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The other day, I was reading delightful instructable by V-Man373, regarding the process of making my very own Gatling Gun Prosthetic arm. I briefly considered following those instructions very closely, but it then occurred to me that for an invidual who uses his hands as much as I do, and much of the time uses them in tandem, having only one functional hand would be a burden on my sanity, no matter how incredible the replacement was.
So I took the basic idea of putting my arm inside a length of PVC, and building upon that platform; however, instead of its sole purpose being weaponry, I set out to build a working mechanical hand on the end.
The following steps might be a tad confusing to some of you, but I reccomend reading the Gatling Gun instructable first, and this one will make a great deal more sense.
The seeming disorder of my process eminates from only loosely following the logical progression of Mockup, Prototype, Final Product.
In fact, what I intended to be my final product became my Mockup/Prototype after considering what Seattle weather would do to a cardboard shipping tube!
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In my father's chaotic assortment of garage-junk, I found a length of cardboard shipping tube that fit my arm quite well; cut in half and shoved inside itself, it was quite sturdy.
More rummaging turned up all manner of metal bits: hinges, plumbing parts, mounds of nuts/bolts/washers, and the like. The most time consuming part of the construction process was drilling, bending, and bolting it all together in the right combination so it fit, and worked to my liking.
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As for the spider in the photo, in my area we call it a timber or woods spider. Yes, their bite is painful, but not dangerous.
Wow, that`s a f--king huge spider :O what kind of spider is that?
Is it poisenous?