As you and MF point out, this is the problem.-Ragnar66- wrote:Here´s one of Izabel´s sad condition hands showing the pre configured finger wire bends. I think before attempt posing fingers, particulalry thumb and little finger, one should have this in mind.
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The hand plate is not as large as the palm of the hand. So, when rotating the wrist, you are squeezing soft tpe and applying torque. In new dolls with stiff wrist joints, considerable force is needed to rotate the wrist. This bends the wires and eventually they break, often right by the hand plate. Having just wires in the palm of the hand also allows the hand to bend in the middle of the palm when it should not. This causes the wires to bend in the hand and leads to fingers that are twisted so the nails are on the side instead of up. Fingers bend at the knuckles, not the palm. MF's mod addresses this by forcing the wires to only bend at the knuckles.
Like I did with my "More Durable Foot" project, (viewtopic.php?f=229&t=113849), I am experimenting with filling the surrounding area around the hand plate sides and up to the actual knuckles with Shoo Goo. This will provide a firm way to grasp and rotate the wrist without putting stress on the wires. The Shoo Goo cures to a hard plastic, but once the hand is resealed, it will be covered with soft tpe. This method, or MF's mod, require hand surgery. But hopefully some manufacturer will use these ideas to produce hands that do not have these problems.
So it seems there´s still hope for Izabel to get her nice hands (I really love them) back functioning properly! Icewind, we need to talk some! 
