3d Printed Mechanical Hand

by Regan Leatch in Workshop > 3D Printing

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3d Printed Mechanical Hand

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I made this hand from photos of a wooden one that was laser cut

Making the Hand

First designed the hand in pieces on solid edge

Assembling on Cad

Once I had designed the pieces i assembled them on solid edge.

Printing

Now I exported the pieces to makerbot and printed on a makerbot replicator.

Laser Cutter

Now I drew and laser cut over 100 plastic rings to act as bearings.

Assembling

I now assembled the pieces using wooden dowls (8mm) and threaded the pieces and plastic bearings. After a lot of tweaking I was done.