The maker community locally is firing up its creativity and 3D printers to produce frames and face shields for medical workers and first responders.

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Personal protective equipment has been in short supply for more than a week, posing danger to those on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. Though there have been promises that huge amounts of supply are on the way, local makers are churning out equipment of their own making.

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At the Rocklin and Sacramento locations of the coworking makerspace Hacker Lab , a group has emerged to crowdsource face shields for medical personnel and first responders. “The shortage is a lot worse than people realize,” said Alan Puccinelli , a member of Hacker Lab Rocklin, and one of the organizers of “Operation Shields Up,” a crowdsourcing effort. In some hospitals, the equipment shortages were so acute that nurses were making shields out of plastic wrap […]

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