Shenandoah Shows knex carnival rides ™: Weekly ride article

Shenandoah shows summary

This blog is a display for my projects. I make models of carnival rides out of knex and pipe cleaners and a few other items. They rack (tear down) like the real rides. If you are viewing this site for the first time let me give you a tour. Below are posts. If your new you might of missed some, so scroll threw and back to see other projects. To the right, is a tab that says pages. Click that and it will take you to a list of pages, including carnival terminology, and youtube, as well as a few others. Enjoy and comment. P.S. if you comment, don't ask me for, or leave any personal info. I ask that you address me as Shenandoah shows, or idog0698. Thank you.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Super shot drop tower article

This is the super shot drop tower. It stands approximately 4 1/2-5 feet tall. This will show how the ride is set up. This post will be laid out different. The steps will be placed above each photo.

The ride racked

The tower lights are on

The red cluster light is turned on

The ladder and brace feet are un racked.

The ground braces are unfolded, and the feet attached

The tower brace is unracked and setup

Now the first section of the tower is unfolded

Stage lights are on,(warm white)

Tower 50% unfolded

Now the second half is unfolded.

Sweep lock is racked on trailer

The cluster light is unfolded on 1 side

Now the cluster light is fully unfolded

Tower hinges are unconnected

and racked on the trailer.

The flag poll is un racked,

and put in place (optional)

The tower is completely unfolded

Lights

Now the tower disconnects from the brace

and raises into the air

The tower is raised.

The decking is unfolded

The decking

And the ladder is attached

The carriage/boom

The super shot plaques are raised/lowered

plaques in place

Now the seats are attached.

And the feather lights are attached.

The decking complete

The tower brace is re racked.

The tower is done. This shows how tall it is

The super shot drop tower, the tallest ride I have.

The real ride racked

The real ride up. Sorry its sideways.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Expo wheel article

This is the expo wheel. It has 16 seats, electric RGB(color changing) lights, and a lot of steps to put together.

Pic 1, the racked ride.

pics 2-4 the lights are unracked and connected to the plug, (the plug is the only part not racked on the trailer)

pic 5 the ride racked with lights on.(lights are set to white)

pics 6-7 the 2 panels are unracked and attached to the 2 towers.

pics 8-11 brace feet are unracked and attached to both side of the base.

pics 12-13, the towers are raised and secured.

pics 14-16 the rest of the braces are attached and the braces are unfolded and secured.

pics 17-18 the overhang and floor are lowered. There is an overhang on both sides, but not a floor.

pics 19-20, 4 seats are unracked.

pic 21, the winch hook is attached to the first sweep.

pics 22-24, 1 sweep is spread and separated by the outer ring, then the winch is let out, and repositioned to the next sweep.

Pics 25-32 all sweeps are spread.(pic29 a better example of the winch being let out, which lets the sweeps out)

Pics 33-35, silver inner ring rims are attached. 4 are attached to start then they are done 2 at a time (1 on each side)

Pics 36-38, the wheel is moved around and all the inner rims are added.

pics 39-40 a seat is attached.

Pics 41-42 the seats are attached in pairs of 2, then the wheel is moved and 2 more are attached.

pics 43-45 all the pink and purple seats are on, now to the yellow and blue.

pics 46-51, decorative tarps and flags are unracked and attached.

pic 52, the ride is complete

pic 53, the light remote, showing all the colors the lights can change.

pics 54-63 a demonstration of the lights.

pics 64-65 the real ride racked and up

pic 66 a video of the knex rides lights.