Thread: Finished my tombstone peeper tonight

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Here is a video of my tombstone peeper I finished tonight (thanks to DaveintheGrave's tutorial).

I have one more motor, so I'm hoping to build another one of these, either with its head turning back and forth, or moving straight up and down, or some variation.

YouTube - Tombstone Peeper

looks like its working fantastic, good job!

Wow! Great job! I love the simplicity of this prop.
Yours turned out terrific!

Great job.He peeps real nice.

I like these props very simple to make. Wish I got around to making one this year. To busy with crazy air props this year. I do have 4 wiper motors laying around and I am on vaction this week...hmmm.

Ah, the movement is very smooth and fluid... no jerkiness too it.... Great job!!!

great job!

i have a motor i need to build one of these

Amazing, great job! What type of a motor did you use?

Thanks for the comments. This is the motor I used...
https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.a...01&item=5-1587

The motion was actually kind of jerky as it flopped from one side to the other. It seems the eye bolt was a little big. So I added a hook with a rubber band attached that pulls slightly down on one side of the eye bolt and pulls it just enough to smooth out the motion. Adding some floor wax to the dowel rod helped too.

His hands are a bit too big, but I'll work on him more for next year.