Feet to Create COVID-19 Divider Screens

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The reopening of schools after a global pandemic will bring about a new normal that's anything but familiar for students, teachers and parents. How can we help kids get ready? Use our free design file and 3D printer to create low-cost barrier screens. Download our free design file to make a basic 3D plastic stand for classroom screens. After printing the stand, students simply slide any type of firm material into the slots, like plywood, cardboard from collapsed boxes or foam board, to create an upright barrier. Even the smallest 3D printers can handle the job. (Note: Parts are under six inches long.) 1. Download the file from the link above. The screen stand requires two identical "feet." A large foot is made of three pieces (intended for large floor-standing dividers) and a small foot is made of one piece (intended for desktop/tabletop dividers). The large foot has four different center-piece options for the gap thickness. You can choose the thickness based on how thick the divider material is. Options are .125", .25", .375" and .50". (.125" is good for single-thickness cardboard.) The feet extensions work with all center pieces, and the same foot is used on both sides. The small foot is currently only available in .125". 2. Input this file into your printer software and 3D print the feet. 3. Slide and snap the pieces together to create a large foot. 4. After making two of the feet, slide a sheet of any firm material into each foot's slot to create a barrier. The type of 3D printer often found in classrooms is called an FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) machine. For those new to 3D printing, it's about transforming a digital object on a computer screen into a physical, three-dimensional object. It starts with a digital model in a 3D CAD file. Using raw material provided by the user, the 3D printer builds the object by adding one thin layer at a time until the object is complete. For more information, visit https://smith.ly/2WI8ekR.