Prosthetic

[Samalan]

 I made this prosthetic for a very nice lady. She had no fingers or thumb on her left hand and fingers—well, stubs really—from the knuckles to the first joint and a small piece of thumb on the right hand. I then made some small adjustments to the gun. The right-hand side of the gun features an expansion grip that keeps it in place. With the prosthetic, she can pick up the magazine, cock the action, and load the gun. Also, I fixed a red dot to the gun just to make it that much easier to shoot. After a short time, she is deadly accurate with it. The wood holds the gun, so she can stick her hand in, take the gun out, and fire. And yes, the prosthetic is leather. I cast her hands to do the project. When people saw the casted hands in the shop, they asked what they were for. Then, after a short explanation, they would donate to the project. I never asked for donations; they just gave them. She was very happy with the project; she never complained, she just went with it. She also had no legs below the knees, but you wouldn’t know it. What a great gal!        Has anyone else made a leather prosthetic? This was my first.

[chuck123wapati]

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen or heard!! You are an exceptional person and a brilliant thinker.

[Darren8306]

I hope you are proud to have earned the skills to allow you to build in such an innovative way!

 

She is lucky to have you. It's often more difficult than it should be, to work with anything near the medical equipment world.