Mouse in a box - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Will · 02-19-2008, 02:24 PM

I went to a woodworking show over the weekend, and one table had a box sitting there with a sliding top. When you slide it open, a fake mouse swings out toward your hand. The people at the booth were busy with customers, so I didn't talk to anyone about it. I would like to make one. Has anyone ever seen plans for one? Thanks.

Dragon · 02-19-2008, 03:30 PM

Sounds interesting.
Diane

Tor · 02-19-2008, 06:43 PM

No real ideas here, but it probably has some spring, and is in some way tied to the lid (fat lot of help I am!) Good luck finding it.

Tor

Will · 02-19-2008, 08:27 PM

I found one on line, but still not sure how to make it.

Hoping someone else does.

http://www.halloweenstore.com/Mercha...tegory_Code=fs

Forester21 · 02-19-2008, 09:43 PM

Theres one of those sitting on my mechanic's desk... but I didn't look close at it. I've seen them at craft shows too.
T

Dragon · 02-19-2008, 10:42 PM

Theresa
You must take a closer look at that mouse and report back to us, please...
Diane

PuzzledMoose · 02-20-2008, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forester21

Theres one of those sitting on my mechanic's desk... but I didn't look close at it. I've seen them at craft shows too.
T

Sounds like you need to do some reverse engineering, Theresa?

Tor · 02-20-2008, 01:15 AM

Try a hinge attached to the lid near the end where the mouse comes out. From this hinge, a curved metal bar (wire, if stiff enough) with the mouse on the end. As the lid is opened the curved bar will be pulled against the wall of the box, and the mouse will be forced up and over the lid.

Now you build it.

Tor

knothead · 02-20-2008, 12:01 PM

Thanks Will. That is a pretty cool sight. Not that I would ever-------------

Tom

CanadianScroller · 02-20-2008, 01:54 PM

My dad used to make these for my kids.
They had a snake instead of the mouse.
Tor is correct in the mechanism, but dads were solid wood.
He carverd the snake.

02-19-2008, 02:24 PM	#1
Will Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northwest Jersey Posts: 78	Mouse in a box I went to a woodworking show over the weekend, and one table had a box sitting there with a sliding top. When you slide it open, a fake mouse swings out toward your hand. The people at the booth were busy with customers, so I didn't talk to anyone about it. I would like to make one. Has anyone ever seen plans for one? Thanks. __________________ Scroll On, Will

02-19-2008, 03:30 PM	#2
Dragon scroller and moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,529	Sounds interesting. Diane __________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP

02-19-2008, 06:43 PM	#3
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,416	No real ideas here, but it probably has some spring, and is in some way tied to the lid (fat lot of help I am!) Good luck finding it. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

02-19-2008, 08:27 PM	#4
Will Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northwest Jersey Posts: 78	I found one on line, but still not sure how to make it. Hoping someone else does. http://www.halloweenstore.com/Mercha...tegory_Code=fs __________________ Scroll On, Will

02-19-2008, 09:43 PM	#5
Forester21 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,504	Theres one of those sitting on my mechanic's desk... but I didn't look close at it. I've seen them at craft shows too. T __________________ Theresa http://WoodNGoods.etsy.com http://woodngoods.blogspot.com

02-19-2008, 10:42 PM	#6
Dragon scroller and moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,529	Theresa You must take a closer look at that mouse and report back to us, please... Diane __________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP

02-20-2008, 01:15 AM	#8
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,416	Try a hinge attached to the lid near the end where the mouse comes out. From this hinge, a curved metal bar (wire, if stiff enough) with the mouse on the end. As the lid is opened the curved bar will be pulled against the wall of the box, and the mouse will be forced up and over the lid. Now you build it. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

02-20-2008, 12:01 PM	#9
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 798	Thanks Will. That is a pretty cool sight. Not that I would ever------------- Tom __________________ Tom ____________________ If you always do what you've always done, You'll always get what you have always gotten.

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