# Ramcuda's KUD build **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Props\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984 "2013-04-20T05:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/1 "2013-04-20T05:31:47Z")
ok i know I just had to do a more main stream prop.. so i picked a hard one …lol My build is planed to be the standard fair … unless i figure a fun way to animate it a bit more than a flashing light … So you first need to get on of these bad boys [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-19\_145746\_zps1a2f8f0e.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-19_145746_zps1a2f8f0e.jpg.html) Then you need to get a butter knife and spend 45minets to unwrap it… [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-19\_214648\_zps3f64561b.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-19_214648_zps3f64561b.jpg.html). here comes the fun part …Channel you inner Chuck Norris and grab the big round end and snap it off … [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-19\_214733\_zps7aa46cf2.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-19_214733_zps7aa46cf2.jpg.html) now grab a cold drink and wait for the mail man to bring the other parts… ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/2 "2013-04-21T05:30:14Z")
ok more KUD goodness arrived today So here is the next steps… get the skimmer and masher … and you favorite tools of destruction out and get to it.. First the skimmer’s shank is pressed into the handle part. Pop it out of the handle… [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-20\_214430\_zps3f0a458a.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-20_214430_zps3f0a458a.jpg.html) Next grab the masher and mash the handle with a hammer an you can pop that apart to… [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-20\_213827\_zps74d715c2.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-20_213827_zps74d715c2.jpg.html) Now you got the best parts free on the junk… More to come … ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/3 "2013-04-21T06:43:22Z")
ok Svengoolie not so good tonight … So back to it … these two mods are just my idea to make things a bit ezer to work with .. I dremeled a cut down the center of the masher to make the arch lay flat when I put it in the vice to flatten and bend. as well I cut it down to make it closer to the correct visible length [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-20\_231508\_zpsa9a9f088.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-20_231508_zpsa9a9f088.jpg.html) the skimmer I just dremeled the plastic end down to fit into the tube on the detector. this will make things faster and ez when it comes time to epoxy it in .. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-20\_231641\_zpse6eb4c27.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-20_231641_zpse6eb4c27.jpg.html) ok I’m done for tonight .. I swear ---
**Author:** ![onlyalad19](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/onlyalad19/32/6331_2.png) [@onlyalad19](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/onlyalad19)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/4 "2013-04-21T08:40:23Z")
That packaging job in the first post is hilarious. Keep the updates coming, because I always enjoy a good build thread. ---
**Author:** ![alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alex-newborn/32/4017_2.png) [@alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alex-newborn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/5 "2013-04-21T11:36:07Z")
“Done for tonight?” You’re almost done completely! Hurry up and assemble those three parts! Alex ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/6 "2013-04-23T05:07:48Z")
Ok well I’m under such presser from Mr Newborn to finish the KUD .LOL… I’m done as faw as the cosmetics of it Here is the ugly underside of the masher/ I used a screw and nut to attach it and drilled the hole for the LED and its wires. I’m very unhappy about the way this whole part looks .. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-22\_190454\_zpsbb5f9307.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-22_190454_zpsbb5f9307.jpg.html) next up is the skimmer … I used Quick Steel epoxy for this step. Quick Steel is a 2part putty mash it up and it and it starts to heat and cure..once set up it can be drilled and even tapped [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-22\_190557\_zpsf259713b.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-22_190557_zpsf259713b.jpg.html) you can install a switch with out cutting the IC board in the detector [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-22\_192242\_zps0637621b.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-22_192242_zps0637621b.jpg.html) The Obligatory finished prop pic Ok now your done your sure to be the envy of all the fan boys and girls.. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_2013-04-22\_192903\_zps0a281b66.jpg)](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/media/GB%20props/2013-04-22_192903_zps0a281b66.jpg.html) Parts list Radio Shack 3001 Metal Detector-------------- E-bay Good Cook Chrome Skimmer 4.25" diameter-------------- E-bay Kitchen Ware Potato Masher--------------E Bay Bright-Red Blinking LED Module Catalog #: 276-299---------- Radio Shack Micromini Toggle Switch Catalog #: 275-624--------Radio Shack Quick Steel-----------Auto Parts Store If I have forgotten anything let me know as always if you like to see all the build pic of any of the GB props you can see them here [http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/library/GB%20props?sort=3&page=1](http://s169.photobucket.com/user/ramcuda/library/GB%20props?sort=3&page=1) ---
**Author:** ![alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alex-newborn/32/4017_2.png) [@alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alex-newborn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/7 "2013-04-23T11:14:48Z")
> [@ramcuda](#): > > you can install a switch with out cutting the IC board in the detector How’d you do that? Although, I used a different toggle on mine, so maybe that’s why I needed so much extra room. Alex ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/8 "2013-04-23T19:52:12Z")
well not really … i was going to use the same switch as you … but i wanted a switch that is used on the packs to keep the look.. the one i used just has a much smaller body … and it does hit the board a bit. but not enough to have to cut the board or effect the way the board works …on top of that my switch is just a dummy as im using the off on knob for all the animation ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/9 "2013-05-09T05:25:56Z")
ok here it is after some retweeking … i was not happy with just a flashing light … but now i have something even more ANNOYING !!! Click pic to see vid !!! [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/ramcuda/GB props\_th\_video-2013-05-08-21-45-36\_zpsf501f26b.jpg)](http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/ramcuda/GB%20props/video-2013-05-08-21-45-36_zpsf501f26b.mp4) Funny it works backward … ---
**Author:** ![alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alex-newborn/32/4017_2.png) [@alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alex-newborn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/10 "2013-05-09T12:53:43Z")
Neat! I wish my Micronta had been functional when I bought it, so my needle would move. Why does it work backwards like that? And how high was the volume there? Can it be muted? Alex ---
**Author:** ![MRblahface](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MRblahface](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/MRblahface)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/11 "2013-05-09T23:40:57Z")
Did you stap of the dector part? or cut it off? ---
**Author:** ![ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ramcuda/32/6491_2.png) [@ramcuda](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ramcuda)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ramcudas-kud-build/4984/12 "2013-05-10T07:12:33Z")
Mr Newborn… it gets way louder ..and the gauge sweeps backwards because i have the battery’s in backwards … lol… Im joking… i reversed the field going threw the gauge…and so other stuff … like now when you set it on metal it does not beep and when not near metal it beeps … so it works backwards of how it should.. that way its doing some thing when you wave it around as you walk … Mr Blahface… I cut it off..Hacksaw so its not the cleanest cut ..