All that is needed is some basic soldering, a little mechanical knowledge, and the ability to adapt a project to suit your needs, as a few parts were scrounged.
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Simple Halloween Guillotine
This is a great project for beginners and advanced electronics users alike, and you end up with a cool, automated guillotine, just in time for Halloween.
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Steps
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Step #1:
- First, you will need a few things:
- 1. A gearmotor capable of lifting something about the weight of an AA battery to half the distance you want the blade to fall (explained in more detail later).
- 2. One or two wall power supplies (or the equivalent in batteries) which combined produce the maximum voltage your gearmotor can take. Using two supplies will give you a better effect but a single one will work if it produces sufficient voltage.
- 3. An adapter to fit your motor.
- 4. A small microswitch (N.O./N.C.) that will go alongside your motor. Mine had this built in.
- 5. A hunk of cardboard the size you want the guillotine's blade to be.
- 6. Aluminum foil.
- 7. A dowel rod. Its length should be half the distance you want the blade to move.