binding finger joints
 

whenever i bind 2 cubes, they are always attached.

next i did...

whoops, here it is

then.... i did

and i smooth binded(finding out rigid bind sucks

but its messed up herehttp://img17.imageshack.us/img17/932/doc_ock.jpg

sorry, the link up there was supposed o be here

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/932/doc_ock.jpg

arrows are pointing at the results i want, please help

First, crop out the unnecessary parts of your image and scale it down some.

Instead of binding, try parenting the claw digits to the skeleton joints individually. That should prevent the deformations you're getting.

thanks mhcannon!! it is way better than binding, bind would be more on organic stuff rite?

You could also smooth bind things like rope.

Rigid and smooth binding are for objects that need to bend at the joints area (rigid bends a bit different than smooth).
Parenting the objects in the joint hierarchy will make the object rotate with its parent joint and will not deform.
That's the way to go when building a skeleton for mechanical simulations and such.