I've begun my Nutcracker build for Christmas and figured I'd update you on its progress. The reader's digest version says I've cut my Sonotube in half, cut out two wooden discs and screwed them in place in the bottom of each half of the tube, attached the toilet flanges, cut and stuck the PVC legs on, and cut and hot glued the corrugated plastic fins on the bottom of the tube to give the appearance the belt has cinched the coat.Sounds like it should have taken me 10 minutes, but as any haunter (or hobbyist even) knows, nothing goes as quickly as we plan or like. Those few steps above took me two days. Admittedly I'm not moving at a blistering pace (and I'm battling a cold -- and losing!) but it is progressing and thus far looks as I pictured it. But there's plenty of time to screw that up. But below are some progress pictures.
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| Sonotube cut in half for torso |
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| PVC pipe, to be cut into legs |
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| Toilet flanges, to attach legs to torso |
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| Cutting out the MDF discs to fit in tubes |
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| Two discs cut |
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| Drilling the tube to secure disc with screws |
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| Hole and tube drilled |
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| Disc attach, now placing flanges |
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| Flanges attached |
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| Nutcrackers doing a handstand |
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| Shark fins |
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| One fin attached |
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| 22 fins attached...ready for liftoff! |
It's coming right along.
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks, though I'm sure my wife would like it to come along a little bit faster. I thought after redoing the laundry room for her I'd get a chance to do some Halloween stuff. I guess "giving" her a laundry room is akin to buying her a set of cooking pans for her birthday.
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