My Hangman's Gallows.....

**One eyed Mick** · 09-22-2010,06:45 PM

I do a Haunted Pirate Ship theme at my house and this year I am adding a few yard props. One of the props I am working on is a Hangman's Gallows. I took a pallet, added some filler boards to make it solid and added some 4x4 legs to raise it up a bit. I then added a main upright beam with a top crossbeam and an angle beam, all tied together with wooden brackets that I painted black to look like metal.

Finally, I added a hay hook that I will hang a pirate skeleton from. I am going to do a little "Flame aging" with a propane torch, throw some loose bones, spider webbing and netting on the deck area to finish it off....

Here is what it looks like so far:

**indeva** · 09-22-2010,09:21 PM

Looks awesome!!! Nice work

**cerinad** · 09-22-2010,11:44 PM

Nice! Me likey!

**beavervw** · 09-22-2010,11:46 PM

Your gallows look awesome! Great job!

Guest · 09-23-2010,04:26 AM

love it! looks nice & sturdy!! GREAT job!!
and I really like that hook on it!! nice detail!

**Bryan316** · 09-23-2010,04:34 AM

Using a pallet.

That looks too good to have started out as a pallet!

**One eyed Mick** · 09-23-2010,07:53 PM

Thanks all for the kind words....it actually turned out a little larger than I had originally planned...as it stands now it is almost 10 feet tall, but I think it will work fine once I get it into place.

I do like the idea of the hay hook as I think it really looks neat and it also allows me to easily remove the skeleton at night when my haunt is shut down....

I will post some more pics as I finish it off.....

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