Hampelmann/Jumping Jack

[munzieb]

My wife and I were talking about toys we got for Christmas many years ago and she said, as a very young girl, she got a Hampelmann puppet. (Jumping Jack) I decided to surprise her and found a picture and and cut out the pieces on the scroll saw and pasted the cut outs of the picture on to the pieces. Used 1/8" dowl for the pivots. Hardest part was locating the hole locations on the joints and the center pins where the string wraps around to lift the joints. A fun project and she really appreciated it. 

[flarud]

A short video of how it works would be cool to watch.  

[Woodrush]

Fantastic. Thanks for posting

[Denny Knappen]

That is super cool.

[wombatie]

Oh yes that is sooooo cool.  I remember them from when I was a tot.

Marg

[daveww1]

terrific job

[munzieb]

16 hours ago, flarud said:

A short video of how it works would be cool to watch.  

Not quite ready for a video but here are some drawings that may help if you make one. I used posts in the center for the pivot point but next time I will just tie the strings to a center string. I would use a shim in the center between the posts pins to give the string some room to move. Still fingering out what the best string is to use. Not really happy with the one I used. It needed to be stiffer. Used knots and glued at the limb holes. I need to try something different there too. It's a work in progress.

[meflick]

Nice work to bring back fond memories for your wife. I am sure she was very appreciative. Thanks for sharing.

[Rockytime]

Very thoughtful of you and clever too!

[heppnerguy]

Very cute item that bring back a lot of childhood memories to me too. Always was fascinated with them. What a nice surprise for you wife

Dick

heppnerguy

[amazingkevin]

Too nice, I,ve never seen one!!!