Making Stuff

Procuring hardware for the e-Nable hands is turning out to require way more effort than the actual printing. Yesterday I spent more than a half hour at Michael's craft store assessing all the options for elastic and tension cords for the finger actuation that I completely forgot to get the needed velcro.

Similarly, I tried 3 different local medical pharmacies for the medical grade foam and came up empty handed.

And then after going to Lowes hardware store twice and accidentally buying 3/8" long binding post screws instead of 1/4" long, I got tired of going and decided to trim to length. The screws are too small to hold to take off 1/8" so I designed and printed this little jig sized for the post diameter. With care it can also be used to trim the screws. Aluminum screws cut fast, in less than a minute.

This was my major accomplishment for the day.

You can download a copy of it and print your own Jig

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