Recent content by Count Beeham

The trick of it is to space the string such that when the wing closes, it doubles over the edge of the adjacent feather and pulls it closed as the mechanism closes. If you look at the edge-feather (wood), you can visualize how the string will grab the next feather, and so on and so on. A...

I just did hawkman and hawkgirl wings for my kids. A pic of the prototype wing is shown. I used small pieces of string, spaced such that they pull the feathers apart to "splay out evenly" when the wings are open, and then to fold the feathers shut in a neat stack when the wings close. If you...

Hello everyone, I'm new here! I'm an amateur machinist / woodworker / mechanic, I've been doing prop replicas and costumes with my kids for a while now but only recently came across this community. It looks like a great group; I look forward to the discussions and I'm happy to be here. -CB