Moldable Finger Splint

prusaprinters

<p>(Originally Uploaded to Thingiverse August 26, 2019)</p><p>Well... ya tried to crack a cold one with the boys, and instead ya cracked your fingers off. You go to the hospital; and they charge your broke ass $500.01 for a doc to scold you and slap a clunky, itchy, block of poopoo on you snapped off fingers. What are going to do fellow customer?!?!?</p><p>Well we have a product for YOU! Here at FFFTech, our vacuous engineers bust their fingers every hour, on the hour! Once enough court settlements fell through, we knew enough was enough.</p><p>Introducing the Moldable Finger Splint! This patent pending miracle of materials prints flat, and in seconds shapes to you fingers for instant.... holding! This godlike machinery not only hold your shattered fingers together; it's BREATHABLE for MAXIMUM NOT SWEATYNESS! (The grammar is spot on right here...)</p><p>Simply set it in hot water and wait for the PLA to get soft, wrap it around the decimated digit, and place both the formed splint and said finger in cold water for an instant set! Within seconds you'll be magically healed, get that promotion, and your wife will stop cheating on you! This product does it ALL!</p><p>So what are you waiting for you crippled pile of rubbish? Print a splint today ya ding dong!</p><p>(This is designed for Index, Mid, and Ring Fingers)</p><p>Fitment:</p><p>This was designed for simplicity in mind. Should your finger not fit the default file, (I have shrek fingers aka sausage fingers) scale the model in Cura (or preferred slicer) to your size. The splint should extend below your knuckle.</p><p>Never scale the thickness, as 3mm was a balance of rigidity and the ability to shape and conform to a digit. Any thinner and the splint could flex, defeating it's purpose.</p><p>Molding to Your Finger:</p><p>Before molding the splint to your finger, wrap said fingers in a light cotton cloth to insulate from the heated PLA, should your skin be sensitive to rapid temperature changes.</p><p>Place the PLA splint in a container of hot water. Once the PLA is soft, take it out of the water and place it over the digit. Rapidly; before it cools, wrap the splint around the finger. Once the splint is wrapped, place it (With it still wrapped around the fingers) in cold water to set it in place. Should the splint not set correctly, set the splint once again in hot water and repeat the cycle.</p><p>The splint should not allow the finger to move (Not too tight mind you), but should still be easily removable when needed.</p><h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Standard Print Settings:</p><p>Material: PLA<br>Extruder: 210C<br>Bed: 54C<br>First Layer Print Height: .28mm<br>Standard Layer Height: .16mm<br>Wall Thickness: .40<br>Wall Perimeters: 3<br>Infill: 25%<br>Infill Pattern: Gyroid<br>Material Flow: 100%</p><p>Use only PLA, as it has one of the lowest glass transition temps out of the more common 3D printing thermoplastics.</p>