File spoon-archives/puptcrit.archive/puptcrit_1997/puptcrit.9705, message 79


Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:38:42 -0700
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: Removable Rod Arms


Thanks Bob!  This puppet has to have the rods only removeable because it was
built by someone else and I have to retrofit it.  I've done what you're
suggesting and agree that it's the best because you have a very secure
contol with the rod and no weak attachement.  Thanks!  Ax




At 01:37 PM 5/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-05-23 12:53:00 EDT,Steve Axtell writes:
>
>>I need to build STRONG rod arms that are removable from the puppet and the
>>receptical remains clean looking on the hands once the rod is removed. 
>
>Steve:
>
>Some years back I tried to ease the wear and tear of removing rods for
>packing. I designed the rods, hands and wrist joint as one piece. The wrist
>joint was joined to the forearm with a simple pin and socket, secured by a
>lateral locking pin. The costume covered the lateral pin, though the pin
>could have been refined to lie flush with the surface of the forearm  and
>secured with a flesh colored piece of tape to cover the gimmick. 
>
>Your letter suggests that the puppets might be displayed without rods
>requiring that the hands look clean. For display purposes a duplicate set of
>hands could replace the hands with rods attached. All necessary changes could
>be accomplished in seconds.
>
>Bob Demers
>PUPPETREE
>The Off-Plumb Puppet Works
>16 Cherry Street
>Gardiner, Maine 04345
>Tel: (207) 582-3366  
>
>
>
>
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