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Hey @lylelabs and @EvanNguyen, that’s great news - thanks!

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Hi Lyle,

That sounds great, I really appreciate your willingness to collaborate. I will be measuring our first candidate

next week and once all the measurements are completed, I will keep in contact with your lab to get the printing

started. Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Michael

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Hi Evan,

Your help is really going to assist in getting this project started. I will have measurements for our first

candidate next week and will keep in contact with you in order to get some of the necessary parts printed.

Thank you for your reply.

Regards,

Michael

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Hi Andy,

I have been in touch with e-nable and am working with their products in order to extend their mission. I am working on

getting the first few prosthetics printed and fitted for our first candidates and then will set up a kickstarter video in order

to gain support/awareness on a larger scale. Do you have any suggestions about who I may contact to get sponsorship

for filament? I appreciate your cooperation.

Thank you,

Michael

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Hi Michael!

Most printer manufacturers sell filament. Flashforge distributor is in City of Industry(Local).

Colorfabb (Major filament manufacturer) is a 3D Hubs sponsor. Perhaps they will want to collaborate.

Count with us as well,

Pablo

Original Notions

Van Nuys,CA

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Hi Pablo,

Thank you so much for offering your support and services. I appreciate the further list of companies and I will be

contacting them very soon to establish a collaboration. I will keep in contact with you as I get this project rolling.

Best regards,

Michael

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Hey Michael,

I suppose that the needs of homeless people as regards prosthetic design may be somewhat different from those of somebody who lives in a home, and living in Southern Calif may also factor in. Perhaps Gyrobot’s Flexyhand, made from Recreus Filaflex would be worthy of consideration. It’s flexible and available in flesh tones as well as other colours. Recreus and Gyrobot might be persuaded to help you out. Only one problem is that not everybody can print with Filaflex. It can be a bit fiddly to start with.

Cheers!

AndyL

Pot8oSh3D

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Oops! I meant Flexy Hand 2…

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Just found Gyrobot here on 3DHubs. He’s probably been reading this already but anyway…

https://www.3dhubs.com/swindon/hubs/gyrobot

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Wow, thanks for all the information. I actually wasn’t familiar with the Flexy-Hand but that definitely looks

like a possible product to use for the services we are trying to provide. Do you know how common it is for

3D labs to have filaflex printing capability?

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Hello Michael, I write a monthly column on 3D Printing with 3D World magazine/CreativeBloq.com, I’d like to learn more about what you’re doing. Can’t help in the printer or material department, but maybe I can get you some press to assist your endeavor. I’ll email you shortly if you’re interested?

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Hello,

I am definitely interested in all types of collaboration, as this project will only thrive through teamwork and multifaceted approaches. Please e-mail me at michaelrepajic@gmail.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you.

Regards,

Michael

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AA - I’m working on a similar project for Ghana. Would love to connect to get some press for it. Hit me up at k.oseikusi@gmail.com

Thanks,

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Hmmm. Interesting question, and perhaps my answer will be somewhat contentious.

Let’s say that it’s been available long enough that most experienced hubs should have experimented with it and figured out good settings by now. Most printers are capable of printing with NinjaFlex. Some need a new nozzle, which is available from Recreus. It’s not rocket science. :slight_smile:

Cheers!

AndyL

Pot8oSh3D

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Hi @kobster want to share your project on talk as well? We can help promote it on our social channels and hopefully get more media attention for you.

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Great. Let’s connect over email - k.oseikusi@gmail. Thanks.

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I would be willing to help out with the smaller pieces. I have a high resolution printer with a resin that is designed for toughness and impact strength.

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I’m printing my 2nd e-Nable hand.

The first was for an Adult in his 30s missing his hand since birth. The project I’ve now entered requires a lot of customisation for a girl who’s till has some function in her hand. Overall the e-Nable project is very rewarding and helps you hone your skills as a designer/maker. Next to that, they have several openings for volunteers, so if you want to support, but don’t want to commit to print, other help is needed too…

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I am fine with printing. How are you going through the design process? If you give me a list of part sizes I can tell you what I can fit in my printer.

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@michael_repajic

Just curious why you would need to set up another not for profit and do a kickstarter for money when you are using e-nable produced open source products and e-nable volunteers will already provide hands for FREE.

It is a great movement and lots of us hubsters are volunteers where we fund materials, time and postage!

Maybe look more closely at the e-able model as there are 3000 volunteers and already nearly 1000 recipients matched.

an example of what it is like when a recipient gets a printed e-nable hand!

James