Jack Skellington Articulated Hand Extender

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... \n\n I'm excited to share my original design for a modular hand, tailored specifically for Jack Skellington from A Nightmare Before Christmas. This skinned and articulated hand is essentially a puppet hand that can be adapted for animatronic control. The actuator is designed to be held and manipulated under an extended sleeve, offering greater flexibility than an attached gauntlet. What's more, it can be easily disengaged when needed. Not only does it look cool, but this design is also engineered to be very easy to print, utilizing 12 printed-in hinges, four custom captured Super-pulleys in the palm, and channels for all of the thread and elastic string. This type of wire/spring control can yield extremely subtle and beautiful performances. Be sure to follow me and watch this space for assembly videos, updates, new skins to come! The possibilities are endless - Zombie, skeleton, alien hand, or even Iron Man or Edward Scissorhands - who knows what's next? To assemble the hand, you'll need a little bit of hardware: Stretchy string (preferably braided and doubled) 25lb fishing line 2 - 1/2"-3/4" long socket 1/4-20 bolts to attach the hand to the gauntlet 3 M4 or #8/32 screws or knobs for adjusting finger string tension ~3/4" long 3 nuts (M4 or 8/32) 2 small screws/washers to lock down the stretchy string inside the palm (these can be harvested from old filament spools) Optional - a 12mm neodymium magnet at the wrist to keep your sleeve in place Happy Halloween Everyone! I'd also like to give a shout out to my favorite YouTuber, James Bruton. If you're a fan of mechanized cosplay, check out his channel XRobots. I couldn't have accomplished this without the many enjoyable hours of watching his incredible process. Keep making stuff, James!