GhostBuster Trap (FINISHED 8/10/11) (PIC HEAVY!)
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SupermanCantFly
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It was about $350. The is spent about $120 on select red oak wood, I could have made it out of MDF but I wanted something that could take a beating. The light kit was $37 from Jupiter Electronics, Servos were $60, and the servo controller board was $55 from Hyperdyne Labs.
Dark asylum
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Nice, very impressive work
The video was GREAT. You really captured the holy grail here with an accurate trap that is fully functional. My one bit of advice would have been to use some putty to hide the woodgrain a bit, but I don't think it takes too much from how fantastic this is.
SupermanCantFly
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I used a mixture of the plans over on GBfans.com, Sean's, Stefan's and SG1 Star's plans.
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SupermanCantFly
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Ya I get that critique a lot. I figure one of these days Ill fix it.
SupermanCantFly
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For those you wanting to know more about how the doors open and close here's a diagram of how I did it.
1. HyperdyneLabs Ghost Trap Door Controller Board
2. (Red & Tan Wire) Door Control Switch Wires. This is wired to my D-Sub Connector, then ran through the black tubing to the hidden switch under the pedal, which opens and closes the doors.
3. (Black & White Wire) Main Power Switch Wires. This is wired to my D-Sub Connector, then ran through the black tubing to my "ACTIVATION" switch, which turns the power for the servos on and off.
4. (Red & Black Wire) Hook up for 9 Volt Battery.
5. Black switch. This controls how fast the doors open and close, two settings are programmed fast and slow. I used the fast setting in my demo video.
6. (Yellow, Red, & Black wires) This is the servo Y-Cable connector that is plugged into the main 3-Pin connector on the Controller Board.
7. (Yellow, Red, & Black wires) These two sets of wires are the servo wires they plug into the Y-Cable. Be sure to plug them in so that all the colors connect to the corresponding wire on the Y-Cable (Yellow with Yellow, Red with Red, Black with Black) doing this incorrectly can damage the servos.
8. The Servos
9. (Red & Tan Wire) Optional wiring to hook up the HyperdyneLabs Light kit, which I did not do.
To open the doors I used paper clips attached to some hex nuts I epoxied to the underside of the doors.
1. HyperdyneLabs Ghost Trap Door Controller Board
2. (Red & Tan Wire) Door Control Switch Wires. This is wired to my D-Sub Connector, then ran through the black tubing to the hidden switch under the pedal, which opens and closes the doors.
3. (Black & White Wire) Main Power Switch Wires. This is wired to my D-Sub Connector, then ran through the black tubing to my "ACTIVATION" switch, which turns the power for the servos on and off.
4. (Red & Black Wire) Hook up for 9 Volt Battery.
5. Black switch. This controls how fast the doors open and close, two settings are programmed fast and slow. I used the fast setting in my demo video.
6. (Yellow, Red, & Black wires) This is the servo Y-Cable connector that is plugged into the main 3-Pin connector on the Controller Board.
7. (Yellow, Red, & Black wires) These two sets of wires are the servo wires they plug into the Y-Cable. Be sure to plug them in so that all the colors connect to the corresponding wire on the Y-Cable (Yellow with Yellow, Red with Red, Black with Black) doing this incorrectly can damage the servos.
8. The Servos
9. (Red & Tan Wire) Optional wiring to hook up the HyperdyneLabs Light kit, which I did not do.
To open the doors I used paper clips attached to some hex nuts I epoxied to the underside of the doors.
