[HELP] Robin's Collapsible Bo Staff

So, I recently was going through YouTube, and I found some old videos from Cartoon Network where they built a real working version of Robin's collapsible bo. I've wanted to make one of these forever, and until I saw those videos, I wasn't sure how well it could hold up. Basically, I need help figuring out how to create these. I'd prefer it to be spring activated if possible. It would also need a locking mechanism to keep it open or closed. My idea for this was to use something similar to what crutches use to change size. Take some metal buttons and drill some holes in the different pieces of metal pipe. 4 holes in the main (center) pipe and one hole in each of the secondary pipes. Each side would have 3 pipes, including the center one, so two would actually eject from each side. The buttons and holes would stop the pipes from flying off completely.

There are a few problems with this though. How would I make sure the buttons and the holes stay aligned, and how could i make it easier to close?

Here are two videos of the weapon made by Cartoon Network:
http://youtu.be/Z6jVOxRN-KU
http://youtu.be/9ScDya4BLnw

They have similar items on ebay. Just an example - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Folding-Col...962?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b07d42e6a

I'm not familiar with the cartoon, but I know Tim used a collapsible staff he got from Shiva similar to this one in his early appearances.

In the picture, that staff looks more like it folds instead of telescopes, but thanks for finding something similar anyways

yeah, it folds. that's the way it works in the comic but i guess not in the show. my mistake.

though this one telescopes - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Texspor...654?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac32495be

I'll try looking into the way that one works to help make this, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5ylwmSJzw


i saw this thought it may be of use

johnny5676 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5ylwmSJzw


i saw this thought it may be of use

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I saw this while looking around, and while it works, its not exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for posting though