by Brian Warner | Jun 20, 2020 | Haunted House Props, Haunted Houses, Pneumatics
Do not use PVC for compressed air purposes. Several good links that show why you should NOT use PVC pipe to distribute your compressed air system, or to make any sort of pressurized device, such as a home made pneumatic cylinder, air cannon, spud gun, etc. Although...
by Brian Warner | Jun 20, 2020 | Metal Working
I love my little harbor freight bar bender. I use it for a lot of parts. We even use a few of them at my day job for bending lots of parts we shouldn’t be able to in quantities that exceed expectation. We have actually worn a few of them out bending...
by Brian Warner | Jun 20, 2020 | Metal Working
In the previous post about setting up the Harbor Freight Bar Bender, we bent some 5051 aluminum using the right angle attachment. Here, we will be bending 1/8″ x 1″ cold rolled 1018 steel. With this material, you can not use the right angle...
by Brian Warner | Jun 20, 2020 | Art, Haunted House Props, Molding and Casting
Originally posted August 5, 2014 on http://gadgetsblogofdoom.blogspot.com/ Chris and I have only done a few molds in fiberglass. This is the first proper one, done on a WED clay sculpture. After sculpting, Chris added a mold wall using .02″ x 4″...
by Brian Warner | Apr 22, 2020 | Escape Rooms, Haunted Houses
I get asked alot about what codes have to be followed to be able to open a Haunted Attraction or Escape Room. This artcle talks about Haunted Attractions specifically, but most of the information applies to Escape Rooms also. Links:...
by Brian Warner | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Back in 2010, when we were planning a haunted attraction that never came to be, The Nightmare Express, I did some costing on various options of fire retardants and treatments. Below is my data and my conclusion on what ended up being the most cost effective options....
by Brian Warner | Apr 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
For some reason, I tend to weld a lot of rectangles, and cubes, out of steel tubing. 99% of the time, it’s 1″ x 1″ x 1/8″ wall. For along time, I have been using these Wilton 90 degree corner clamps that I bought at Lowe’s, for something...
by James Blask | Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the article “Room Escape Artist: What are the definitions of each of the four generations of escape rooms?” which can be found here Shawn Fischtein of Escape Games Canada was quoted on what the 4 basic “generations” of escape games in the...
