Maybe he could make some of these, sell them, and it would pay for his hobby for as long as he was interested? https://ef963.infusionsoft.com/app/hostedEmail/2518077/ed33bde731bb5182?inf_contact_key=4bcd9458fafe9c7ce1572364bf6bc328d92ab4ff88a664f3292744f3788a70db

Please don't comment on this thread today but on the one from yesterday. No one saw this new one, so are posting in yesterday's thread; let's let this one die. I'll try again tomorrow with a new "daily" thread. Here's the other thread, please comment there: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5884546/daily-good-news-thread#n=35

I also posted this on my Instagram, and someone said she knew a few friends who have 3D printers so she will let them know. Lisa, your daughter is one of our front-line heroes, and we want to protect them as much as we can. I don't know what is the hospital's process for reusing masks every time they take off the masks. One of the nurses mentioned that they just take off the mask and put it in a bag outside a room. However, if they don't use a new bag every time they take the masks off, they will contaminate the inside side of the mask that facing the face. I wear a mask when I go grocery shopping because it's impossible to always stay 6 ft from people. When a cashier hands a receipt to me, she is less than 6ft from me. I keep my mask in a one gallon zip lock bag then put it in a brown bag so people don't see what inside (I read someone broke into a lady's car to steal 2 small size hand sanitizers, lol.) I also put a few clean zip lock bags in the brown bag. After leaving the grocery store, I used hand sanitizer to clean my hands, then carefully remove the mask and put it in a new zip lock bag. The reason for this so that I don't contaminate the inside side of the mask (by cleaning my hand with hand sanitizer before removing the mask and using a new zip lock bag to store the mask.) In theory, we should throw the mask away after each use, however, with the mask shortage, that's not doable. I hope your daughter's hospital uses a clean bag each time she takes off the mask. However, if they don't, she can bring her own one gallon bags and take care of it. Kristine and Rosylady, thank you. I believe each one of us can help in different ways :) Helen

I am not Paul, but this is my understanding about CNC machine and 3-D printers: CNC is a kind of robotic machine similar to a 3-d printer. A. CNC machine is typically equipped with a rotary cutter , it can carve intricate shapes based on a 3-D software, which is similar to Autocad software. A 3-D printer, instead of ink in an inkjet printer, it extrudes a very low viscocity substance to form a shape (in x,Y,Z 3-D) as controlled by a software similar to CNC, CNC machining is primarily for making repetitive items, and a 3-D printer is great for single prototype making. dcarch