Does he put them down again on his own? If they just go up and not back down I'd suspect it to be a simple mechanism like the legs on a folding card table.
If you want to fold them down again on your own that seems trickier. Anything sturdy enough to hold them upright would be tough to "pop out" and lower again.
I'm not actually sure! I've never seen a video to prove it, but I kind of suspect he doesn't put them back down on his own. I think I'd be ok with having help lowering them if it came to that.
As a side bit of research, head out to your local Babys R Us and Buy Buy Baby. Spend a lot of time looking at the folding mechanisms in the strollers and play yards. Lots of variety for self locking joints.
In general, they are done with button springs (aka valco pins) or cables that pull on locking shafts.
You might ba able to find some cheap at garage sales to cannibalize for parts. Also check out mcmaster.com for hardware. They have everything.
I've seen these shelf support hinges that look like they'd do the trick, but they're a bit bulky so I was looking for some other options (although I could probably hide them under some feathers if I ended up using them). Thanks for the tip re: button springs, I never knew what those were called!
Any kind of joint/hinge/knuckle is going to be bulky. Heck, the knucles in our hands are bulky compaired to the rest of the hand.
As for the names of things, if you contact mcmaster, have them send you a physical catalog. They might charge for it, but it's worth it. It's about 4" thick, and the pages are bible thin, but there are pictures of every single item. You might not know that what you are looking for is a left handed wingjammer, but you would recoognise it when you see it.
hello! i have seen a very informative Video on YouTube, from AVARIEL. Search for her im Google, you may find her Homepage, or was it a faceboock ACC, I'm not sure anymore. She explains her moveble wings there. In the Video you can see the making of, and the wearing and wing motions. I hope this helps you a Little. Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Austria. I found the Video, enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqPE8_n5Xnk
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Does he put them down again on his own? If they just go up and not back down I'd suspect it to be a simple mechanism like the legs on a folding card table.
If you want to fold them down again on your own that seems trickier. Anything sturdy enough to hold them upright would be tough to "pop out" and lower again.
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In general, they are done with button springs (aka valco pins) or cables that pull on locking shafts.
You might ba able to find some cheap at garage sales to cannibalize for parts. Also check out mcmaster.com for hardware. They have everything.
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I've seen these shelf support hinges that look like they'd do the trick, but they're a bit bulky so I was looking for some other options (although I could probably hide them under some feathers if I ended up using them). Thanks for the tip re: button springs, I never knew what those were called!
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As for the names of things, if you contact mcmaster, have them send you a physical catalog. They might charge for it, but it's worth it. It's about 4" thick, and the pages are bible thin, but there are pictures of every single item. You might not know that what you are looking for is a left handed wingjammer, but you would recoognise it when you see it.
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i have seen a very informative Video on YouTube, from AVARIEL. Search for her im Google, you may find her Homepage, or was it a faceboock ACC, I'm not sure anymore. She explains her moveble wings there. In the Video you can see the making of, and the wearing and wing motions.
I hope this helps you a Little. Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Austria.
I found the Video, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqPE8_n5Xnk
Greetings, Karin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcH3wT4oiw8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wG_IZ51bWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Io4wb5K-I and them working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRBTC-1-cVs&hd=1&feature=iv&src_vid=c5Io4wb5K-I&annotation_id=annotation_858856
My wings using compressed CO2:
http://dia.critter.net/diadexxus/wings/wings.html
http://dia.critter.net/vortex/wings/wings.htm
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