PROPS Flying Crank Ghost Everyone knows or has seen how to make a crank ghost. I won't go into details on the concept. Let me just point out a few unique enhancements I have made to the design for ours.The ghost itself is made out of wooden dowels
I used 1/8" plywood to trace out 2 hands and cut them out and then nailed a small block of wood on the back and attached it to the arms using the same eye hooks. I placed the standard foam wig head on the 3/8" dowel. I used a rotisserie motor from a barbeque for the moving arm.
I built the frame for the motor out of 3/4" square hardwood which I glued and nailed together. I attached the motor using tie wraps. Using the square steel stake that goes into the rotisserie motor I bent it with a 1" bend on each end going in opposite directions. I then drilled a hole in the end that is inserted into the motor through the bushing that holds it. (I have also used a piece of 3/4" square wood for the rod and a small piece of the square rod inserted into the motor and the wood.) I placed a small nail through the hole and bend it over. At the other end of the bar it is threaded so I just added the washers and the nut. I use fishing line for all the strings with a
little oil on them to make them slide easily. I use
the same eye hooks to run the lines through on the frame.
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Using the standard cheese cloth and some glow in the dark
spray the ghost is ready to be setup and run.
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