Meet Luke and his 3D printed e-NABLE hand

[izzy 33]

Hi Zxen, they are printed at 45' with support structure, I have been a bit busy recently so have not or finished all the finger, I was testing some for feel by having a gif fervent number of surface skins, 3 skins felt a little soft so I have settled on a thickness of 4 skins.

[jameshs 42]

you print them standing vertical with a small amount of support to stop them falling over. While that works well, I am not impressed with the design - the location of the finger depends on the printed hinge - I tried filaflex, semiflex and ningaflex and never found a happy compromise between closing force and open position - so I personally would not recommend this design to a recipient at the moment. Quite fiddly to assemble and keep the hinges in place. But as an idea platform it is really interesting.

[zxen 4]

4 skins? What does that mean? I still am unable to print the fingers. What settings and filament can they be printed with?

[jameshs 42]

my guess is 4 perimeters.

what settings are you using and what is failing?

what machine do you have?

[izzy 33]

Yes 4 perimeters,

I'm using Recreus FilaFlex.

Nozzle Temperature 240'C

Speed 10mm/s so very slow.

Layer, 0.15 or 0.2mm.

Print them at 45' angle

There is a set of files for the fingers at 45' with supports

Edited May 21, 2016 by Guest