hospitals.

Larry Cai wrote: “after the 3D printer was sent around to multiple people, it finally came full circle back to me. When I received the printer, I noticed that the bed of the printer was scratched up badly. To fix this, I applied a new bed. After applying the new bed, I spent time adjusting the height of the nozzle from the bed. When that was completed, I was finally able to start printing. The printing process was very similar to last time. I continued to print the same model with each model taking around 1.5 hours to print. After using all of the filament in the printing process, I was able to print 62 masks.”

Other members also purchased filaments to print out various models for first responders, such as elementary schools, public health centers, etc. Among them, Gary Mei printed 60 frames, Michael Fu printed 63 frames, Jay Pan printed 30 frames, Cynthia Ruan printed 23 frames, Sophie Fang printed 66 frames, Maxwell Jiang adjusted Prusa model to fit the films from our partner ABC @ The Maker Station, he finally printed 5 new frames.

Attendances: Larry Cai (46.5 hours), Gary Mei (45 hours), Michael Fu (63 hours), Jay Pan (22.5 hours), Cynthia Ruan (17.5 hours), Sophie Fang (49.5 hours), Maxwell Jiang (4 hours).

Reported by Larry Cai, Maxwell Jiang