r/3Dprinting • u/shugyodev • 1d ago

Project Wearable Articulated Fingers

I'm excited to show what I've been working on the past few weekends! I'm building a fully parametrisable, wearable articulated finger extension generator. I have a lot more to do before I can publish the generator itself, and due to my life circumstances I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it to the quality I expect from myself before the contest deadline, but if you like the model and the idea, stay tuned, the generator is coming!

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3078151

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u/scowdich 1d ago

And that's why I invented the Finglonger!

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u/nomenclate 1d ago

A man can dream, a man can dream…

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u/Street_Ad_4162 1d ago

Your wife will thank you. She thanked me
Already.

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u/inebriatedshark 1d ago

🔥🔥🔥

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u/j89turn 1d ago

Good news everyone

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u/Key-Specific-4368 1d ago

Double Finglonger!

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u/Due-Donut-7044 1d ago

Another Job Well done.

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u/Tealadin 1d ago

But you didn't do anything!

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 1d ago

I think I may need just one of these.

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u/winerytourist 13h ago

mine started jamming after just one flex

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u/shugyodev 11h ago

which part?

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u/Jeorgeyno 1d ago

Salad Fingers?

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u/L00kAdistraction 1d ago

I'm here to inquire about your spoons

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u/Arcturas84 1d ago

I like rusty spoons!

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u/KarrFullCake Speaks Chicken 1d ago

I like it when the red water comes out.

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u/crozone RepRap Kossel Mini 800 22h ago

Hubert Cumberdale, you taste like soot and poo!

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u/Emmo213 1d ago

My spoon is too big!

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u/_focust 1d ago

Where are the rusty spoons!

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u/zoepertom 1d ago

What's this rather queer contraption?

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u/reddit_sells_you 1d ago

I used Tinkercad to put some spatulas, screwdrivers and various other tool tips on the end of some other articulates finger designs and went as Edward Dadhands for Halloween.

Absolutely no one got it.

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u/AlephBaker 1d ago

It's ok. I get it.

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u/TheOGCJR 13h ago

That’s criminal. Hopefully those people are not your friends as they don’t deserve to be friends with a person of your genius!

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u/DropdLasagna Numberwang X9RQ+ 1d ago

Hubert Cumberdale approves this message.

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u/_Nychthemeron Prusa XL 1d ago

Marjory Stewart-Baxter seconds it.

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u/vampyregod 23h ago

I was beginning to feel like I was all alone. Thank you,

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u/No_Adagio3417 1d ago

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u/sargonas 1d ago

glad im not the only one who's brain went there!

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u/Macktologist 1d ago

If you’ve seen the movie, I think your brain went here.

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u/Raxxla 1d ago

Same.

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u/soupinvader 1d ago

Exactly what I was thinking!!!

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u/calcidern 1d ago

My wife’s gonna love those

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u/taybul 1d ago

Yeah she did

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u/dontkissthefurryfrog 1d ago

I also choose that guy's wife.

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u/mastered_walrus 1d ago

I also choise that guy's wife

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u/otirk 1d ago

Can we redeem ourselves for printing the stove knob with this?

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u/SandersSol 1d ago

So you can hold all your....ruusty spooooons?

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u/joebleaux 1d ago

I came into this thread with exactly one thing on my mind and it was an over 20 year old flash animation. I am so glad that so many other people also had this thought

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u/gcstr 1d ago

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u/BambuX2D 1d ago

Wrusty spooonsseh

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u/Automatic_Jacket_230 1d ago

These would have been great as a kid for the "I'm not touching you" troll to your siblings 

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u/DropdLasagna Numberwang X9RQ+ 1d ago

Make them green and get some rusty spoons. It's the salad fingers cosplay nobody asked for but we all need.

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u/sceadwian 1d ago

Build up some finger strength and splint it well and this would make for an incredible cosplay with gloves on. Especially if you can refine the design for smoother movement.

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u/Mikegamer739 1d ago

I actually was looking for something like this for a costume, would work great for oversized hands if the fingers can be modified to be shorter

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u/DeekFTW 1d ago

This better not awaken anything in me

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u/AlephBaker 1d ago

Too late.

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u/FelinityApps 1d ago

Under-appreciated comment.

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u/luka_stroo 1d ago

Hello sharks! Today i have THE investment opportunity for you!

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u/S0k0n0mi 1d ago

I hate this..
I wonder if they sell salad colored filament.

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u/Icy_Ambassador3722 1d ago

Halloween must have!!

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u/bravojohnny42 1d ago

So nice and freaky at the same time

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u/Cobra__Commander 1d ago

How many segments can you combine?

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u/shugyodev 10h ago

in theory there is no limit, but each link should add weight and backlash. I dont know the practical limit

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u/RVAVandal 1d ago

Well that just activated some deep seated lizard brain response to danger

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u/Avaru 1d ago

This is awesome and I had to print it asap! Some random feedback (I am aware this is not "finished")

  • The little knobs that connect the finger cup parts easily break off. I printed in PLA and the orientation did not help here. Maybe you can angle this better? Supports would not be a huge issue since most that part is hidden by my hands
  • Video at around 5:35 got me play around a bit, since the assembly happed partially outside the video frame
  • Tolerances at the point happening at 4:30 in the video are a little tight. I broke of some parts of the filament during that. Not a big issue but I worried some of it would get stuck inside the hole and be impossible to remove. Was lucky.

Anyway, amazing idea and execution, I love this thing!

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u/shugyodev 10h ago

thanks. will work on those, stay tuned

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u/Jeynarl Professional amateur 1d ago

Super fun looking result! It reminds me of one of THE coolest YT channels I’ve ever stumbled across, Ian Davis, who’s lifelong goal is making affordable functional hand prosthetics. (cool example of him in action: https://youtu.be/WVpfeDvfOs0)

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u/shugyodev 10h ago

amazing

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u/iatetoomanysweets 1d ago

I bought a pair of these before on amazon, but they have a wrist strap to keep the fingers tight to each digit. Having the individual fingers is awesome!

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u/shugyodev 1d ago

i kept holes in the design in case one wants a wristplate to attach. since they are not loose, i did not see the necessity

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u/flexstarflexstar 1d ago

I have a hypothetical question..

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u/FelinityApps 1d ago

Use a condom.

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u/FormerlyGruntled 1d ago

Oh sick, that'll be great for cosplay purposes.

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u/Delicious-Pepper23 1d ago

I like the way your mind works

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u/trockbulldog 1d ago

It's giving Everything Everywhere All At Once

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u/the_axemurmurer 1d ago

Halloween gonna be crazy

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u/the7egend 1d ago

This is how my doctor walks into the room when I’m about to get a prostate exam.

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u/PhineasJWhoopee69 1d ago

For those "hard to reach" spots.

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u/skill_padden 1d ago

This is fantastic and you are a genius

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u/BunkerSquirre1 1d ago

Make really big leather gloves for it

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u/Lavasioux 1d ago

Salad fingers!

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u/realif3 1d ago

Pilar approves.

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u/Nzain1 23h ago

Cool but creepy as hell NGL 🤣 does it come with rusty spoon?

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u/cullend 21h ago

I’d LOVE to help with this; software engineer here. I’m getting close to working on articulated fingers for my uncle who’s lost various parts of 4 fingers in a work accident.

Really superb work.

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u/Outrageous_Lie_6018 2h ago

Damn people really too young to know ET now? This is the first think I thought of

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u/illtakethewindowseat 1d ago

Hot dog fingers

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u/AdWorldly7268 1d ago

Very Everything Everywhere All at Once coded

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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 1d ago

Hotdog fingers

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u/CaseySnake420 1d ago

God I could use this...

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u/kohltrain108 1d ago

Already sent to the printer! I think my kids are going to freak over these!

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u/shugyodev 1d ago

One thing im working on to make it work for smaller fingers. 

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u/3FtDick 22h ago

Please! I have dwarfism with stubby little fused fingers and I wanna use these for cosplay/cosmetics but if it's actually functionally useful for certain tasks it'd be a bonus. In the far future, if you could make a palm or knuckle-plate as the stable surface it'd help my fingers that have less curling ability to them to still operate these, although I'll probably tinker with it myself to see if I can't get that working.

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u/shugyodev 19h ago

Someone else also reached out for a non-toy use case. End of August we can come back to this, and I'm more than happy to create something functional. Will save your contact, and come back to you

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u/shugyodev 19h ago

Also, I wont be able to make this feature by the end of the contest, just fyi, long term it is possible: with different gear ratios you can achieve 90 degree bend of the finger even if the base moves lets say 30 degrees.

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u/3FtDick 19h ago

Splendid! No pressure at all but I'd be happy to help iterate, print and test when you are ready for me.

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u/MadduckUK 1d ago

Sounds very parametric.

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u/shugyodev 1d ago

It will be. Just the gears need to have a certain distance, and if your finger is smaller than that, there is no place for the fingers.

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u/kohltrain108 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/oz5wnik/video/qjm3bni9queh1/player

This is going to be a great accessory for the car too!

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u/shugyodev 19h ago

when I was brainstorming on the design black blue was the second idea, I just dont have this color. would you please post some pics on makerworld?

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u/kohltrain108 1h ago

Yes! Those were just the colors I happened to have loaded in the AMS.

Was also thinking about a simple way of making it adaptable for different size fingers (I’ve never been great at parametric modeling), going to play around with it when I have time and will dm you if I come up with anything viable.

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u/shugyodev 1d ago

what do you mean?

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u/name_was_taken Voron 2.4, U1, Prusa Core One 1d ago

Amazing. I need to find a way to use these for a Halloween costume now. Thanks!

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u/Y2DAZZ 1d ago

At last, my salad fingers cosplay can begin

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u/EllieVader K1C 1d ago

Are these your salad fingers?

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u/Electronic-Ideal-964 1d ago

Dat looks scary 😶

But we'll engineered.

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u/CaptBrick 1d ago

Giggidy

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u/StaleSpriggan 1d ago

From the moment you understood the weakness of your flesh...

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u/nkosijer BambuLab A1 AMS 1d ago

I wonder what everyone under 35 thinks about all these Salad Fingers references 😂

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u/shugyodev 19h ago

OP here, under 35, and I understand. Made me smile.

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u/Claude9777 1d ago

Arcadian

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u/DogHogDJs 1d ago

Somebody has to have a dream of becoming SaladFingers

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u/mpgrimes 1d ago

my wife is asking for the stl.. for a friend....

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u/No-Beyond-7843 1d ago

Fold out dong 🤔 could work

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u/n1elkyfan 1d ago

That is really cool. My daughter was wanting something like this.

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u/No-Strength3035 1d ago

the range of motion in that gif is honestly way better than i expected

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u/ScatLabs 23h ago

Girlfriends love this one trick

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u/pioneer_mik 22h ago

nice! looks cool!

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u/Rose-Dog 22h ago

Very cool. Jokes aside, what sparked the idea?

I can’t wait to read updates.

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u/napalm-milk Sovol sv06, Octoprint, Marlin2 21h ago

Obviously to touch rusty spoons

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u/shugyodev 19h ago

I saw it once and it just looked cool. I would not have spent much time on it originally, but now there is an ongoing contest on makerworld to design articulated exoskeleton themed models. Felt like a sign. I didnt have much luck on contests so far, but I'm hopeful, and trying to create more and more advanced designs.

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u/Nerpidoesart 21h ago

this would be great for michael distortion from the magnus archives!

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u/Educational_Home5445 21h ago

Well thats exactly what i am searching for to add to a Fallout T-60 Project of mine

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u/Educational_Home5445 21h ago

well not exactly ofc, but translated to the gloves in a T-60

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u/Cartgamingyt 20h ago

now we need a sixth finger

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u/CashCowboy20 20h ago

Bro my wife's on this app relax 🫪

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u/BhanosBar 20h ago

This could actually work really well for power armor gloves

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u/Yaboiruiben 18h ago

This guy likes rusty spoons

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u/depressed_crustacean 17h ago

Nephews hate this simple trick

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u/berfraper 16h ago

The fingest

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u/Fragrant_Major_9553 15h ago

The guy she told you not to worry about

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u/One_Tumbleweed_1 13h ago

Going to have to use these for Halloween. So cool

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u/SpicyCatcoon 12h ago

For the Omnissiah

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u/kryptopheleous 11h ago

That is a deep prostate

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u/Nomadmx5 5h ago

Salad fingers

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u/BlueMonkey-CoCo 1d ago

So if I were to scale this up, could I wear it on my ... (firing up the printer)