I thought this was a neat video, so I decided to share. I'm crazy about Fraggle Rock!

Behind the Scenes at Fraggle Rock "Build a Fraggle"

Fantastic! Thanks.

One of my favorite videos, I actually have it saved on youtube. Snaps would not have been my first thought to fasten the arms and legs!

HaHaHa

Cool!

OMG! Big snaps? Brilliant!

Pardon me, I must get to the lab...

HaHa, at least one of the Elmo puppets is built in a similar way, for costume changes...in "Being Elmo" I remember seeing an armless Elmo in one of the scenes at the workshop...

Well, I dont have a cool lab like Dr Megan, but I had the same reaction. I think I like this method better than doll joints.

I've seen that idea somewhere before but I've never tried it. Might have been Daryl had a video or mentioned it somewhere. Probably because he's covered nearly EVERYTHING! Haven't really had the need for that method yet myself.

Good video!

WOW!  This is great! 

Hey all just thought I would pop in and say "HI!"....I know it has been a long time since I have stopped in...things are looking good and I noticed someone mentioned my video on putting in those snaps...it is such a great thing to have on a puppet as much as you may say I won't need it once you have it you are like how did I have a puppet without it...anyways...here is the video if you would like to see how to do it....I have done it to many puppets and they are still doing great with this method....well I will try to pop on a bit more and try to put my imput but I have been busy behind the scenes with some stuff and I will be posting soon a video with one of my latest Halloween puppets for some fun...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?xdu2d4Etqg8" target="youtube">YouTube Video</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?c7UJzyYktkA" target="youtube">YouTube Video</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?707S5mIOm4o" target="youtube">YouTube Video</a>

Hey Daryl! Always good to hear from you.  I'll have to keep an eye out for the new Halloween puppet!

Glad to be back Shawn!! I am slowly getting through the past posts and commenting when I can. Nice to see all the activity going on in this site...lots of puppets being performed and made!!

Stiqpuppets

Ah, thanks Daryl. I KNEW I'd seen a video you'd done on that. Great to see you bouncing round the forum again!

I have only watched the first video yet, so maybe you updated the name of the epoxy in a later one, but I don't think plummets putty is correct.  Plummets putty is what you put under a faucet to create a water tight seal, but it is not a glue like adhesive.

Looking good so far. Hope I can find a little more time to watch the rest.

Julie

Not sure why we came up with plumbers putty as an alternative for the epoxy.  He was asking me and I have used the plumbers putty to kind of "glue" things but in this case I think the epoxy would work better.

Hey all thanks for the feedback and nice to see many of you still on and helping the puppet community.  I did use multi-purpose Epoxy.  Nothing more Nothing less.  I don't know why I (if i said it) Plumbers Puddy? I don't even have any nor ever owned any...maybe I was talking about a part that is a plumbing piece but did not know the name in the video at the time...but someone did let me know and I have updated that info into the video.

Glad to be back! 

Stiqpuppets

Great, great idea, you always do a wonderful job of explaining your techinque. I am definitly going to try this, I have mangled many hands trying to change shirts on puppets.  Thanks for sharing. We missed you.

I have some plumbers epoxy type product that had plumber's putty name on the label it was two solid clay like strips that you mix together to stick solid things together.  It is good with metals but liquid epoxy like you used would be better fit on fabric because this was dark colored more solid and would stain.  It did not work on plastics for me. But it does hold wooden dowel to metal arm rods and velcro to metal arm rods very well.

Yep that is the plumbers putty I am used to using Snail and I to have used it to join metal to wood.