Swordsman

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Comment by dionicia on September 13, 2009 at 1:13am

This has me thinking my gravedigger should wave. Doh! Now I have something else to build. I need to run out and get more PVC.

Comment by Peter on September 12, 2009 at 6:33pm

If ya get stuck for a motor that works in exactly the same way as the reindeer one try a fan motor the oscilating part of the motor (see my coffin lid) in operation hope this helps.

Comment by Nancy Wilkinson on September 9, 2009 at 10:07pm

Brian - I just noticed the treasure chest. I have that one too! Introduced me to the availability of replacement motors. The little kids are always trying to pull up the lid faster to see the skeleton and I thought I'd have to either trash it or replace the motor last year. Managed to fix it last week and I'm definitely putting some fence up this year.

Comment by Nancy Wilkinson on September 9, 2009 at 10:03pm

I like the idea of the side-to-side motion, Brian. Very cool. I'll keep it in mind when I set up the second pirate. Know what you mean about the speed of the motors - I'm thinking of adding a strobe light to the fight scene to give it the illusion of faster movement. I thought about using wiper motors, but the reindeer motors are so much lighter. And the mechanism that reverses the rotation when the load is a little much or the arm gets stuck seems like it will be handy.

Comment by Brian B. The Burrhill Boneyard. on September 9, 2009 at 5:02pm

Glad to see you cam up with a solution. I did it a little different with our fighting pirates. I ran a bolt with a nut on each end through the arm to the shoulder to give it a full range of motion. The just mounted the reindeer motor to the skelly. 1 motor mounted vertical on 1. And the other horizontal on the other. 1 skelly's arm went up and down and the other side to side. Wish the motors were a little faster but it worked well.

Comment by Mr. Chicken on September 8, 2009 at 8:40pm

sweet! wish I had thought of that when I did a pirate theme

Comment by Patrick Nottingham on September 8, 2009 at 8:30pm

A psycho killer kitchen chair. Fearsome furniture indeed!