Edit:: I am hijacking Ian's post as I accidently deleted my first post. Clancy
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Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs and FINGERS Updated
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Edit:: I am hijacking Ian's post as I accidently deleted my first post. Clancy
http://solidsmack.com/design/cycle-leg- ... 0-bicycle/
yoothgeye
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Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs
Very cool, the only part that needs more work is the boot, that would rub people's nub raw or cut into it.
I found a prosthetic leg in a dumpster about 7 years ago, it was very cool. Anodized aluminum lower leg, titanium knee joint, some cool little tension cables. The leg was fully adjustable, the boot, foot, leg shaft, were all changeable for different sized people. The thing was, I couldn't find a company that took them and refit them for people here or abroad. Something that costs thousands of dollars (probably tens of thousands to insurance) just sitting in a dumpster. I suspect the person got an upgrade or died and it was just thrown out... it was a sort of surreal thing to find in a dumpster. :shock: Anyway, a few years ago my wife threw it away when I wasn't looking.
I always wondered if someone out there collected them and retooled them, I guess not since this guy is making them out of bicycle parts. :?
Very cool, the only part that needs more work is the boot, that would rub people's nub raw or cut into it.
I found a prosthetic leg in a dumpster about 7 years ago, it was very cool. Anodized aluminum lower leg, titanium knee joint, some cool little tension cables. The leg was fully adjustable, the boot, foot, leg shaft, were all changeable for different sized people. The thing was, I couldn't find a company that took them and refit them for people here or abroad. Something that costs thousands of dollars (probably tens of thousands to insurance) just sitting in a dumpster. I suspect the person got an upgrade or died and it was just thrown out... it was a sort of surreal thing to find in a dumpster. :shock: Anyway, a few years ago my wife threw it away when I wasn't looking.
I always wondered if someone out there collected them and retooled them, I guess not since this guy is making them out of bicycle parts. :?
yoothgeye
I build stuff.
Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs
I think the idea is probably to make it out of everyday available items so that people could repair or make their own. The amount of people overseas living without limbs in 3rd world countries is astounding. There is another charity that makes wheelchairs out of those plastic patio chairs with mountain bike wheels and tires, they can make one and have it shipped to it's destination in jungles for a hundred bucks.
Walker said:
I think the idea is probably to make it out of everyday available items so that people could repair or make their own. The amount of people overseas living without limbs in 3rd world countries is astounding. There is another charity that makes wheelchairs out of those plastic patio chairs with mountain bike wheels and tires, they can make one and have it shipped to it's destination in jungles for a hundred bucks.
Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs
like I said, I'm not knocking his work but the zip ties obviously hold the (moving) innertube springs and the ties are passed through drilled holes in the steel tubing, looks like a recipie for disaster to me. None of the drilled holes appear to have the edges beveled either...
like I said, I'm not knocking his work but the zip ties obviously hold the (moving) innertube springs and the ties are passed through drilled holes in the steel tubing, looks like a recipie for disaster to me. None of the drilled holes appear to have the edges beveled either...
Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs
Awesome!
Awesome!
Re: CYCLE-LEG, bike parts for legs
welcome to ratrodpeople.com
-WOW! what's your leg was made from?
-OCC Stingray
-Diggin the knee joint!
just imagined, lol
welcome to ratrodpeople.com
-WOW! what's your leg was made from?
-OCC Stingray
-Diggin the knee joint!
just imagined, lol
