Volunteer Aaron Brown has always been fascinated with 3D-printing, and he has plans to build his own 3D-print shop.
His dreams also inspired him to do good—making prosthetic hands for children in need.
He said, “It was very early on this year, while studying 3D-printing that I saw what the e-NABLE group was doing. I knew instantly and told my wife that I couldn’t own a 3D printer, let alone make plans to own many more, and not do my part to help the cause. That’s when I built my first trial hand. A little snap together ‘Robohand’. Since then, I have just finished my 5th e-NABLE hand, the Wolverine Edition, and I am planning to make many more.”
Brown’s latest creation of a Wolverine claw was received enthusiastically at an innovation fair last month, the Grand Rapids Maker Faire.
According to e-NABLE, he wrote, “The major ‘Holy wow! That’s awesome!’ response the Wolverine hand received at the Maker Faire has totally inspired me to build more themed hands. People’s faces just LIT UP! The kids went crazy over it. And don’t worry…the claws aren’t sharp! They are rounded plastic and just stick on and off with velcro…we don’t need to cut off more fingers just to promote e-NABLE!”
e-NABLE is a non-profit organization made up of a community of volunteers using 3D-printing to give a literal ‘helping hand’ to children in need.
Find out more here.
[via e-NABLE]