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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Showing posts with label ride article. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ride article. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Khaotic freak out on the mulligan wheel.

 So if you remember, I mentioned I was building the Khaos. Well I did, and I didnt like it. So I re theamed it to be the freak out. Its kinda the same thing. Well I am here to show you it and an article on that very ride. Captions are under each picture.
Tada. that's the new freak out.
 A close up of the sign.
 And color changing lights.
 Oh I also re built and painted the ,mulligan wheel. It still has some issues that need fixing and some lights, and then I will post an article about it. Now the freak out article begins.




 The freak out up.
 Here are the seats. They are removed,
 and racked on the platform.
 All for seats removed and racked.
 Now the spacers are disconnected,
 removed,
 and racked on either side of the trailer. 2 on the right 2 on the left.
 Theres the carriage without seats or spacers.
 Thats a silver platform. More for decoration than anything.
 Those are folded down.
 Now the plug on the right is disconnected,
 turning off the right tower.
 Now see the sign?
 well those are moved straight out.
 Now thw winch is attached to the main carriage,
 and the cable is tightened.
 Now the right tower is disconnected,
 And is raised straight up.
 Now the carriage is winched in towards the tower. Sorry the pics sideways.
 Now the sweeps are disconnected,
 and folded down.
 Its current state.
 Now the left tower is lowered and secured,
 and then the right. The braces rack on the trailer.
 Now you see the platform?
 Well those raise up, one on the front and one on the back.
 They are secured with a rod.
 Now the brace feet.
 They are removed and racked on the trailer.
 The side braces are removed,
 And racked on the trailer.
 Now the wind braces are disconnected,
 and fold in.
 The ride is now racked.
Without lights.
The real ride.
Racked.
I have recently lit my fire ball and as I said re built my mulligan wheel so stay tuned for pics.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

The spider

The spider is a rather old ride. It is basically the octopus, but is a bit different. The sweeps are curved, and has more seats. Ironically, the real ride only has 6 sweeps instead of 8. Explain that logic.
As usual the step shall be written under each photo.
                                                            The ride is racked
                                                      The main base/wheel are attached to the crane,
                                                             and lowered down to the ground.
                                              Then the ground braces are un racked,
                                                                  and attached
                                                             All sweeps attached.
                                                 The sweep rack is re racked.
                                                     Then the control panel is un racked,
                                                              And attached.
                                                   Then the first sweep is un racked
                                                                      And attached
                                                   Then the brace is attached, securing the sweep,
                                                         And the light is turned on.
                                          The wheel is moved a little, then another sweep is attached.
                                                   Then the wheel is moved around,
                                                      and another sweep is attached.
                                                              4 sweeps
                                                                   moved around
                                                         5 sweeps
                                                             6 sweeps
                                                            moved around
                                                                 7 sweeps
                                                         8 and all sweeps attached.
                                                    The lights on the spider.
                                        Now the second half of the sweeps are unracked
                                                 And attached.
                                       Then the wheel is moved, and another sweep end is attached.
                                                   The sweeps are finished.
                                                Now the sweep racks are pulled out,
                                                         a seat is attached to the crane,
                                                       and attached to the sweep.
                                                Once all the seats are off, each rack is folded in
                                                                  Seats on. The ride is up.
                                                     The trailer is moved aways.
                                                            Lights.
                                                                    The ride is moved around.
                                                                Light are off.
                                                            The real spider racked
                                                            The real spider
                                                  A demo of the lights as they look white when racked.
I hope to put more lights on it later so stay tuned.