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2005 SKULL GREETER

Made by: PROCRASTINATING PROPS

For complete instructions on making this programmable talking skull with sound and jaw motion go to: http://tmurphy.spiderside.com/skull-greeter-instructions.doc

After I bought a cheap oversized foam skull from K-Mart, the first step was to cut it open to add all the electronics. I used the Hot Knife from Hot Wire Foam Factory.

I made the removed section of skull as large as possible to create the most usable space.

I used the Hot Knife to make a nice mounting plate that fits into the skull.

Tracy made this unique rock-wall entry to his haunted house by cutting out each rock seperately with the Hot Knife and Scroll Table and gluing them onto plywood. It is more common to just use a thicker sheet of foam and cut the grout lines with the Freehand Router (for big grooves) or the Engraver (small grooves), then paint the rocks individually.

SWEET DEAL!!!! My neighbor wanted me to make the Rabbit mask and in exchange I got to strip an old Subaru. THIS WAS ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY USING Hot-Wire Foam Factory TOOLS!!! I am building a race car video simulator to replace my last simulator. I am going to use a sprint car frame (Wrecked) and now I got the pedals, shifter, and handbrake! All for the cost of a few hours and some left over foam. I also took the WIPER MOTOR, WASHER TANK and PUMP, RELAYS, FLASHERS, FUSE BLOCK, HORN, ETC... for my Halloween projects! One last thing about the Race Car Simulator... I am using what I have learned in this group to put pneumatics on the simulator to give it movements!!!

Here is a behind the Halloween prop video. Using the Hot Wire cutter.
BEHIND THE SCREAMS VIDEO 2006 Behind the Spider~Wiper video Hosted on You Tube or copy this into your browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fOHv4Jxk7U