Shop Talk

In my travels around the country speaking to a wide variety of O&P fabrication technicians and fabrication business owners, I've...

Injection molding, resin casting, milling, lathing, and other procedures may be used when fabricating O&P devices and components. But what...

For those of you who work with vacuum or suction suspension systems, you may have realized that the sealing sleeve...

Most people who know me know that I'm a tool nut. I've got tools I use, tools I just like...

In this edition of Shop Talk, The O&P EDGE shares a prosthetist's creative solution for adapting lower-limb prostheses and a...

Learning to laminate with a resin that you haven't used before can be intimidating and confusing because there are a...

We have been selling an arch press for several years now, and as a part of the sales process, we...

Jeff Erenstone, CPO, chief designer of Performance Orthotic Design and president and head clinician of Mountain Orthotic & Prosthetic Services,...

As technicians, we're expected to be able to conquer uncommon fabrication challenges. Creating a lightweight, thin structure that will withstand...

As a judge of the technical fabrication contest at last year's American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) World Congress in...