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Any ideas for mechanism to make haunted rocking chair rock?
Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:17 pm
We are having a haunted house for Halloween and I need something to make a rocking chair rock. There are mechanisms you can buy, but I am hoping to make a home version for next to nothing.
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Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:26 pm to theantiquetiger
How do you want it to be controlled?
Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:30 pm to junkfunky
Just slowly rocked. I've seen little mechanical wheels with arms that rock the chair.
Since I started the topic, I got the idea of maybe using a rotisserie motor off a BBQ grill.
Since I started the topic, I got the idea of maybe using a rotisserie motor off a BBQ grill.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:44 pm to theantiquetiger
Figured you wanted something automatic but was thinking if manual was okay something as simple as bellows with a hose and balloon would work.
The rotisserie sounds like a good starting point.
The rotisserie sounds like a good starting point.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 8:28 pm to theantiquetiger
Small oscillating fan perhaps? Might be too slow though...or not strong enough...bad idea.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 8:54 pm to mctiger1985
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Small oscillating fan perhaps? Might be too slow though...or not strong enough...bad idea.
Good idea. May work if it's strong enough
Posted on 9/14/17 at 8:59 pm to mctiger1985
Something like a drill with an oval shaped block attached could get the right motion.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 9:10 pm to theantiquetiger
Windshield wiper motor. Check out Halloween forum
Also check out monsters in a box and mini monster in a box (Pandora's box). I did one with a car horn, battery, and a remote
Car horn in a box I made so many people jump
Also check out monsters in a box and mini monster in a box (Pandora's box). I did one with a car horn, battery, and a remote
Car horn in a box I made so many people jump
This post was edited on 9/14/17 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 9/14/17 at 9:12 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 9/15/17 at 12:25 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
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this looks cool
That is awesome. I didn't think about make the figure rock, causing the chair to rock.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 8:34 am to theantiquetiger
I made one when I was a kid out of Erector Set parts.
Motor turned and pushed a rod forward and back. It was a little noisy but it worked.
Motor turned and pushed a rod forward and back. It was a little noisy but it worked.
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