More trees with eyes!

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

MAKE: Blog: More trees with eyes! — very nice. Read more..

3D printer roundup

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

14_3D Printers « long exposure photography, video and sculpture — via Make Read more..

Electric Motors for Props - Bride of Power Pack - Halloween Prop Building Supplies For The Home Haunter - Monster Guts

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Electric Motors for Props - Bride of Power Pack - Halloween Prop Building Supplies For The Home Haunter - Monster Guts — new product from these guys for halloween, a ... Read more..

Chicken Wire Ghost

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Easy, Do-It-Yourself Ghost : Wacky Archives — nice. I don’t know that I have the viewing distance in my yard to make this effective. But not a hard ... Read more..

Stuff for Halloween — Voice Modifier, Rotary Chisels

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

digital voice changer kit — I already have a voice mod box that I use with a large prop, but this might be a nice one to use on my ... Read more..

Stuff I want but don’t need — grabbag

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Gadgets Weblog: Wacom Bamboo Fun — I’ve always wanted a tablet. Painter’s Pyramid — actually seem highly useful 160Megapixel camera — on the road to gigapixel cameras Sandisk TakeTV. this keeps ... Read more..

Mirror fun

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

ImaginEERIEing : Mirror — I’ve mentioned this one before, really need to find time to build one of these. next year… Just a concept — manipulatable mirror Read more..

H2O spray latex

Saturday, October 13th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Krylon | Spray Your Way - Krylon H2O Latex — recommended by a fellow halloween enthusiast Read more..

Halloween mausoleum

Friday, September 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

May build a little mausoleum for this halloween. Some motivating pictures: Palm_Cemetery_in_Winter_Park,_FL_-_Creepy_Mausoleum.jpg (JPEG Image, 1797×1188 pixels) - Scaled (60%) Stengel Buhne Hierapolis Collier Crypt Oh and here someone else built one — Someone else’s halloween ... Read more..

Halloween props

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Outdoor Garden Statues - Decor — some resin statuary up here that would be good in a graveyard setting Inflatable Hearse — a little too cheesy maybe. but cool. MAKE special ... Read more..

Stupid Halloween Gadget

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Help, there’s a poltergeist in the library! ? Coolest Gadgets — at this price, probably incredibly cheesy, but still kind of cool. Read more..

Laser and Fog Jack o Lantern

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Way too much work for a jack o lantern but still cool — instructables : Jack-O-Laser of Doom Read more..

Halloween 07 planning

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Geez it is may and I haven’t done crap for Halloween planning. The time to buy parts and build is rapidly approaching. Monster Guts sent me nice reminder ... Read more..

Halloween shopping

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Monster Guts — some nice things in here, i need to look at the iogeek product a little more Battery operated candles — these seem a little pricey, i suspect you ... Read more..

EFX-TEK Prop2 controller

Saturday, February 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Kurt pointed this out to me — EFX-TEK :: Prop-2 Controller — new version, more outputs, BS2 syntax. Looking good. Read more..

Glowing orb

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

From Make, plans for a glowing orb — lots of ways to use this idea for halloween. Read more..

Foam coffin plans

Sunday, November 26th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Spooky Blue’s Halloween Home Made Coffin — there are more efficient plans for creating a coffin out of a single sheet, but the exterior detailing on this project is nice. Read more..

Magic Mirror

Monday, November 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Pretty cool — Magic Message Mirror -Themeaddicts Inc. — for halloween purposes I’d like a slightly ghastlier visage. But nice work. Read more..

Halloween 2006 Status — Pneumatics

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’m feeling pretty good about pneumatics for this halloween. My primary use is for a creature crate. This is working really well, money well spent as I don’t think ... Read more..

Mechanical goodness

Friday, September 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Mechanisms and Movement — online resource for mechanical motion mechanisms — how to convert rotary motion to linear, irregular, etc. great great stuff. Lindsay Books — great catalog of all ... Read more..

Servo Links

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

TCRG Links — bunches of suppliers and info sites servo connector pin-out — i needed this this week Read more..

Wiper Motor projects

Monday, September 11th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Wiper Motor Page — I’ve probably blogged this before, but a great source of info on using wiper motors in halloween props. Read more..

Single Sheet Plywood Coffin

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

One Sheet Plywood Coffin Project — some of the original plans for single sheet coffins are off the web, here is the best plan I found. UPDATE: a little better plan ... Read more..

Article on pneumatic circuit design

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

MachineDesign.com: Right-sizing pneumatic motion systems — good breakdown of how to analyze pneumatic circuits, pointed out to me by the author. Read more..

Looking for contract pneumatic/electrical support

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I have lots of desires and dreams for how to expand my dual cylinder/single blower pneumatic setup for halloween. But I don’t have the time. Looking for a ... Read more..