The Famous Flying Crank Ghost
Originally built by Doug Ferguson. For the complete how - to Visit his site at Phantasmechanics
Thank you Mr. Ferguson.
My FCG in progress.
Here she is. She's not dressed properly yet, those are cloths pins holding her together for now.
Right now I am working on wiring the head with LED's for the eyes. They will be set back into the styrofoam behind a face mask so that they shine thru the eye sockets and also light up the inside of the mask/ face. The mask came from Michael's craft store. I decided to go with blue leds, dimmed down a little. I am using 2 leds in series with a 1000 ohm resister and a 9volt battery. For help wiring your LED's so that you don't burn them out try this link - LED series/parallel array wizard Since our street has a lot of amber street light I have placed it toward the back of the garage so the blacklights will do the best job. I'll leave the front overhead door open and fence off the bottom so that you can see it from the street but you can't walk in.
Old Blue Eyes has her LED's in place as you can see. She's all but done now. I have only to dress her in her cheesecloth outfit instead of her work clothes for her coming out a week or so before All Hallows Eve. It's all prepared but too much to leave hanging around the Lab while I have other work to do.
Do the arms go front or back??? Yes they do. You can put them either way depending on which way you hang your ghost. Point the arms in the direction the ghost is facing.
Several slight changes I made. I cut the aluminum so both ends were the same so I could fold the arms in for storage as shown on the left. On the right I show where I spaced the motor supports 3 1/2 inches apart so it can be mounted to a 2x4, which is the way I have it on my garage ceiling. I also used a piece of 1x3 angle to give the ends of the arms more support. Also I didn't bother with the pulleys, the eye bolts work just fine by themselves.
It's hard to photograph under black light. In person she shows more detail but here she is, dressed and ready.