{"id":296,"date":"2020-06-01T22:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T02:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/?p=296"},"modified":"2020-06-01T22:59:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T02:59:21","slug":"3d-printing-ear-savers-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/3d-printing-ear-savers-update\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing Ear Savers Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I started 3D printing ear savers on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"April 5th. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/timradney.com\/2020\/04\/13\/3d-printing-for-covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\">April 5th.<\/a> I am fast approaching the 2 month anniversary and I wanted to share a few stats from this adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, when I started out, I had a single Ender 3 Pro printer. I quickly realized that with the number of request for ear savers, that I needed more printers. This was an investment that I was comfortable making due to how badly our healthcare people needed these. I was able to find 3 more Ender 3 Pro&#8217;s available at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Quip Print (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/quipprint.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\">Quip Print<\/a>, a disabled Veteran run business in Tampa Florida. Also to date, I&#8217;ve purchased 45 spools of PETG filament from them too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quickly I had 4 printers up and operational and running mostly 24\/7. The first month I was getting up every few hours to take prints off the printer and start up more batches. As I got caught up with printing, I&#8217;ve been able to skip a cycle at night and get decent sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Since April 5th, here are some stats: <\/li><li>12,005 ear savers printed<\/li><li>43  kg of PETG filament used &#8211; 94.80 lbs for us Americans<\/li><li>14,190 meters of filament used or 46,555 ft &#8211; 8.81 miles for us Americans<\/li><li>1,982 meters &#8211; length of each ear saver laid end to end. <\/li><li>6,502 feet &#8211; length of each ear saver laid end to end &#8211; approx 1.23 miles<\/li><li>307 &#8211; number of USPS stamps used<\/li><li>22 &#8211; number of small flat rate USPS shipping boxes sent<\/li><li>7 &#8211; number of medium flat rate USPS shipping boxes sent<\/li><li>50 &#8211; US states I&#8217;ve shipped ear savers too (Plus one box to the UK)<\/li><li>173 &#8211; Number of unique request for ear savers <\/li><li>270 &#8211; Approx number of ear savers I can print per spool of filament<\/li><li>1 &#8211; smallest request for ear savers<\/li><li>3000 &#8211; largest request for ear savers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radneyprintfarm-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\" width=\"488\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radneyprintfarm-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radneyprintfarm-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radneyprintfarm-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radneyprintfarm.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June 1st, I am completely caught up on shipping out ear savers. I haven&#8217;t slowed down much on printing and have a decent amount in inventory. Please reach out if you or someone you know needs ear savers to take the pressure off their ears. I am printing with a material that is water proof and food safe, meaning, they can be sterilized with disinfectant. They are perfect for healthcare workers or anyone that is having to wear a mask. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are printed and shipped within the US free of charge and I can ship outside the US too, I simply ask that you cover the cost of shipping, it&#8217;s 3-4x more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to give thanks to all who have chipped in to help me fund this project. Without the support of my SQL family, Scouting family, and friends, I would not have been able to scale like I did. Also thanks to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Paul Randal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/3d-printing-to-help-healthcare-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Randal<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kathi Kellenberger, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auntkathi\" target=\"_blank\">Kathi Kellenberger,<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Angela Tidwell, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaTidwell\" target=\"_blank\"> Angela Tidwell,<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ben Miller  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DBAduck\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Miller <\/a>for joining in printing these. Paul started the same time I did and has printed around 5k ear savers. I&#8217;m confident if we added it all up, the SQL Community have contributed over 20k ear savers to those in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as people are still needing the ear savers, I can get access to material to print them, and have the funds to ship, I&#8217;ll keep printing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started 3D printing ear savers on April 5th. I am fast approaching the 2 month anniversary and I wanted to share a few stats from this adventure. First, when I started out, I had a single Ender 3 Pro printer. 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