posted 06-05-2015 01:51 PM               

What you see here is the result of many hours of work. It is a precise recreation of the glove and connector from an Apollo A7-L Lunar Space Suit. Over 50 hours of shop time, a good deal of which was spent cutting and grinding specialized cutting bits for my lathe, have gone into this meticulous recreation. The restraint cover is Beta-Cloth, patterned from an actual glove. And includes the palm restraint.

Using measurements and comparison to an original part, there is no finer replica available anywhere. The connector is Machined of 6061 aluminum, and anodized an authentic red. (Red for Right Glove)

The internal “pinch guard” aluminum tube is fixed to the glove attachment ring, while the suit connector ring rotates freely on many ball bearings sandwiched between two “O” rings. This allows rotation of the wrist, while maintaining a pressurized seal.