Thread: Venus Flytrap prop

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For my first project of 2011 I want to make a pneumatic Venus Flytrap prop. Has anyone come across a how-to that might help?

Now that sounds cool. I'd like to see that.

Hauntcast,

You could start by making the mouth frame from PVC. There are slide T's you can use for an easy way to make a hinge. I am working with Ctarpey to make his clown bend at the waist. You could use a scissor jack set up. The cylinder mounted in the middle like the jack screw. That way both parts of the jaw would come together like a real venus fly trap. I will draw up something for you if you like. Added note. I need to search to see if there is a double slide T. I started to draw it out and realized that to have both jaws pivot on the same plane a double slide T would be required.

Looks like no double T's. But I have an alternate idea. Cylinder in the mouth, mounted at the back of the throat. I will draw up for you. The drawing will show the mouth on one side fully open and on the other side in a broken line drawing the mouth closed. You will need a cylinder with a fairly long throw. Probably 6 inches at least. I figure you want the mouth around 3 ft in diameter. Like an Audrey.

Would it be big enough to trap/scare a child?

Oiling alot?
I always imagined one of The Scariest sounds one could manufacture to be playing in a pitch black room would be..the obvious sound of a zipper being un-zipped!
You say, "Not Scary?"
How about if it continoiusly unzipped for a real long time, no pauses...and the imagination runs totally wild then!

Check out UNIT70, they built one a year ago. Could give you some insight.

Jim