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Old 07-03-2012
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Folks driving by must have wondered if there was going to be a mass burial.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words! It definitely was a show stopper!!! Fortunately, I have great neighbors, whom may think we are am a bit odd, but support and enjoy our obsession!

In a week, we will do it all over again when we create the steel frames for our pneumatic Ground Breaker Coffins.

The Pod and I are hosting a joint, multi-part build. This time, we will terrorize his neighbors with a coffin assembly line.

A rough prototype of the prop is at
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^Like it! We're wondering how long that poor skellie is going to stay in one piece, though
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With the prototype, I'm not sure which would seld-destruct first, the skeleton of the coffin! In the actual prop, the coffin will be reinforced and the frame for the skeleton will use a much lower aire pressure, along with flow controls.
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I built one,man I should of put the bracing on the outside. Looks pretty good and I think a lot easier than inside bracing....
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Looks really great! I did have a question though, can you move the delay time from when the coffin lid opens to when the skeleton sits up? I guess what I'm asking, do you think it would look cool to make it look like the skeleton is opening the doors to the coffin? Or have it sit up a little sooner after doors are open? If that can even be done or not. It's just a thought I had.
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Yes - I used a program from a different prop to test out the Ground Breaker Coffin. Just wanted to test to see if everything worked. The actually program will have better timing.
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Very cool! I hope our Make and Take has a coffin build in the future! Nice job!
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Very nice! My wife gave me a laboratory quality skeleton for Christmas last year - best gift ever! Between Christmas and New Year's, I was in the garage making a Toe Pincher Coffin for it. The family knows I'm crazy, but the neighbors were really concerned!
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Great thread Slanks!
I love Chicago and can't wait to visit again someday. Great group of haunters that live there. Must have been a fun build...real nice prop. Good luck with the rest of it!
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