Supplies:
2 x 4 lumber
2- 6 feet long
5- 4 feet long
2 - 6 foot 1" x 1/8" thick Aluminum stock
2 - 36" lengths
2 - 6-8" lengths depending on size
12" wide Concrete footing form 4 feet long
6" stroke single action pneumatic air cylinder (McMaster Carr)
footing and attachments are your preference and depend on the cylinder
1 - Diaphragm air control valve (Harbor Freight)
1 - Inline Air dryer (harbor Freight)
1 - "T" hose barb connector
3 ' plastic hose that fits barb connector
6 - hose clamps to fit hose
1 - Solenoid control valve 110v or washing machine control valve
Wireless switch or X-10 device
Talking Boris
Small portable CD player
RCA patch cord
Air compressor and electrical power
12 nylon washers
1 - 4 " metal spring
Pulley
Plumbers tape or hose fasteners
6 ' heavy picture frame wire or cable
2 - wire cable fasteners
Wood screws
2 " long for frame
Assorted lengths for attachments
2 - Machine screws with locking nuts and nylon washers
Drill
6 ' of Chicken Wire
3 - 6' lengths of 1 1/2" foam pipe insulation
Paper for Paper Mache
White glue
Paint & varnish
Burlap
Black cloth
Spanish Moss or silk leaves
Background
I have one of those 5 foot singing/dancing pirate skeletons that can be patched into a CD player and can "speak" whatever has been recorded on the disk. I use it out in the graveyard telling the story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (since that is where I live). I had an idea that having the head stuck in a hole in a tree would be cool and even better if I could get the tree limbs to move while a ToTer is standing in front of it.
All that I needed for the story to play in this guy was the patch cord that came with the pirate and a spare cd player.
