The UnLimbited Arm v2.1 - Alfie Edition

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***06/12/2017 - Receiving requests for smaller sizes. I have changed minimum Bicep size from 160 to 110, but cannot reduce hand size! 135 is the minimum for two reasons: Firstly, safety of children (choking on small parts), and tolerance/weakness of small pins.\n***17/07/2017 - Receiving feedback that the pins are too long to insert in cuff tensioner box easily. The Cuff minimum has been reset to 65mm to fix.\n***14/03/2017 - Update v2.1 Rounded cuff edges, refined palm. Version / Measurement A B C / Hand scale% now stamped on underneath of cuff for reference.\nTeam UnLimibited are very proud to release version 2.0 of their UnLimbited arm design; named the Alfie Edition after it's first recipient.\nThe UnLimbited Arm 2.0 is fully parametric and customisable using Thingiverse Customiser to produce all the files correctly scaled based on a recipients real world measurements.\nThis is the next generation deviced based upon the popular 1.7 Isabella edition that was released last year as found here :- http://www.teamunlimbited.org/the-unlimbited-arm/\nPlease check out our Blog and Facebook page, be sure to like us and follow our work.\nAs a registered charity in the UK it would be great If you wanted to help us by please considering making a donation.\nBlog :- http://www.teamunlimbited.org/\nFacebook :- https://www.facebook.com/teamunlimibited/\nDonation :- www.teamunlimibited.org/donate\nWe would like to give a BIG thank you to the following people for their advice and help on this release.\nSteve wood AKA Gyrobot for his ongoing support - http://www.gyrobot.co.uk/\nTony Buser from Thingiverse for his advice on customiser.\nJen Own from Enabling The Future for her continued effort to blog the activities of the e-NABLE community - http://www.enablingthefuture.org/\nWe also like to thank the e-NABLE community and Everyone else who has helped support us over the last year so we can keep giving the world a helping hand; or arm in this case !\nFor more information on e-NABLE visit http://www.enablingthefuture.org/\n \n Taking Recipient Measurements\nIn order to build and UnLimibited Arm the following measurements are required.\nThe length of the NON-AFFECTED hand as measured from the wrist to the end of the longest finger. Shown in the Diagram as measurement C.\nThe length of the NON-AFFECTED forarm as measured from the inside fold of the elbow to the wrist. Shown in the Diagram as measurement B.\nThe circumference of the AFFECTED upper arm, measured from the middle of the upper arm; Shown in the Diagram as measurement A. TAKE NOTE thats the AFFECTED arm you are building a device for not the NON-AFFECTED arm the other measurements are taken from.\n \n Using Customizer\nNow that you have the measurements for the device use customiser (from the button on the right of this page)\nEnter the measurements into customiser using the drop down box and the slide bars and click Create Thing.\nOnce processes in "My Things" section you will be able to access and download all the files you need for your generated UnLimbited Arm.\nN.B. If previewing the Phoenix hand elements of the arm you will not see these scale in the preview box, but trust us the end files will be re-scaled as per your measurements.\n \n Assembly\nAssembly of the arm is the same process as that of the 1.7 Isabella edition, using thermo-forming. This has been previously covered in our 1.7 video and is provided below.\nUnLimbited arm Tendon Stringing Instructions (10 Mins)\nWhy We Do This\nBelow is a video showing why we do this, using 3D printing to bring smiles to those with a limb difference.\n \n Why others do it\nPlease see a video about a 10 year old boy called Henio from Poland his arm was produced by Krzysztof Grandys who created this arm using this thingiverse design and customiser.\nContact / Feedback\nFor any feedback or to contact us please use :- hello@teamunlimibited.org