Do you have a link to a replacement crown gear top half? I’ve inspected the mechanism and came to the conclusion it’s replaceable. From what I have seen it acts as a “clutch” and slips whenever the head or tail is stuck. This was most likely added to keep the whistle piece from snapping. Since these fish are owned by collectors they won’t have to have a slipping gear design, so no crown gear. I’m assuming I could get away with using a regular stacked gear with the same # of teeth. Please let me know if you have found a replacement gear. Thank you - LOADING
Hello. I don't have a replacement gear unfortunately. Most spare gears I've found are from doner singing fishes that I've used for parts. You can get these gears from other singing fishes that have been used for parts. Hope this helps!
@@lakewi44 Oh good! I'm glad you responded. I'm having trouble with the body mechanism. It tries to move up, but then it clicks. The whistle peice on mine is fine. Is there a split in one of the gears? It moves the tail, but not the head. Any assistance would be appreciated. Mine doesn't have a spring. Thanks.
Tom Foolery The whistle piece may be split in half or is starting to split. You might want to double check it again make sure all the gears aren’t broken or cracked
@@lakewi44 Nope. Fixed him yesterday. Just out of place. Thanks anyway though. One more thing. Can you take the skin off a rocky lobster? Gonna repair him too. Any ideas? Don't really know we're to begin.
Some of the fish that have two motors to control the mechanism do and don't sometimes, but the ones that have three motors to control the mechanism always have springs. Hope this helps
Man, i wish I had watched this video before trying to fix my jaws ended up screwing up the mech :( i guess the good thing is when i get another one i will have the first one for parts
Hi lakewi I’m repairing a billy bass 15th anniversary currently following this step by step and it all works fine until I put it in the skin the tail still works and the mouth but the head won’t turn out and if I take it back out the skin the hinge is working so I was wondering if you know what to do?
Pardon me for not scrolling down far enough in the comments, BUT... TL:DR... Two of my single-motor fish more than likely need replacement paddles. Any idea as of now where I can find them? Here's the situation... A few days ago, I purchased a Travis the Trout, a Cool Catfish, and a Rocky the Lobster, all in new condition, never taken out of their boxes. I got them today, took them out, put fresh batteries in all three of them... turns out, Travis and Cool CatFish (Catty, as I nickname him) have something split in the gearboxes for their heads, presumably the paddles. I know for a fact that it's not a locked up motor, otherwise Travis's tail most likely wouldn't be operating, and Catty's head wouldn't be buzzing as it tries to move. Now Rocky... I don't even know if there's anything split with him because he won't even turn on, neither with button or motion sensor, so that's an electronics issue first and foremost (but that's irrelevant for the topic of the video). But with regards to Travis and Catty, I want to be ready in case it is a split paddle, which so far, that's seeming to be the case. But as you said yourself, they're hard to find at times.
It is tricky. You can try maybe parting out a junk fish. Or maybe rig something up. Or maybe you could try 3D printing new paddles. One of my friends has a computer model for the whistle pieces but you need a 3D printer to print them. If you’d like, I can link you the website where you can download them
@@lakewi44 I'd appreciate that, thank you! I'd rather be prepared to replace one rather than see that it's broken and not have one at my disposal. My manager at work even told me there are places close to where I live where I can get them 3D-Printed, so I can just take the file there.
@@lakewi44 Unless you know of someone that can do that and have them shipped to me? (similar to the guy that you mentioned that no longer prints them?)
@@captainducra5019 Apparently the reason why he stopped selling them is because of people reporting bad issues with them. But I never had issues personally. There’s a website you can go onto online that has a 3-D model of the whistle piece. If you know someone that has access to a 3-D printer you can see if they can print one
What is the proper name of the paddle piece? I want to look it up on eBay to see if they are able to be purchased. I really need they because my 15 year Billy bass, cool catfish and Travis trout all have this same problem.
Wyatt Mutter There is no official names for them. We just call them paddles because they go underneath the gear and they’re shaped like a paddle. You might be able to rig something up that’s what I’ve had to do. Occasionally you can find 3-D printed ones. But they are rare
That's ashame because like I said, my cool catfish, Travis trout, 15 year Billy bass all have this problem. Thank you for your help, do you know any other way I might be able to make a custom piece without a 3D printer?
Wyatt Mutter If you have spare Singing fish pieces laying around, you can take a Billy best jaw or tailpiece and cut it in the shape of the whistle piece and put it underneath the gear it should work. Eventually I might start in 3-D printing
Lucky, I have a Billy bass I can scrap for parts. Thank you so much for all your help, if you start 3d printing the pieces, I will definitely be buying them from you
They unfortunately don’t sell them anymore, but I can send you a link to the 3-D printed versions that one of my friends made. You’ll have to shrink them down a bit as close to the original as possible before printing them otherwise it’ll be giant
Hello Lake! I've got a question. Has your Rocking fish Crappie ever had problems? Mine is acting strange. It only wiggles it's tail once while playing a seconds worth of its song, then goes silent. I thought low battery, but to my surprise the batteries are still good. I replaced them but he keeps doing the same. What do you think?
I hope you realize that your Freaky Geeks aren't prototypes. I made them in 2016 when I was more immature. Bailey told me he told you but it seems like you don't know. Just thought I should point that out.
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I wish there were whistle pieces at shapeways.com, because Henry dosen't sell those anymore nowadays.
SecondBest Sull Maybe if enough people ask him he can start making more
SecondBest Sull He stopped selling them because the demand went down. Honestly I really loved him
That eye tho
Same
Do you have a link to a replacement crown gear top half? I’ve inspected the mechanism and came to the conclusion it’s replaceable. From what I have seen it acts as a “clutch” and slips whenever the head or tail is stuck. This was most likely added to keep the whistle piece from snapping. Since these fish are owned by collectors they won’t have to have a slipping gear design, so no crown gear. I’m assuming I could get away with using a regular stacked gear with the same # of teeth. Please let me know if you have found a replacement gear. Thank you - LOADING
Hello. I don't have a replacement gear unfortunately. Most spare gears I've found are from doner singing fishes that I've used for parts. You can get these gears from other singing fishes that have been used for parts. Hope this helps!
hey lakewi44! watched ur vids since i was a kid starting my own channel now on repairs..
That’s great! Thanks for being such a fan! That’s awesome that you’re starting your own repairs on your channel!
Can we see a video of this kind of mechanism in action. I’m trying to find out how it works underneath that cover
I feel like an idiot...thought you had to cut the skin off to repair. Did that to a bass and Tommy trout. Will fix my catfish thanks to you!
Tom Foolery Glad I could help! Trust me I’ve broke a lot of singing Fish back in my day. The skin can always be replaced
@@lakewi44 Oh good! I'm glad you responded. I'm having trouble with the body mechanism. It tries to move up, but then it clicks. The whistle peice on mine is fine. Is there a split in one of the gears? It moves the tail, but not the head. Any assistance would be appreciated. Mine doesn't have a spring. Thanks.
Tom Foolery The whistle piece may be split in half or is starting to split. You might want to double check it again make sure all the gears aren’t broken or cracked
@@lakewi44 Nope. Fixed him yesterday. Just out of place. Thanks anyway though. One more thing. Can you take the skin off a rocky lobster? Gonna repair him too. Any ideas? Don't really know we're to begin.
Why Did You Put A Googly Eye On Cool Catfish?
I didn’t put a googly eye on there. It was like that when I got it. I liked it like that so I’ve just kept it like that since then
thank you for uploading this! i plan too fix my jaws soon
You’re welcome. Good luck on the repair!
My Christmas Travis trout has this issue. I do plan on repairing it soon.
Welcome to WHIIIIITE CASTLLLLEEE!!! IM SAL!
I’ve seen that episode! Pretty funny.
@@lakewi44 welcome to the castle of white
@@ReadingAreaRailfan Those little burgers are so delicious!
@@lakewi44 they look good I've never had one though. I'm in PA we don't have any white castle's here.
hello when you say to adjust the size on the file is the scall or just how tall it is? Thank you
Are fish supposed to have springs on the head mech?
Some of the fish that have two motors to control the mechanism do and don't sometimes, but the ones that have three motors to control the mechanism always have springs. Hope this helps
Hey!
Does this mech is the exact same one as rocky lobster?
Some versions use this mechanism, and some don’t
I need a flapper gear that's what you call it inside the gearbox does anyone know where I can get one or does anyone have a extra one that
Man, i wish I had watched this video before trying to fix my jaws ended up screwing up the mech :( i guess the good thing is when i get another one i will have the first one for parts
jaspa yep! They can be reused in other fish
Hi lakewi I’m repairing a billy bass 15th anniversary currently following this step by step and it all works fine until I put it in the skin the tail still works and the mouth but the head won’t turn out and if I take it back out the skin the hinge is working so I was wondering if you know what to do?
Make sure the head paddle is resting on the little bumper piece underneath the cam gear for the head when you put it back on
@@lakewi44 it is
@@lakewi44 it does move until t put it in the skin
@@fierce2470 make sure everything is all screwed in properly, the piece should be attached to the rest of the mechanism.
@@lakewi44 yes I’ve tried this but when I screw it in the head just won’t go
Please make another Collection Video!
moesvideos1030 Soon! Hopefully
lakewi44 Yay! Yes! Look forward to it soon.
what if the extra pair of cables belong to a third motor that some of the Billy Basses have? hmmm
I’ve seen them that have extra wires. Make sure they’re all connected correctly!
Do you have a link for the head prattle because I cannot find any ware to get that in order to fix my cat fish
Unfortunately no. Your best bet would be making them using a 3-D printer.
lakewi44 oh ok
I cannot for the life of me put the gears back in correctly. It clicks a bunch and the tail moves up when the head is supposed to. Any suggestions??
Hmmm. Reverse the wire motor connections. Make sure the gears are all lined up in their right spot.
@@lakewi44 you are the best fish man on the planet thank you!!
@@hallowfanatics1941 anytime! I’m always happy to help!
@@lakewi44 the gearbox art was very helpful. My fish’s head still doesn’t go up and I have put a new paddle in. But his tail works.
Pardon me for not scrolling down far enough in the comments, BUT...
TL:DR... Two of my single-motor fish more than likely need replacement paddles. Any idea as of now where I can find them?
Here's the situation...
A few days ago, I purchased a Travis the Trout, a Cool Catfish, and a Rocky the Lobster, all in new condition, never taken out of their boxes. I got them today, took them out, put fresh batteries in all three of them... turns out, Travis and Cool CatFish (Catty, as I nickname him) have something split in the gearboxes for their heads, presumably the paddles. I know for a fact that it's not a locked up motor, otherwise Travis's tail most likely wouldn't be operating, and Catty's head wouldn't be buzzing as it tries to move.
Now Rocky... I don't even know if there's anything split with him because he won't even turn on, neither with button or motion sensor, so that's an electronics issue first and foremost (but that's irrelevant for the topic of the video).
But with regards to Travis and Catty, I want to be ready in case it is a split paddle, which so far, that's seeming to be the case. But as you said yourself, they're hard to find at times.
It is tricky. You can try maybe parting out a junk fish. Or maybe rig something up. Or maybe you could try 3D printing new paddles. One of my friends has a computer model for the whistle pieces but you need a 3D printer to print them. If you’d like, I can link you the website where you can download them
@@lakewi44 I'd appreciate that, thank you! I'd rather be prepared to replace one rather than see that it's broken and not have one at my disposal.
My manager at work even told me there are places close to where I live where I can get them 3D-Printed, so I can just take the file there.
@@lakewi44 Unless you know of someone that can do that and have them shipped to me? (similar to the guy that you mentioned that no longer prints them?)
@@captainducra5019 Apparently the reason why he stopped selling them is because of people reporting bad issues with them. But I never had issues personally. There’s a website you can go onto online that has a 3-D model of the whistle piece. If you know someone that has access to a 3-D printer you can see if they can print one
@@lakewi44 Would this happen to be the file you're talking about?
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4638978
Is it possible to fix Cool Catfish's mouth without taking the skin off?
All depends what's wrong with him
What is the proper name of the paddle piece? I want to look it up on eBay to see if they are able to be purchased. I really need they because my 15 year Billy bass, cool catfish and Travis trout all have this same problem.
Wyatt Mutter There is no official names for them. We just call them paddles because they go underneath the gear and they’re shaped like a paddle. You might be able to rig something up that’s what I’ve had to do. Occasionally you can find 3-D printed ones. But they are rare
That's ashame because like I said, my cool catfish, Travis trout, 15 year Billy bass all have this problem. Thank you for your help, do you know any other way I might be able to make a custom piece without a 3D printer?
Wyatt Mutter If you have spare Singing fish pieces laying around, you can take a Billy best jaw or tailpiece and cut it in the shape of the whistle piece and put it underneath the gear it should work. Eventually I might start in 3-D printing
Lucky, I have a Billy bass I can scrap for parts. Thank you so much for all your help, if you start 3d printing the pieces, I will definitely be buying them from you
Can cool catfish take a 10 tooth gear?
Link To The Wistle Piece On Ebay
They unfortunately don’t sell them anymore, but I can send you a link to the 3-D printed versions that one of my friends made. You’ll have to shrink them down a bit as close to the original as possible before printing them otherwise it’ll be giant
Here you go: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4638978
@@lakewi44 But What About Skullcrane's 3-D Printed One? Dose HisWork
@@Connor_The_Gemmy_Collector1105 I’ve never tested them before. But I’ve tested these ones and they seem to work pretty good.
Hello Lake! I've got a question. Has your Rocking fish Crappie ever had problems? Mine is acting strange. It only wiggles it's tail once while playing a seconds worth of its song, then goes silent. I thought low battery, but to my surprise the batteries are still good. I replaced them but he keeps doing the same. What do you think?
Gallo's Singing Fish Do a video and I’ll check it out
@@lakewi44 It's up.
Will this fix my Jaws?
The mechanisms are very similar. So yes it should
Hello love your video
Jonathan Johnston hello there
what name this gear in video ♩←
Sekky channel 2セッキーちゃんねる nine tooth or 10 tooth plastic gear for a 2 mm motor shaft
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The first generations have springs
I have a new Big Mouth Billy Bass
If anybody would be interested in buying this head paddle/whistle piece gear from me please let me know because I might start selling them
Know how to fix a tail?
moesvideos1030 Replace the pieces
lakewi44 thanks man
You’re welcome
I hope you realize that your Freaky Geeks aren't prototypes. I made them in 2016 when I was more immature. Bailey told me he told you but it seems like you don't know. Just thought I should point that out.
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