From: Anne Schaefer <anne-AT-tanglewoodmarionettes.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:58 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Removable puppet rod patent (Cary & Pannabecker)


Not to answer for Ax, but maybe because the method is um, patented?

Anne



On Feb 18, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Mathieu René wrote:

>> Now you know what NOT to make.
>> Ax
>
>
> Dude, don't mess with our minds like that! (insert fake panic look on
> imaginary face now)
> Now you got to elaborate on that, please.
> If only to save us a headache trying to make it work, if what I  
> read between
> your lines is that this system is not efficient.
>
> I think the principle of friction can be applied somewhow to hold  
> such a
> device in place, I just don't know if this specific method will  
> work until I
> try it. So if you think we shouldn't try it, please say so, and why.
>
>
> Wasn't it on the tutorial on the old Bear-Town's website that there  
> was a
> simpler removable rod system, made with copper tubing that had been  
> curved,
> inserted inside the hand?
> I never got around to trying it either, but now I will, because I just
> landed a new puppetmaking contract (tv puppet), provided the  
> producers give
> it the green light.
>
>
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