Part 4: Supplies

Sources of Supply

Part I Tools

• General instruments for measuring and drawing.
• General woodwork tools.
• General tools for metal work.

Part I - Materials

• Wood,
• metal sheet (2 mm thick),
• plastic tube or PE foam.

Part 2 - Tools

• Measurement and writing instruments,
• pencil, measuring tape,
• folding meter, ruler.
• Cutting tools:
  • sharp knife, scissors,
  • chambering blade (Fig. 1).
• Machines and alternatives:
  • router machine with sanding drum,
  • or hand rasp and sandpaper rough and fine.
  • air circulating or electric oven or charcoal fire.
• Other items:
  • workbench with bench-vice,
  • support for cutting (wooden board, about I m x I m x 20 mm (39 x 39 x 1.2 inches),
  • glueing aid (Fig. 3),
  • hammer,
  • tongs,
  • glue-brush/spatula,
  • glue container,
  • talcum in container.

Part 2 - Materials

• PE foam, about 7 mm thick (PE-lite, Tepefoam, Polyfoam, Campolite, Multifoam, but not Plastazote),
• Pattex or other glue,
• cotton stockinette, width 80-120 mm (3-4.6 inches),
• fast setting p.o.p. bandage,
• water,
• adhesive tape on linen base,
• small nails.

Part 3 - Tools

• Same as for Part 2, in addition:
  • towel,
  • strong leather scissors,
  • 1 needle,
  • mixing containers for resin,
  • spatula for stirring,
  • protective eyeglasses,
  • round rasp,
  • half round rasp,
  • either router machine with rasp cutter or curved chisel and hammer.

Part 3 - Materials

• Either acrylic resin and hardener or polyester resin and hardener (and accelerator if necessary).
• 2-3 pre-manufactured PVA film sleeves for BK prostheses,
• 2 elastic bandages or strong gauze bandages, adhesive tape on PE base (take care with PVC tapes!),
• Nylon/cotton stockinette 80 x 120 mm (3-4.6 inches) width,
  PE foam, thickness about 5 mm, shoemaker thread,
• 2 shoelaces about 30 mm (about 12 inches) long.
• Block made of light wood, 120 x 120 x 120 mm (4.8 x 4.8 x 4.8 inches).

Sources of Supply for Countries

for countries with purchasing possibility in Germany:

Fa. Otto Bock
Orthop. Industrie KG
3428 Duderstadt - FRG
(this firm has international establishments)

Fa.Schein
Orthop�die Service KG
5630 Remscheid-Lennep - FRG

Fa. W.J. Teufel
Postfach 1357
7000 Stuttgart 1 - FRG

for countries with purchasing possibility in USA:

Durr-Fillauer Medical Inc.
P.O. Box 1678
2710 Amnicola Highway
Chattanooga - USA

Hosmer Dorrance Corporation
P.O. Box 37
Campbell California - USA

United States Manufacturing Co.
180 North San Gabriel Blvd.
P.O. Box 5030
Passadena California 91108 - USA

for countries with purchasing possibility in the UK:

Otto Bock (UK) Ltd.,
32 Parsonage Road,
Inglefield Green,
Egham, Surrey.
UK

J.E. Hanger & Co. Ltd.,
Roehampton Lane,
Roehampton, London SW15 5PL
UK

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