Coronavirus: Winnipeg 3D printer hobbyists make PPE for front-line workers Davies estimated the team has created about 10,000 ear relief straps and said the need for more is still there.However, the printers borrowed from Edmonton schools needed to be returned in September.
Without the large-scale machines, the crew expected production to slow down substantially.Davies said he only had one “temperamental” machine left running at his house, and it was down for repairs.“Without those printers, things were going to slow down.
We still had been printing ear relief straps but our production was going to drop. There was no way around it,” Davies said.Then, in early September, he arrived home to find two packages on his porch.