PVC Scratch Stunt Trap Build

Equipment Ghost Traps
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I decided to build a stunt trap for Halloween this year. It will just be for looks and will hook to my belt. It will light up, but the doors will not open. Working on a way to make it smoke with Co2 and some old paintball gun hoses, dunno how that’s gonna work…I decided to omit the wheels too. I started it Friday night and should be able to finish it by next weekend. Here’s my progress so far.

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That’s cool man! Did you use a template?

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Thanks! I made my own template. I drew everything out in the computer to scale. My wife has a vinyl printer, so I had her print out all of the shapes that I needed. Then I just stick the shapes to the PVC and cut them out. I only did this for a few on the shapes since most of the trap is just rectangles.

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Are you gonna end up making a petal for it too?

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Prolly not before Halloween, just gonna have a short wire going to my belt somewhere.

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That’s fantastic looking. This will be a good one to keep an eye on.

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Very nice.

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Inspires me to do something similiar.

Does the cartridge detach?

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Thanks for the comments everyone :slight_smile:

No…the cartridge does not detach…will just be to complete by Halloween costume, then it’s going to sit on my desk at work :slight_smile:

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This is brilliant and is something I’d very much like to attempt. Can I ask what was the thickness of the PVC you used and was it easy to cut with a modelling knife?

Thanks

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Thank You!

I’m using 1/8 inch pvc board. A sharp hobby knife works well, better to make 3 or 4 cuts not pressing hard to cut through it rather than one hard pass. heating it up with a hair dryer helps too. I am using left overs from my proton pack build. Hope this helps!

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Hey everyone, I was able to make some good progress over the weekend. It’s nearly complete. Not 100% movie accurate by any means, but it will be great for Halloween. I am going to put a few LEDs in it and I’m gonna stick a fork in it.

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holy ■■■■, that is awesomesauce right there. nice job.

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Well done sir!

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Nice to see some scratch building going on, well done!

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Thanks for the comments guys :slight_smile: I got a few LEDs and wired them in tonight, again not screen accurate but still cool. Have a good night everyone!

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Fantastic!!

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Great job!

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Where does one find this PVC board?!!

I’ve been slowly amassing parts for a trap pedal, and eventually a trap as well.

But I was torn between what material to make the shape itself from, and this looks great!

Alex

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Hey there, this is where I found it locally http://www.breezeplastics.com, its 1/8 inch, and I bought it in a 4x8 foot sheet. There was enough for my proton pack, trap and I still have some left, might make another trap or a hover board, not sure yet.