I decided that the best way to create the mechanism was to have something attached to the bird which was on a pivot attached to a stick that is used to hold the bird and then have two pieces of string that would be used to move the bird back and fourth. My first attempt didn't turn out very well as the piece of wood that i used that would be the base for the bird was too small and only had a small point that could be used to put the wood through this is used to pivot it. This and the weak board that i used for the sides of the mechanism made it to weak and and odd shape as that the mechanism would be to unpractical to be used for the puppet.
The second mechanism i did work a lot better as i changed the design quite a bit to make it more efficient and make it simpler.I used balsa wood this time which worked better as it is really light and still quite strong, the design is also a lot better as there is a larger area which would work better for the bird to be attached too and the mechanism also moves more freely and is easy to use.
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