Well, not sure my attempt at down scaling the MWiggs hands down will work, at least not with the scale that I mathed out. I scaled them down quite a lot, by almost half if I recall correctly. my aims was to create hands that were about 50% larger than human hands as that seemed to match the...
Managed to create some time for myself and worked on the torsion springs.
Unfortunately the concept of using them within the hole for the joining rod did not pan out. They get warped pulling them through and they are rather difficult to set at the correct tension and stay in place. As such I...
They are! His original designs are great, but a touch to big for the scale I am aiming for. In shrinking them for my design the methods he used became impractical.
I did some ball park research on actual humans who are 7.5-8 feet tall, and I found their hand dimensions to be actually similar to...
Here is the promised picture.
This is the first attempt. I tried to use thin paracord as the tendon and a spring strong enough to bring the finger to a rigid shape. Worked great! Until I attempted to pull the "curl" tendon and realized it took 3 fingers.
This is my current attempt. I am using...
Hey everyone. First time posting here on the RPF.
Bit of an Autobiography here. Did some Mandalorian cosplay back around when Disney bought Star wars, started before and ended a bit after. I really enjoyed the craft and made several full kits for myself and my wife. I am looking to expand my...