With Instructables you can share what you make with the world and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.
Inspired by some plans from 1942, I made my own gas mask from a snorkel, a tin can, and some charcoal I made from coconut husks. It works great!. I v...
"Rather than go without any protection at all, the alert citizen can make gas masks for himself and his family."So says a December 1942 Popular Scienc...
In case you can't read the little labels, they read: From left to right:Canisters (they appear to be ordinary tin cans)Bathing capElasticHandkerchiefs...
The powder-puff box has a clear lid, this is the window the user looks through.The bathing cap is the mask that fits about the face.There is no valve....
Here's my version of the gas mask. I need to filter paint fumes and sanding dust, not phosgene, so I didn't bother adding soda lime to my filter.Start...
I needed a can. So I had to eat some canned pears. Life is hard.Then I cut an 'X' in the remaining end of the can to make a hole for the snorkel
While that nasty fire smokes up the neighborhood, get back to tinsmithing.Bend up the flaps of the 'X' and fit the can to the end of the snorkel.
Make sure the tube doesn't protrude all the way into the can.Drill a hole through the can flaps and the end of the snorkel tube.Insert a wire through ...
Wrap the end of the can and the joint with the tube with plastic cling-wrap and tape.Try sucking air through the tube while the open end of the can is...
I looked into my fire and saw some good coals glowing inside. So I knocked it apart, grabbed some good coals with tongs made from two sticks, and quen...
After quenching the coals I set them on some cardboard to drain and dry out a little. Then I dumped the water out of the pot and used it for a mortar ...
I spread the crushed charcoal paste on some newspaper and put it in the sun. It was still wet after a day in the sun so I dumped it onto tinfoil on a ...
I put a loose wad of paper towel in the base of the can. I wanted the airflow to spread out from the tube into the can without restrictions. I put a d...
I packed the can with charcoal til it was about as high as the longest gas mask cartridge I've seen.The can was taller than that, so I added some wadd...
The next day I noticed the aluminum was full of holes. Something in the charcoal had dissolved a lot of holes in it. Maybe sodium hydroxide from wet a...
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 fu...
This snorkel has an exhale valve so air doesn't have to get forced back out the filter. The air flow is one direction, which means there's no dead air...
I considered trying the "clothespin on the nose" to keep me from inhaling through my nose, but it turns out to not be a problem. Something about a sno...
I used the disk sander while my gasmask was lying nearby on the table. I should have been wearing it. When I remembered and put it on, I inhaled sawdu...
Remove these ads by
Signing Up
Not NiceInappropriateSpam71,713 views
236 favorites
Posted:
Dec 10, 2008
License:
PDF Downloads
As a Pro member, you will gain access to download any Instructable in the PDF format.
You also have the ability to customize your PDF download.
Visit Our Store »
Go Pro Today »