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Halloween props: flying crank ghost posted Oct 13th 2009 1:00pm by Mike Szczys filed under: home hacks [Jake’s] projects have become regular features here on Hack a Day. He keeps the Halloween hack-fest rolling with his Flying Crank Ghost. For the ghost he used a store-bought skull but sculpted some hands himself out of Styrofoam. The body is fashioned from coat hangers with a bit of creepy fabric draped over the hole thing to complete the look. He added some very convincing motion to the ghoul using a salvaged microwave turntable motor. The motor is mounted in the center of a two crossed boards, and has an armature attached to it. Three strands of mono filament attach to the end of the armature, run through eyelets on the ends of the crossed boards, then attach to the head, and each arm. When the motor is turned on, the armature turns, moving the head and hands up and down at different rates. Take a look at the embedded video after the break to see the final product. [Jake] does menti
There are numerous sites on the web on how to build a Flying Crank Ghost (FCG), most notably the originator of the prop, Phantasmechanics, the site with the most detailed instructions, Kick the Fog and the site with the cheapest version, Easy FCG. I cannot hope to put up better versions of these three how-tos, but what I can do is show how to take these three most informative sites, and use their knowledge to create your own version. Think outside the box is my motto. Building a Frame frame design drawingIn a quest to build an inexpensive frame, which aluminum is not, I decided to go with wood. I had 1×3 lumber, and cut to length. I started to use the measurement available at Kick the Fog’s site, but ended up going with the ones in the frame drawing. I mounted the motor so that the crank arm was dead center of the frame. Measurements were two lengths of 39 inches, the front cross piece was 31 inches, and the back piece was 18 inches. The boards are attached with screws, and it actually
He keeps the Halloween hack-fest rolling with his Flying Crank Ghost. For the ghost he used a store-bought skull but sculpted some hands himself out of … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNFXH-ZunIQqO3aUMKMairdRlObD5A&cid=0&ei=U2DrSuCzDouO8ATOqYidAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secuobs.com%2Frevue%2Fnews%2F150228.
