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How to Prototype Your Own Custom-Fit Dust Mask With Integrated Eye Protection
By Rain Noe - Jun 22
Following a close call in the shop some years ago, I paid big bucks for a full-face respirator/eye protector. If I had industrial designer Eric Strebel's skillset, I'd have built my own and saved the cash. In this video Strebel demonstrates a number of techniques, including casting his own nose and how to work with fabric, to create a perfect-fitting respirator with integrated eye protection.
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Enter a caption (optional)"I show you the phase one design process of creating an initial concept," he writes, "and then building a proof-of-concept mock-up." Check it out:
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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Rain, I am a big fan of the sewing videos of yours that he mentions. I wish there was more good content like that. Any chance that is something you will revisit?
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Love the idea, just as long as you flip your hat backwards when you are doing something that will throw debris towards your face. Murphy's law suggests that it will bounce off your mask, hit the underside of your hat bill, and fall behind the top edge of your safety glasses. My eyebrows and eyelashes are much less dusty when I remember to do this when routing, sanding, grinding.
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