How to Make a Minifig Rigging Arm
This is how I make a rigging arm for a minifig. The soldering helping hand are really useful to keep you minifig in the correct position while you take your photo.
Directions:
1 Pull legs off your minifig.
2 Cut off both pins that hold the legs onto the hip.
3 Drill a 2mm hole in the centre of the hip where the pins were.
4 Drill a 2mm hole all the way through one of the legs.
5 Push a M2 nut into the back of the other leg (the one without the hole drill)
6 Thread the other M2 nut onto the RC plane control rod.
7 Thread the leg with the hole onto the rod, then the hips and then screw on the rod onto the leg with the nut in it.
8 Snug up the outer nut so the legs are tight again. (super glue can be used on the nuts to stop them from coming loose again)
UK Parts List Amazon
- RACTIVE M2 Rod 200mm w/M2 thread end(pk10) F-RCA127 £3.21
- Electrovision Y057 Helping Hands with Magnifier Lens & 2 Articulated Arms, 60mm £6.37
- Bolt Base A2 Stainless Steel Hex Full Nuts M2 X 0.4mm Pitch - 100 £2.85
- 49Pcs Precision Pin Vice Drill Set, TOPAUP Pin Vice Hand Drill Set with Model Twist, Twist Drills Bits Set for DIY Drilling Tool £6.95
Total cost: £19.38
US Parts List Amazon
- Levenhuk Zeno Refit ZF9 4X Magnifier on Metal Stand with Third Helping Hand for Soldering, Fixing, Repairing and Painting Small Objects $9.95
- Steel Hex Nut, #4-40 Threads (Pack of 100) $2.44
- Hand Drill Bits Set 26pc GOCHANGE Hand Drill Set Precision Pin Vise Micro Mini Twist Drill Bits for Metal Wood, Jewelry, Delicate Manual Work, Electronic Assembling and Model Making, DIY Drilling $9.99
HobbyZone.com- Threaded Rods,4-40 X 12"(6) $3.89
Total cost $26.27
- Threaded Rods,4-40 X 12"(6) $3.89
