Orange Coast College’s Makerspace is back up and running with a critical task: produce enough masks and touchless keys to be ready for when campus re-opens.
The College’s Makerspace is uniquely suited for the job. With laser cutting machines, industrial sewing machines, and 3D printers at their disposal, last week architecture professor and Makerspace Co-Founder, Steve Fuchs and Makerspace Coordinator Garret Hill completed nearly 100 masks and almost 200 “No Touch” key fobs.
The masks, made with upcycled t-shirts left over from last fall’s Science Night event, were laser cut four at a time using a pattern perfected by Hill from many maker community suggestions to maximize efficiency. “A pattern from SUAYLA [wholesale sewing shop] was used to sew our initial mask design. What we liked about this design was that it incorporated an inner sleeve, which allows the user to…
