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How to Prototype Your Own Custom-Fit Dust Mask With Integrated Eye Protection

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. 

“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:

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