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Pneumatic Cylinder
HauntedIllinois.com has a detailed description of the use of a storm door closer that is converted into a pneumatic cylinder. Quite a few pictures, and descriptive text.

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Pop-Up Skeleton
One of the more basic pop-ups that is featured here. A pneumatic hooked to a peice of wood, that is hooked to a skeleton . . . easy as pie :)

  < go to page >   < Wolfstone>

Compressed Air Information
More detailed information on using compressed air. Goes into detail in these areas: Compressors,Distribution, Lotsa hoses, and Standards.

  < go to page >   < Wolfstone>

Giant Pneumatic Spider
Built out of PVC, this amazing prop gives the effect of a spider of lunging at you! Very cool!! Oh did we mention it spits at you too.

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Haunt Air Management
The clever system controls the air that is used by your pneumatic props. This basic how-to has pictures and descriptions on building the Haunt Air Management.

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Info On Pneumatics
The following appears on this page:

Air Valves: Learn all the different type of valves for pneumatics.
Air Cylinder/Pistons:Ideas on pistons. Including one of the easiest pistons to utilize is an extended popup sprinkler head.
Compressed Air: How to use a compressor.
Industrial: How to use all sorts of store bought materials

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Body Slinger
The body slinger is a nifty animation that looks like a benign corpse in a coffin until its triggered, then leaps almost straight up over your head! Add a loud scream, and your guests will need to change their underwear....

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Casket Jumper
Casket Jumper uses 40 psi and a PVC air ram to quickly bring a Corpse to an upright position. Corpse is in a classic Toe Pincher Coffin, but this method will work in any style casket you prefer.

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Flailer
As the trick-o-treaters walk up the path to the house, a headless dummy lying in the yard flails its arm at them. Its hand hits the ground as close as a foot from their feet. A moment later the arm raises back up again.

  < go to page >   < Allen's Halloween Homepage>

Grave Jumper
The head, instead of simply hopping straight up, leans forward slightly as it jumps. Using a door closer for pneumatic cylinders the Grave Jumper mechanism can be set inside a shallow grave, or at ground level behind an appropriately-sized tombstone. The choice is up to you.

  < go to page >   < Phantasmechanics.com>

PVC Pneumatic Cylinder
This is no ordinary PVC pneumatic cylinder, this baby is powerful! It can be made any length desired and will lift just about anything. It is extremely simple and very inexpensive to make. It also can be made to any length desired.

Inexpensive pneumatic cylinder
This cylinder can range from 12" to 48" long. It is perfect for pushing open doors to making light weight bodies jump out of coffins.

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Pneumatic Flailer
A headless dummy that flails its arm at the unsuspecting victim. The design is changed (from Allen's Flailer) to construct the flailer using a screen door closer instead. It can be completed in a few days.

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Simplex PVC Air Ram
One of the most used devices in haunts has to be the Pneumatic Cylinder, AKA. the Air Ram. This how-to shows you how to construct PVC (sprinkler piping) Rams, then discuss some variations on this simple design.

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Simple Pop-up
This very simple pop-up, it can be used behind tombstones, bushes, inside barrels, or anywhere your imagination will put it . It is extremely dependable, versatile and very easy to build. This is an excellent beginner project.

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Simplex Pop-Up
The easiest way to utilize an Air Ram, The Simplex Pop-Up! The SPU is a simple vertical lift for a Prop mask/skull etc. with gravity return.

  < go to page >   < Haunted Resources>

Stump Jumper
Get your TOTS jumping, when they reach for candy on a stump! As they slowly approach a creature jumps out!

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Trash Can Trauma
What appears to be a normal looking 45 gallon trash pail suddenly comes alive. The lid rises rapidly to show a hideous mask while an arm comes shooting out at you. All this with the possibility of sounds and lights. This is guaranteed to scare the daylights out of any unsuspecting victim