making silicone fingertips. pt 1

[@jaylenmitchell3239]

Ian you give me so much hope for the field of DIY prosthetics thank you so incredibly much for all of your content and hard work.

[@missingpartsclub]

I tell ya, I'm trying! If theres one thing that I've learned while working on this project. Nobody is going to fix it for you. Especially with partial hand. There just isn't the interest or financial backing to service this market sector. Sure its a difficult market, especially where there's so much customization and variety. Partial hand is its own universe because there are all kinds of configurations, unlike say trans radial or through the wrist. Both of those needs are met with the same device. Unfortunately that makes it difficult and unprofitable in the eyes of the major prosthetic manufacturers. I get it, everything is expensive, and you and your investors need to make money, but that doesn't mean that you don't innovate and try to better service the market. Diy isn't the answer for everyone, infact its truly for very few. But hopefully my project stimulates some attention and innovation to better serve this population.

[@noodsdood6977]

Oh EXCELLENT, despite how precise the instructions are for casting things from silicone, plaster, resin, etc., it's always interesting how many different and effective ways there are to accomplish the same or similar tasks.

[@andresparedes-vincent2851]

it definitely feels like the adjustments you talked about doing to your fingers hit the nail on the head, because their movement seems much smoother and consistent in this video, they look amazing

[@JadeZombie_ssbu]

Dude I'm loving the metal rino head in the back

[@missingpartsclub]

Thanks! Its a 90% scale white rhino. I used to have a whole zoo of animals on the wall. Then I wanted a cnc laser... and a re-homing occurred.

[@angelaverbowski995]

#51-✅👍 Awesome.. three parts, too!

[@missingpartsclub]

And all of them uploaded at once too! I should have spaced them out to gain me favor with the algorithm, but I didnt... next time.

[@fluffyjr.3085]

This man just needs a big dragon-slaying sword and he’s able to pull off the look of guts.