Chuckie Fries

[JonnyMac]

John B had this idea to do a mini electric chair that "fries" a Chuckie doll... so we did.  We've been asked to provide a short "how-to" article for Make magazine (www.makezine.com) -- if things go well you'll be able to read about it in their Halloween issue.  In the meantime, here's Chuckie and his new hottie, Karmyn (www.karmyntyler.com), having a laugh before the switch is thrown:



And here's yours truly (www.jonmcphalen.com) recording the vocal elements that will go into the AP-8.



We had a huge amount of help with this project and want to extend our tremendous gratitude to these friends:

-- Jeremy Black ::
      Master woodworker who created the scale electric chair

-- "Scary" Terry Simmons (www.scary-terry.com), his wife, Marie, and son Kyle ::
      Prop creator extraordaire and all-around great guy (with a wonderful family); overall assembly, pneumatics, Chuckie mods for chair

-- Karmyn Tyler ::
      The best friend and neighbor a guy could have, shot all the photos for the article (except the one of her above) and helped me with audio recording

Note: Once we know the fate -- one way or another -- of the article we will post code, audio files, and demo video.  You can see Chuckie at HauntCon as we will have him in our booth.

[JonnyMac]

For those that want to get a preview of Chuckie you can see a short clip that Karmyn shot the other day when I was demoing it for the neighbors -- you'll find it on her podcast (along with some really great music):

http://karmynkast.podshow.com/

Chuckie opens Show #12.5; check it out.

[JonnyMac]

Don't forget, gang, Chucky Fries is featured in the Halloween edition of Make Magazine!