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Improvised Gas Mask

Step 15End Cap

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I taped a folded paper towel over the end of the can, cut off the excess, and taped it some more, just like the 1942 version. I don't know what the function of the screen was in that model. Probably it was for durability. They probably intended people to actually fight and dig through rubble while wearing those swimcap and baby pants gasmasks on their faces.

Since I'm just going to do some light varnishing, I'll stick to mere paper towels.
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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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