How-To: Compressed air system for haunt props

Good tutorial on putting together a pneumatic power system for "home imagineering," as as the folks at Phantasmechanics call it. We've blogged their stuff a couple times before. More: The "Flying Crank Ghost" kitLift-and-turn piston from PVC pipe fittings Make: Halloween Contest 2009Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to presen...

2009-10-26 10:00:22 | This article is from Make Blog

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