2012 Project List
Spooky Box
Scary Box
Permanent curb pole/camera
24/7 DVR Surveillance (no more camera set up)
Rebuild Baby guts and controls
Rebuild Dog guts and controls
Rebuild Alligator guts and controls
Ghost 110V GFI Service
Ghost Audio Service
Backyard Air Compressor
Backyard Air Compressor 110V GFI Service
Backyard Air Compressor Air Line to Garage
Conduit to service cameras and curb can
Conduit to service skeleton and candy man
Conduit for air service to the tree
2011 Post Mortem
RETIRE - Snake Charmer - great effort but no cigar
RETIRE - Devil Fogger - decoration that takes too much time to set up
RETIRE - Driveway camera
RETIRE - Cemetery Talking Heads - makes the cemetery sign too heavy
REPAIR - Skeleton - broken weld REPAIR - Skeleton - replace rigid tubing with flex air tubing REPAIR - Skeleton - oops I forgot that it needs an air regulator REPAIR - Skeleton - extend power cord
REPAIR - Cobra - extend throw - I tell you it's going to be cool
REPAIR - Vampire - replace remote
REPAIR - Vampire - independent pulley system
REPAIR - Curb Can - Speaker
REPAIR - Curb Can - add LED red lights
IMPROVE - Common 24VDC power to truck props
IMPROVE - replace large audio amps and CD players with Pyle USB amps
IMPROVE - conduit to service cameras and curb can
IMPROVE - conduit to service tree props
IMPROVE - conduit to skeleton and candy man
IMPROVE - add permanent curb pole/camera
IMPROVE - Baby - rebuild - cry, turn and growl, reset three button operation
IMPROVE - Dog - retire mouth up and down
IMPROVE - Dog - convert from 24VAC to 24VDC
IMPROVE - Dog - in and out two button operation IMPROVE - Tree - wire racks
IMPROVE - Tree - secondary speaker binding posts
IMPROVE - Tree - air supply IMPROVE - Replace garage camera IMPROVE - Replace pourch camera IMPROVE - Add another pourch camera
REDO - Replace all cameras just added with "more better" wide angle cameras
REVIEW - Aligator controls
LESSONS - turn DVRs on before you can program them
LESSONS - do cameras and DVR setup BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
2011 Project List
Candy Man - rebuild guts
Candy Man - wireless remote control
Tree Monster - rebuild guts
Skeleton - rebuild guts and connections
Skeleton - new 2 button control
Cobra - finished
Chain Fence for crowd control
Replaced wireless cameras with Bunker Hill wired cameras
Installed conduit under the sidewalk for wired camera
Snake Charmer (first mechanical prop - I hate science)
Snake Charmer small cobra in basket
Store Bought Devil Fogger (added Eyes, Audio, and Remote Control)
To Do - Make the vampyre fly?
To Do - Crawling baby
To Do - Crate pop up with legs (the big plan)
To Do - Wheelchair rework
2010 Project List
SD Card DVRs - excellent (NTS - post brand and model)
Metal Devil Can rebuild with ERIC switch, bottom trim, double cable control, and decal
Candy Man metal top with spring return
Tree Wiring - 110 GFI service, high grade speaker wire and binding posts
Power - 2 new 20 amp 110 garage receptacles
New Crank Ghost stand - new box, wiring, and talking heads
Cobra - start
Camera Flag Poles
Vampire Decoration
Snake Charmer - conception and proof of concept
ISSUE - WIFI interference with wireless cameras
ISSUE - Living room clutter