PVC Scarecrow with moving arms

tbroadfoot said:

I once came across plans to create a scarecrow prop out of pvc pipe. The arms moved manually by passing the arms cross pipe through a modified 4 way or Tee. I can not seem to find these plans again and my old computer I saved them on hard drive fried and died. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Thanks

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Like this???

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/568016571726164506/

I don't remember that thread, but if I wanted to make the arms move, I would slide a length of dowel rod thru the PVC. Make it a few inches longer than the PVC and attach the 90 degree shoulder fittings to that.

Then cut a hole in the "T" to attach your motion linkages.

Kinda vague I know, but I'm not sure exactly what kind of movement you're looking for.

Here is one I found on the net, not mine of course....


https://www.pinterest.com/pin/116530709085331148/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IVXsmBlSyA&list=PLB8824ACA9730E09E

Not a scarecrow he is building, but explains how to get the arms to raise when raising the body up...worth a shot.