Kingussie school makes appeal to aid production of more full face visors
Staff working at Boots and the Wade Centre care facility in Kingussie are some of those who have benefited from the Kingussie High School production line of visors.
Last week the Strathy revealed how headteacher Ian Adamson, ex-head Ollie Bray and techy teacher Hugh Verling had pooled their skills and school materials to make the PPE for local NHS frontline workers and others.
But now with shatter-proof rulers and book covers in short supply at the secondary school, the school is asking for support from outwith the classrooms so the good work can continue.
Mr Adamson said: "We are looking for 3mm acrylic and 200 micron plastic to make more safety visors. If anyone can donate some it would be much appreciated and importantly help the key workers stay safe.
"Anyone working locally who needs some visors please get in touch and we will do our best to produce them.
"So far we have helped protect staff in Raigmore Hospital, Boots, The Wade Centre just to name a few. Together as a community we will defeat this virus."
The trio passed their techy examination with flying colours last week with 50 pairs of full face visors going to staff caring for children with respiratory problems at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Since them more have been distributed in the local community.
The need for much more personal protective equipment (PPE) has been well highlighted across the nation by NHS staff in order to keep them safe while battling Covid-19.
The staff acted after Mr Adamson spotted on Twitter that Lochaber High School had been approached by their local hospital [Belford] to build visors using their 3D printers.
He explained: "We discovered that it takes five to six hours to 3D print just one single head visor so we hit upon on another idea using what equipment we already had in the school.
“We found 50 pairs of goggles in the science department which are EU safety approved and that was the starting point.”
Production ended up running from 10am to 6pm at the school to modify the goggles to meet NHS requirements with Mr Verling's expertise proving invaluable.
