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Steampunk Hand in Walkthrough
Published: 2009-01-23 06:55:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 180267; Favourites: 4203; Downloads: 2969
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So here's how I made the hand for all those who asked.And here's the finished product in motion
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mistake caught! it's actually 52 eye bolts!
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and for all those who will or have asked. It cost me under $50 Canadian to build. I don't know what it would cost in American as I don't live there, have the same stores, or really care. but you can just use google to convert the currency and give yourself a ballpark figure.
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Wow this is so cool, perfect for LARP... I mean not the Middle Age LARP Stuff, more like apocalypse-LARP or something with like steampunk stuff and zombies 
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I just wanted to know how thik and long the BBQ-handles are approximately? (sorry for the two posts D: )
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don't remember exactly but aprox. 8 inches
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This tutorial is so great and awesome, thak you a lot!!!
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extremely helpful thank so much for this tutorial
this was one thing that puzzled me on a up coming cosplay of a elite bigdaddy from bioshock the arm is longer then a regular human arm and i still wanted moment
i done some resecht on on my own but nothing i found came close to how helpful this was i had a ruff idead in my head to begin with but now i understand it as well
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We made something similar to this in my science class in grade 4. also, elastics work instead of springs if need be, atleast they worked on mine 
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i am making one in class and i have a shield attachment i am almost finished what did u use 4 springs ?
thank u 4 showing us how to make it it realy helped me =3
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i used extension springs from a local hardware store
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AHHHH i wanna try making this. That's just truly amazing!! @.@
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SPECTACULAR. i've been planning a 'big' character costume build (scarlet spider version Venom, or Hulk) and i've been trying to find a really good way of doing the thumb...looks like you have it sorted!!! love it.
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love it it think ill use this for my next halloween costume
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This is awsome, i attempted it just to see if it would work as just a project sorta thing and it worked
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this is so awesome! I'll be making one of these as soon as i can
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This is a seriously fantastic idea.
I have a few questions for you, could you answer them please? I just have an idea regarding making my own.
~ Could you tell me how heavy the completed hand is?
~ Do you think the palm would be able to support the fingers (specifically, the strain from moving the fingers) if some parts were to be carved to be thinner?
~ Would it be possible for the wooden hand to be closer to the real hand, or would that cause some trouble when moving the fingers?
~ And could I make my own, but drastically change the design? (out of the steampunk context)
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1 the most recent hand i made weighed in at about 5 lbs
2 it had thinner wood...i would say the thinner the wood, the harder the wood type you want to use (i.e. maple instead of pine) but it could go down to at least 1/2 inch in thickness
3 so long as there's room for your fingers to move, you can make it as close or far from your hand as you like
4 you can definitely make your own, however you like
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Thank-you very much~
Here's what I'm thinking: [link] (Carve out in between the fingers in the palm)
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Would you happen to know the sizes of the washers, eye bolts, screws, hinges, and springs?
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Just making one ... costing me less than £10 cos im just using random parts from around my house
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what material is the glove you used? / if anyone else has tried what materials worked and didn't work so well
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i used a mechanic's glove i got at a hardware store. so mostly leather and other rough materials.
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went to dolarama to look for some cheep bbq forks, but none there, the search continues...
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So fantastic its to funny if iam able to do this
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Awesomely wonderful ^-^ I have to try it sometime!
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WOW SHIT! I never knew you were Canadian, I AM TOO!
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This is soo awesome! I'm just getting into steampunk. It's a very distinctive and, frankly, friggin' awesome style!
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I am excited!!!! tahts amazing!!! wow!!!
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this is great! I could accually do this! 0.0
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This is the most creative thing ever, you are epic!
PD> hinges, like from the doors?
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This is totally wicked awesome, and so is the finished product. Kudos for being awesome.
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I had an idea for something exactly like this! Had little time to really plan it out, it was going to be like the base model you have here but with a covering and costume combo for a L4D Tank. This will help a lot thanks for posting!
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Wow, this is so amazing O.O DD was deserved ^^
I'm kind of a noob at metal work, how did you make the metal plates??
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Thanks! I cut the shapes out of some plate steel i got from the hardware store an bent them to shape with some pliers.
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I know this may sound a bit silly; but what did you cut them with? =S
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tin snips. they're thick scissor-looking cutters.
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Just curious, is it possible for the hand to hold anything?
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with this alignment of the fingers, it's possible but difficult. However if you run all the fingers parallel I believe it is much easier to manipulate objects.
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