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Lung Exerciser ( Expand-A-Lung clone)

by sychan
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I had been reading recommendations for a resistance training gadget for your lungs called the "Expand-A-Lung" and the reviews seemed very positive. My lungs were damaged by a bad case of flu just before covid, and they haven't fully recovered yet, so I decided to give this gadget a try. But when I looked at it, it seemed really simplistic for a $30 gadget: a snorkel/scuba mouthpiece with a screw valve that controlled how much air could be drawn into the mouthpiece.

I had a spare snorkel mouthpiece around so decided to make a proof of concept for the gadget at home before buying one. It seems to work as advertised: screw it down tight for maximum resistance when breathing through it, open it up for minimal resistance.

NOTE: You will need to get hold of a silicone mouthpiece for snorkel or scuba gear before you can use this.

The snorkel mouthpieces start at $9 for 6 on Amazon, if you want to give these a try yourself, its easy enough to print one of these out try it. If your lun
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Single piece Hardware needed
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 1/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
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Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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