Our Mission is to Build a Community of 3D Printing Enthusiasts to Fight the COVID-19 Global Crisis
Our goal is to enable people to meet the community needs for respirator-quality masks and other critical medical supplies through 3D printing around the world.
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WHO
Humanitarians, People with 3D printers, hobbyists, civic groups, Maker Spaces, universities, schools churches and available willing/government units. Donations to this effort can be made through our Maker Mask/RPrime Donation Center. WHY Enabling communities to create necessary goods locally and quickly will lessen the spread of disease, protect more people, reduce burdens on medical facilities/DoD/governments, and give Americans something they can do to be part of the solution to this pandemic, while building and training capability for the future. |
WHAT
The Maker Mask is a respirator style mask created by Rory Larson at the request of several local hospitals in Seattle. COST We are mindful of costs and have tried to limit barriers to participating. Not including electricity or cost of printers and labor - which is all volunteer and donated here in Seattle - the costs of the inputs are low we estimate that the cost of each finished mask to be roughly between $2 and $3 dollars. |
Our Story
In early March 2020, Rory Larson saw an opportunity to help communities build resiliency by 3D printing personal protection equipment (PPE) that was desperately needed to support the safety of individuals, and most importantly, frontline and essential workers. During a marathon 3D printing design session lasting 48 hours, Rory created the first 3D printed respirator. With the help of a Seattle non-profit, the Maker Mask movement was launched with the intent to initially focus on distributing free 3D printed designs across the nation, and the world.
After the original design received approval from the National Institute of Health (NIH) we began receiving inquiries and new feature requests. As Maker Mask continued to evolve and release new product designs, we learned that the demand both domestically and internationally far outpaced the capabilities of community makers and the small-batch manufacturers. We are now shifting to injection molding (IM) production to promote manufacturing efficiency and need your help to do so.
After the original design received approval from the National Institute of Health (NIH) we began receiving inquiries and new feature requests. As Maker Mask continued to evolve and release new product designs, we learned that the demand both domestically and internationally far outpaced the capabilities of community makers and the small-batch manufacturers. We are now shifting to injection molding (IM) production to promote manufacturing efficiency and need your help to do so.
