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i carved my robotic hand from a sort of jandal rubber (got plenty of it) and made it in rubber hinged segments wit a tube inserted in each segment a wire attached to the tip was pulled and it contracted exactly as a human one would.<br>most mechanical fingers aresimilar mine enclosed in a glove were weirdly real<br><br>i have a smaller hand if you --- want a hand--<br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 05:14:25 +1200<br>From: synco.reynders@gmail.com<br>To: chchrobotics@lists.linuxnut.co.nz<br>Subject: Re: [chbot] How do I cast a Robotic Finger?<br><br>Silicone in a rubber glove good enough?<br>
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<div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Jul 4, 2011 7:03 PM, "Richard Jones" <<a href="mailto:rjtp@ihug.co.nz">rjtp@ihug.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>> Does anyone have any suggestions for how to cast a robotic finger? I recall<br>
> Charles Fimm and Kay coming up with suggestions for taking moulds of body<br>> parts at past meetings. I would like to create a somewhat realistic looking<br>> index finger. I'm just wondering where I could get the moulding ingredients<br>
> from locally, and how to go about the process?<br>> <br>> Richard<br></div>
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