| I decided to upgrade the hands
for my FCG . My original used the hands as described in
Doug
Fergurson's classic design. At the time they were quick easy and
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| My new design is also cheap,
relatively easy and very light weight which is an essential element for
the FCG operation. |
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- On a 1" piece of foam, draw the
basic outline of a palm and a portion of the forearm
- Use a Dremel with a router attachment to carve the outline
- Then using a hobby file set, shape and sand the palm bones and
forearm
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- Each set of fingers are composed of a
total of 13 bio-degradable packing material "peanuts".
- Each digit employs 2-3 peanuts
- Compress areas to form the appearance of
knuckle joints, then moisten the ends of 2 pieces to be joined. The
benefit of using these type of peanuts is that when moistened they
will stick to each other as they dry. (Alternatively you can just
use a dab of white latex caulking)
- A stiff wire is used to ream a hole thru
each segment and a piece of small sculpting wire is inserted. Leave
2-3 inches at the base of each finger to attach them to the
palm/forearm construct.
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