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The fingers are jointed pieces of wood fitted together.
This is the Yeti’s wooden palm. You have to be really careful with band saws because they move so fast. The finished hand frames, pre-fur. A wire runs from each finger-tip to a loop in the palm which you pull to make the hand close, but you have to really reef on them to make it work. It was hard as hell to walk in this thing, but once you get the hang of it, it’s like masturbating.
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