jimfoltice
New Member
Hi Peeps,
Like I said in my last (and first lol) post me and a buddy have developed a system to make the mandibles open and close for a film we are doing. It seems that a lot of people on this site are interested in how to do this and to not share what we created would be kind of "a dick move" so I would like to share it with all of you and hopefully it helps you guys out with letting your predators scream out like they were meant to do
Now, I'm not saying we have created the "end all be all" system but it definitely works for us and it actually works really well. You are all welcome to take this design and modify it to better fit your needs. Basically what I'm saying is, it's now all of yours. I must give credit to the talented Bryce Porter for his role in the design.
So with all that said here it is:
The pieces were sketched out larger than they really are so you guys could see everything better.
Basically the two "rods" are inserted into the mandibles. We used a Dremal tool to very carefully make a hole into the mandibles to insert the rods. The basic idea here is to convert vertical force into horizontal force, since the mandibles open horizontally unlike the vertical motion of our mouths.
We made the rods out of a very durable aluminum. The aluminum was strong enough to not bend or buckle when opening the mandibles but mailable enough to bend with a vice grip and pliers to shape them to fit the shape of the mandibles design. The actual unit looks different than the sketch because we bent the rods to fit the shape of our mask, but the basic idea and physics are there. We are still tweaking and bettering the design and once we get it where we want it I will share a video showing it in action.
So there you go, enjoy! I'm happy to answer any questions you guys might have
Like I said in my last (and first lol) post me and a buddy have developed a system to make the mandibles open and close for a film we are doing. It seems that a lot of people on this site are interested in how to do this and to not share what we created would be kind of "a dick move" so I would like to share it with all of you and hopefully it helps you guys out with letting your predators scream out like they were meant to do
Now, I'm not saying we have created the "end all be all" system but it definitely works for us and it actually works really well. You are all welcome to take this design and modify it to better fit your needs. Basically what I'm saying is, it's now all of yours. I must give credit to the talented Bryce Porter for his role in the design.
So with all that said here it is:
The pieces were sketched out larger than they really are so you guys could see everything better.
Basically the two "rods" are inserted into the mandibles. We used a Dremal tool to very carefully make a hole into the mandibles to insert the rods. The basic idea here is to convert vertical force into horizontal force, since the mandibles open horizontally unlike the vertical motion of our mouths.
We made the rods out of a very durable aluminum. The aluminum was strong enough to not bend or buckle when opening the mandibles but mailable enough to bend with a vice grip and pliers to shape them to fit the shape of the mandibles design. The actual unit looks different than the sketch because we bent the rods to fit the shape of our mask, but the basic idea and physics are there. We are still tweaking and bettering the design and once we get it where we want it I will share a video showing it in action.
So there you go, enjoy! I'm happy to answer any questions you guys might have