Prosthetic Carver Summary
Wil Haines
Description
Collection
Title:
Prosthetic Carver Summary
Creator:
Wil Haines
Date:
11/7/2006
Text:
Colleagues and guests,
My orginal question was: I am
looking for a couple of trautman-like carvers. Otto Bock and Trautman are
both well suited for our needs, but I thought I would run this past the
list to see what other carvers are finding favor with folks these days.
Two or vaiable speed, quality, reliability, decibel levels, and costs are
our primary considerations.
Friddle and GS Machine, Inc. were
mentioned most often. The latter is the least expensive of the
variable or two-speed machines. Friddle's is a variable speed
machine and GS sells their's with a 2-speed 1/2 horse motor (like
Trautman) and that likely explains some of the price difference. One
other interesting reply came from Brazil. Here is the URL for that
site. <URL Redacted>. I could not read
the print, but it looks like a nice carver, similar to the Otto Bock
system. There were a few other suggestions too, as always, but the
vast majority recommended Friddle and GS Machine.
It was
brought to my attention that some carvers are not equipped with a shut-off
breaker or a break-away clutch. I have never seen a break-away
clutch model, but have personally appreciated the load breaker on a
Trautman on more than one occassion over the years. It is hard for
me to fathom a carver that does not have an overload switch, but I guess
they do exist.
Thanks to all for their replies.
Wil Haines, CPO/L
MaxCare Bionics
Indianapolis,
IN
My orginal question was: I am
looking for a couple of trautman-like carvers. Otto Bock and Trautman are
both well suited for our needs, but I thought I would run this past the
list to see what other carvers are finding favor with folks these days.
Two or vaiable speed, quality, reliability, decibel levels, and costs are
our primary considerations.
Friddle and GS Machine, Inc. were
mentioned most often. The latter is the least expensive of the
variable or two-speed machines. Friddle's is a variable speed
machine and GS sells their's with a 2-speed 1/2 horse motor (like
Trautman) and that likely explains some of the price difference. One
other interesting reply came from Brazil. Here is the URL for that
site. <URL Redacted>. I could not read
the print, but it looks like a nice carver, similar to the Otto Bock
system. There were a few other suggestions too, as always, but the
vast majority recommended Friddle and GS Machine.
It was
brought to my attention that some carvers are not equipped with a shut-off
breaker or a break-away clutch. I have never seen a break-away
clutch model, but have personally appreciated the load breaker on a
Trautman on more than one occassion over the years. It is hard for
me to fathom a carver that does not have an overload switch, but I guess
they do exist.
Thanks to all for their replies.
Wil Haines, CPO/L
MaxCare Bionics
Indianapolis,
IN
Citation
Wil Haines, “Prosthetic Carver Summary,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227616.
