Thread: First new prop for this year - Haunted Rocking Chair

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Still needs a little more work, but I just got my first new prop this year working. Haunted rocking chair. I have an old ghostly grandma that will be sitting in the chair.

Haunted Granny

I did a FCG last year. I'm adding the rocking chair, and a haunted coffin this year.

This is only my second year doing anything major for Halloween, and I am definitely getting the itch!

_mike

TOTALLY COOL!!! This is one of the best uses for a pallet base that I have seen! Great treatment and the rocking chair is perfectly "aged!" Any tutorial on the mechanism that keeps it rocking? I am thinking this would make a great invisible man seat prop too! Stay on this forum and you'll be able to scratch all your itches!! BOO!

Great prop! Super job on aging the chair, too!
It's eally creepy the way it moves.

Very nicely done! Cant wait to see the rest you are working on

MsM

That is very cool.

Wow! Great job! I can't wait to see this with the pld lady prop!

Looks great! Did you use a wiper motor?

Great job! Love the idea... I might just go ahead and "steal" it!

Thanks for all the comments. It has been a blast so far. The mechanism is a simple wiper motor with a custom "armature".

I lucked into the rocking chair and found it at an antiques store. It was actually being used out front for decoration. I asked if I could buy for $5 and they said sure! Awesome find.

Here's video of rocking mechanism:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CHEw1UmM8"]Rocking Mechanism[/ame]

Enjoy!

_mike

HI there...Fabulous idea! I have been wanting to do this for a while, but I would be pulling an older wiper motor directly out of a car. Any idea how I can hook this up so that I'd be able to just plug it into a regular outlet??

Any help is greatly appreciated!