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Tools for Making a Prosthetic Leg
How to Mix & Pour Plaster for Prostheses
Removing a Temporary Socket from a Prosthesis Mold
How to Seal a Prosthesis Cast
How to Set a Plastic Bag for Lamination - Prosthetics
How to Lay Carbon Fiber for Prostheses
How to Apply Nylon Layers for Prostheses
How to Mix Lamination for Prosthetics
How to Laminate a Prosthesis Socket
How to Break Plaster for Prostheses
How to Remove Plaster When Making Prostheses
How to Sand a Prostheses Socket
How to Prep a Prostheses Lay-up
Drilling Holes for Proper Prosthetic Leg Assembly
How to Set an Aluminum Pyramid - Prosthetic Leg
How to Assemble a Prosthetic Leg
Summary: Learn how and why liquid mixture is poured over the unfinished socket when making prosthetics with expert tips on how to make artificial limbs in this free online prostheses video clip.
Tony Kapechuk is an Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician with over eight years of industry experience. He has spent three years at a prosthetic lab, Scheck & Siress, another three at...read more
"TONY KAPECHUK: Hi, my name is Tony. And on behalf of Expert Village, I'll be showing you how to turn this check socket into a laminated definitive prosthesis. Now, we're ready to introduce our resin into our funnel. Now, we can turn on our vacuum which will start drying the resin down into our socket. We're going to really massage in this resin and make sure all our materials get saturated. Poor saturation can lead to failure of the socket. Once you have full coverage with your resin, you can go ahead and tape off the top. You want to try to lay your tape down nicely with no roping. Give it some more massage to make sure that the material is saturated, and then you can give a final string. We use just typical parachute cord. I will just use it to bring the extra resin out of the socket."
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