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[Muskie]

Hi Folks,

Anyone know of a moldable fabric that I can make adaptive devices from. When my son was in rehab they made him a device that was molded around his finger with a piece of surgical tubing on the end which helps him type. This is great for a keyboard not so much for a touch screen. The material they used was like lace that was coated in plastic.

Thanks,

Muskie

[hooplady]

I searched for "Fiberglas casting tape" and found this:
http://orthotape.com...asting_tape.asp

Or something similar - this is called Varaform:
http://www.douglasan...PLASTICS-THERMO

Hope one of these helps, or gives you ideas of more keywords to search by.

[Tetracyclone]

You may find some ideas here.

http://www.apparelyz...fromsearch__1#e

[Millard]

Muskie, on 26 December 2011 - 02:43 PM, said:

Hi Folks,

Anyone know of a moldable fabric that I can make adaptive devices from. When my son was in rehab they made him a device that was molded around his finger with a piece of surgical tubing on the end which helps him type. This is great for a keyboard not so much for a touch screen. The material they used was like lace that was coated in plastic.

Thanks,

Muskie

Hi Muskie,

This looks like the product you are describing. http://www.thinkgeek...CFcxj2god-nuT8g

Be sure to watch the video on the right side of the page.

I hope this helps.

Edited by Millard, 04 January 2012 - 04:13 PM.

[Doug]

What your looking for is called Wonderflex and is great for adapting almost anything. I use it often to make custom fork holders and key holders but anything is possible just play with it and you will love it.

Wonderflex looks like a piece of plastic, but it becomes soft and malleable when heated. It can be shaped by hand or over a mold while hot. Once it cools down it hardens retaining the shape. It can be re-heated and reshaped as many times as necessary, or worked in sections. It glues to itself if enough pressure is applied. It can be cut with scissors and finished with paint, gluing fabric on top, or any other method. It can be heated with a heat gun, a microwave oven, or dipped in hot water.


http://www.cosplaysu...com/wonderflex/

Edited by Doug, 04 January 2012 - 05:29 PM.

[Muskie]

Thanks Folks,

And the winner is Hoopslady the plaxtics-thermo is the stuff I was looking for. but the other links were very interesting and definitely will have home applications

Muskie