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I normally just freehanded them, but here is the pattern.

I use hot glue just long enough to hold the pieces before I screw the pieces together. It sets in a couple seconds but has no real strength. It is easier than trying to get clamps (especially big/long clamps) in weird places, and it is much faster than actual wood glue.My daughter tripped and fell against a windowsill and caught it with her eye. The sill was rounded, she got a black eye out of the deal. If it had not been rounded she would have needed stitches or even lost the eye. Drove home the value of rounding.

In his case, the "dexterity" loss comes from him using all four limbs as "hands" when not in prosthetics. For example, when he is writing with a regular (unadapted) pencil, he uses both arms (holding it with his elbows) to control the pencil, and then uses one/both legs to hold the paper steady. If he is in legs, he can't do this - the size, weight, and rigidity of the prosthetics don't allow this type of fine motor control.As I said, these are a supplement to his prosthetics, not a replacement. He has broken several prosthetics (aluminum, before we switched to titanium) due to running in them; but at minimum repairs take several weeks. When he outgrows a set of prosthetics it might be months to get a new set approved (most insurance companies DO NOT like approving…

In his case, the "dexterity" loss comes from him using all four limbs as "hands" when not in prosthetics. For example, when he is writing with a regular (unadapted) pencil, he uses both arms (holding it with his elbows) to control the pencil, and then uses one/both legs to hold the paper steady. If he is in legs, he can't do this - the size, weight, and rigidity of the prosthetics don't allow this type of fine motor control.As I said, these are a supplement to his prosthetics, not a replacement. He has broken several prosthetics (aluminum, before we switched to titanium) due to running in them; but at minimum repairs take several weeks. When he outgrows a set of prosthetics it might be months to get a new set approved (most insurance companies DO NOT like approving $20000+ prosthetics for children, or insurance enters the codes wrong (e.g. approves a leg but omits the foot, or only approve one leg, etc.), cast, built, and adjusted.