Here’s the Halloween 2009 costume. It’s the original H.R. Giger Alien from Alien. Working jaw & motorized tongue!  Build instructions here.

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I love Halloween, but don’t like the clutter it creates afterwards.  Make some grid beam, and you’ve given yourself an erector set for Halloween.

covered kicking legs prop using grid beam, pvc, and a wiper motor

covered kicking legs prop using grid beam, pvc, and a wiper motor

Stuck with a bunch of books that aren’t worth selling or even donating? Here’s a variety of ways to transform them into something else.

While nothing can beat boxing up your books and donating them to clear out the shelves, there’s a lot of cases where you want to put a little more thought into it. Here’s my strategy for keeping the book collecting from getting out of hand. Declutter your book collection in a few easy steps.

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