May 30th

Last friday (May 25th) we completed the prototype of our prosthetic arm.  Final touches on the prosthetic were made during the visit.  The final touches included smoothing out the putty that was used to fill in the hole and keep the barbell in place and making the prosthetic look more presentable.  The prosthetic shop was very kind and provided us with a sleeve containing a hand at the end to give the prosthetic a more "real arm" look.  The hand can be removed if needed to allow the other attachments tbe added.  In order to add other attachments a screw in top would have to be added and laminated at the terminal end. Overall, we are very pleased with the way that the arm came out.  Even though we couldn't meet our original plan of producing a functioning prosthetic arm, we are still happy with our results to produce a prototype.  We are looking forward to continuing our design and making future progress with it.

Picture of the finished prosthetic with the hand attachment
and the curling bar.

Picture of the prosthetic from a different angle.