Design of the Week: Articulated Poseable Hand

By on January 27th, 2020 in Design

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 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]
3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]

This week’s selection is the Articulated Poseable Hand by designer Riccardo Minervino

Minervino has published several 3D models on a variety of public 3D model repositories. He seems to have a liking for articulated 3D models, as his collection includes both male and female posable 3D models, as well as something called the “Sexy Space Bunny Girl”, but we won’t get into that one. 

The Articulated Poseable Hand is exactly what it seems to be: an articulated hand 3D print that can be posed. It’s made from a series of parts that are the same as the parts you have in your hands — assuming you have all ten fingers, that is. 

 Print configuration for the 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]
Print configuration for the 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]

It’s a fairly straightforward 3D print, as Minervino has arranged for all 23 parts to be 3D printed in a single print job. Then it’s a matter of assembling the parts together, and he’s provided a seven-minute video showing how this is done: 

What can you do with the resulting assembly? For starters, take a look at the accompanying promo video: 


 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand holding a pair of snips [Source: MyMiniFactory]
3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand holding a pair of snips [Source: MyMiniFactory]

If you think about it, this print can hold almost anything you could hold in your hands — because it’s a hand! You can pose it to hold another object for utility purposes, like a small LED light, for example. Or you can have it hold notes for others to read. Or, well, you get the idea. The sky is the limit here. 

 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand signalling to us [Source: MyMiniFactory]
3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand signalling to us [Source: MyMiniFactory]

The posable hand can also be simply positioned to make hand signals, like “Halt”, or “OK”. Or other popular signals one might make with their fingers. Yes, you can do those, too.  

One more thing: the stock 3D model here results in a hand that’s about a third the size of a human hand. I imagine that it is entirely possible to scale up the 3D model to have a life-size hand. Or even bigger.

Then those hand signals could be even more interesting! 

 3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]
3D printed Articulated Poseable Hand [Source: MyMiniFactory]

How can you obtain this 3D model? Minervino has posted it on several 3D model repositories, including at the MyMiniFactory link below. It’s not exactly a free 3D model, however, as Minervino is charging the whopping fee of US$5 for the ability to download it. Once downloaded, you can freely 3D print as many copies as you like.

Via MyMiniFactory

By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!