New Fresh Air Face Shied

[James Baldwin]

Well I got tired of my glasses fogging up when I used a N95 mask so I looked into a filtered air face shield. Was way out of my price range for the occasional turning I do so I looked into an alternative. Since I already owned a nice Willson full face shield for some other work I do I would just use it. What I ended up with was this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NNKHGT7?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details. Unfortunately it came with adapters that fit 3M cartridges and not MSA like my Willson. So I looked into MSA to 40mm Nato adapters. They turned out to be for a newer style Willson shield. Sent them back. Then ordered this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7TZFZKT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details which worked but the field of vision was a little small. Looked at my Willson and was able to adapt the 3M to Nato fittings. I did this by cutting a couple of spacers out of some 1 1/2" PVC pipe and using GOOP to glue them in place and if I want to revert back to just the Willson face shield I can easily remove them. I'm pretty happy with the results. No more fogged glasses. Was done for under $200.

The first image is with the NATO face shield (gas mask) the second one is with the Willson which is what I'm using.

[Eugene Dixon]

looks workable. thank you for posting

[Neil Strong]

Was done for under $200.



Workable cheaper solutions (which 3M and the like are not) are the holy grail of PPE for us woodturners.

Thank you for sharing your solution, James.

[James Baldwin]

If I remember right the original cost of the Willson face shield was about $50 but I'd had it for about 5 years. A new similar one off Amazon can be had for under $50 and will probably have 3M type filter fitting which would eliminate building adapters. Jim