chainsaw

[Whitey Rachuy]

Howdy all!

I'm looking to use a chainsaw at our haunt. however, a saw with the chain removed is not an option my employers want to pursue do to safety issues that surround the use (heat, fumes, possibility of hair getting caught should a actor get too close, etc.). That being the case, I'm looking to build a chainsaw using an real chainsaw body, but remove the motor and replace with speakers and the proper electronics to create one that nearly as loud as the original. I don't wish to buy the garbage toys that are sold and try to pass it off as a real saw. Anyone have some ideas on how to create this unit where it's self contained and bloody loud?

-Whitey

[Allen H]

I would start with a gore galore scream cube, it is plenty loud and with 8 different tracks the chainsaw could go through several tracks. The tech is done and that is the hard part, you just need to change the look.

[BrotherMysterio]

I would start with a gore galore scream cube, it is plenty loud and with 8 different tracks the chainsaw could go through several tracks. The tech is done and that is the hard part, you just need to change the look.

I love the idea, and was wondering the same thing, but at $549 for the cube, is there a bit more of an economical way to go? And how would you recreate the smell, without actually having burning gasoline? Sinister Scents, perhaps?

C.

[Dreamreaper]

I done one in my kitchen this year with a real saw. And I used the wireless a/b remote switch from frightprops . The remote is attached to the saw and I have a mp3player with a chain saw sound looping through amped speakers in the room and when I push the a button it gives me the sound of the chainsaw and the b button runs another prop in the room. Seems to be working great so far.

[Whitey Rachuy]

all great ideas. The one I'm strongly pursuing is the scream cube. I've been in contact with gore galore and we are looking at a solution together. I'll keep everyone posted.

[Whitey Rachuy]

does anyone have a video of one of the scream boxes at maximum volume running a chainsaw sound??

[BrotherMysterio]

I done one in my kitchen this year with a real saw. And I used the wireless a/b remote switch from frightprops . The remote is attached to the saw and I have a mp3player with a chain saw sound looping through amped speakers in the room and when I push the a button it gives me the sound of the chainsaw and the b button runs another prop in the room. Seems to be working great so far.

Numbers? Prices?

C.

[Corey Burton]

And how would you recreate the smell, without actually having burning gasoline? Sinister Scents, perhaps?C.I know that Froggy's makes a chainsaw scent cup, the only bad thing is that the scent cup is around $25 and then the scent distributor box is another $30.

[Dreamreaper]

Numbers? Prices?

C.

The A/B switch is in the new frightprops catalog around $30.00/ the mp3 player $20.00/the amp was from amazon 12v for $10.00 at the time and the speakers I picked up at yard sale for $8.00 so I done the whole scare around $70-80.00.