Spring Loaded Prop Making ?

[lwizardl]

hey guys does anyone here have a good source for making spring loaded props ? I want to make a few small items that have a push button spring load effect to them and can not find anything online about how to do it.

James

 

[SlicenDice]

I'm not really sure if anything like that would exist, what exactly are you having an issue figuring out?

 

[lwizardl]

well I'm looking to make a few small hollow type props that I could make into a spring loaded action. I just can not find anything online about how to make the push a button/spot and have it spring open.

 

[corsasri]

can you do a pic, there must be a place to get springs, what about one out of the bottom of a ball point pen.

 

[lwizardl]

well what i'm looking to do is make my own batman beyond batarangs, and when Terry uses them in the series they seem to retract and expand after he presses a section of the handle/base. and all i have is from small screengrabs.

from how they seem to work atleast to me would be press a section in the center and the wings pop out or pop back in. making a prop from a cartoon and the largest pictures you can find are 150x112 pixels

 

[lwizardl]

ok I just did this grab from a video i have and it is the best way i can really show you what I'm looking to do.

how it look like I will have to do it is divide the sections of the batarang into numbered sections

Section #1 is the top of the wing/blades
Section #2 is the bottom of the wing/blade
Section #3 is the section between #1 & #2
Section #4 is the section between the base and the wings
Section #5 is the base that you hold

sections #1 & #2 both insert into section #3
Section #3 inserts into #4
Section #4 inserts into #5

Section #5 having the release/retract button in the bottom section

 

[Contec]

Im not sure you can make it pop out like that...

 

[lwizardl]

Yeah I know it won't be exact but that is basically the style I'm trying to make