[Ecto-Wes]

I decided to build a stunt trap for Halloween this year. It will just be for looks and will hook to my belt. It will light up, but the doors will not open. Working on a way to make it smoke with Co2 and some old paintball gun hoses, dunno how that's gonna work...I decided to omit the wheels too. I started it Friday night and should be able to finish it by next weekend. Here's my progress so far.

[wegotthetools]

That's cool man! Did you use a template?

[Ecto-Wes]

Thanks! I made my own template. I drew everything out in the computer to scale. My wife has a vinyl printer, so I had her print out all of the shapes that I needed. Then I just stick the shapes to the PVC and cut them out. I only did this for a few on the shapes since most of the trap is just rectangles.

[wegotthetools]

Are you gonna end up making a petal for it too?

[Ecto-Wes]

Prolly not before Halloween, just gonna have a short wire going to my belt somewhere.

[Lundo12]

That's fantastic looking. This will be a good one to keep an eye on.

[redfive1973]

Very nice.

[SPJ]

Inspires me to do something similiar.

Does the cartridge detach?

[Ecto-Wes]

Thanks for the comments everyone

No...the cartridge does not detach....will just be to complete by Halloween costume, then it's going to sit on my desk at work

[Clark HD]

This is brilliant and is something I'd very much like to attempt. Can I ask what was the thickness of the PVC you used and was it easy to cut with a modelling knife?

Thanks

[Ecto-Wes]

This is brilliant and is something I'd very much like to attempt. Can I ask what was the thickness of the PVC you used and was it easy to cut with a modelling knife?

Thanks

Thank You!

I'm using 1/8 inch pvc board. A sharp hobby knife works well, better to make 3 or 4 cuts not pressing hard to cut through it rather than one hard pass. heating it up with a hair dryer helps too. I am using left overs from my proton pack build. Hope this helps!

[Ecto-Wes]

Hey everyone, I was able to make some good progress over the weekend. It's nearly complete. Not 100% movie accurate by any means, but it will be great for Halloween. I am going to put a few LEDs in it and I'm gonna stick a fork in it.

[Donnie 'thelouie' Dorko]

holy crap, that is awesomesauce right there. nice job.

[Hoot]

Well done sir!

[irricanian]

Nice to see some scratch building going on, well done!

[Ecto-Wes]

Thanks for the comments guys I got a few LEDs and wired them in tonight, again not screen accurate but still cool. Have a good night everyone!

[Silverstreak]

Fantastic!!

[Krenzy]

Great job!

[Alex Newborn]

Where does one find this PVC board?!!

I've been slowly amassing parts for a trap pedal, and eventually a trap as well.

But I was torn between what material to make the shape itself from, and this looks great!

Alex

[Ecto-Wes]

Where does one find this PVC board?!!

I've been slowly amassing parts for a trap pedal, and eventually a trap as well.

But I was torn between what material to make the shape itself from, and this looks great!

Alex

Hey there, this is where I found it locally http://www.breezeplastics.com, its 1/8 inch, and I bought it in a 4x8 foot sheet. There was enough for my proton pack, trap and I still have some left, might make another trap or a hover board, not sure yet.

[Ecto-1 fan]

I believe this PVC is similar to plexiglass/acrylic, but a bit "softer."
If you have a TAP Plastics store close, they should have something. TAP has an online store, too, but I prefer to handle that type of material in person. The prices can vary bit from what is online.

I've seen a similar build in hobby store plywood (which is how I'm building my trap), but the PVC adds some neat characteristics.
Regardless. I LOVE this build!

[Ecto-Wes]

Thanks guys! Yea I kinda stumbled across this stuff looking for styrene. It has the same properties as PVC pipe but flattened. It does not splinter like plexi or acrylic, it's a little softer. It can also be heated to cut easier or to shape.

[Mike_D]

[lunchbox739]

Its sign plastic...check your local sign shops or just search PVC sheet on Google. There are several brand names but its all just PVC as a sheet. Its a really versatile material....I could have sworn I saw a trap build out of PVC sheet by jack doud here not long ago. Good work on your trap pal....

[Ecto-Wes]

Thanks everyone! Love the Men At Work image...LOL

[PssdffJay]

How strong is it once it's glued? I thinking of building something proton pack related, don't want to say yet and ruin the surprise, and was wondering how well it holds up.

Are you just using contact cement?

[Ecto-Wes]

How strong is it once it's glued? I thinking of building something proton pack related, don't want to say yet and ruin the surprise, and was wondering how well it holds up.

Are you just using contact cement?

Once it's glued and dried, it is very strong, I used purple pvc primer and pvc cement, works great. I built my proton pack the same way, it's a great material to work with! See my signature for my proton back build.

[Clark HD]

Can I ask what if anything you used to fill the slight joins on the trap, for example where the edges meet on the box that has the light and switch on.

Cheers Clark

[Ecto-Wes]

Can I ask what if anything you used to fill the slight joins on the trap, for example where the edges meet on the box that has the light and switch on.

Cheers Clark

Hello there, I used Apoxie Sculpt, stuff works great, tons of tutorials on Youtube. Hope this helps!