3D Printed Prosthetic Hand in 4 Steps!

This project is a prosthetic hand that was printed by me, I am seeking to explore some more knowledge about prosthetics and 3D printing. Although this isn't the best project, it's a great way to have some hands on experience and learn how to create one of these hands successfully.

This is a low-cost prosthetic hand that is easy to make, the main issue per say, is the time it takes to print all of the items. But other than that, this hand is quite easy to make and doesn't take much to make. 3D printing is a very big part of the society nowadays as it is a very technologically advanced way to make things quickly, with the accessibility at your fingertips.

All of the supplies are included in a kit, if you'd like to purchase the kit visit: https://shop3duniverse.com/products/e-nable-hand-assembly-materials-kit-cyborg-beast-edition?aff=2#

All credit of this design goes to: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:261462

Supplies

(4 feet) Velcro, double-sided (2 inches wide)
(8 feet) Non-flexible braided fishing line
(5 feet) Flexible elastic cord (1mm diameter, for smaller hands)
(5 feet) Flexible elastic cord (2mm diameter, for larger hands)
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 2 1/2"
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 2 3/4"
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 3"
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 3 1/4"
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 3 1/2"
(1) Aluminum Chicago Screw - 3 3/4"
(4) Stainless Steel Chicago Screws - 1/4"
(3) Stainless Steel Chicago Screws - 3/8"(6) Stainless Steel Chicago Screws - 1/2"
(6) Tensioner screws (extra small)
(6) Tensioner screws (small)
(6) Tensioner screws (medium)
(6) Tensioner screws (large)
(10) Lee Tippi Micro Gel Fingertip Grips(12 inches)
Firm Foam Padding (5 inches wide)
(1 roll) Teflon tape
PLA Filament

Different Variations of the Hand

These are just a few of files used in this.

Downloads

Normal_Gauntlet.stl

Thumb_Finger_wo_Bumps.stl

Scaling

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I've provided a scaling chart to ensure that you have the right size and measurements to fit the person in need.

For this you must scale each of your items to the correct size, I have set all of my pieces to 150%

Start Printing Your Items

This is most of my project, as most of it is 3D printed.

I printed these with PLA filament and on standard speed, these all range from an average of 2 hours to 8 hours on the biggest piece.

Assembling and Testing the Cyborg Beast 3D Printed Prosthesis (3D Universe)

Although this isn't my own video, I'd like to include this in here as this is a great video showing you how to assemble and install all of the parts.