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The Paint Job - Outside - Magic Bus
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Created by Randi Rain. The Paint Job – Outside. Well, it’s been awhile since I updated this blog. I haven’t given up on the Magic Bus. Nope, not yet. The reasons are several fold. For one, life has not been helpful at all. It has tried everything it could to make it hard on me. Money, health, family, it never ends around me. As for this post, it’s about painting a van… So how did I do it? Comments Off on The Paint Job – Outside. The Magic Bus Tour. Van Dwelling Swamp Cooler, a bust! Last 24 hours: 35.
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Van Dwelling Swamp Cooler, a bust! - Magic Bus
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Created by Randi Rain. Van Dwelling Swamp Cooler, a bust! To be a creek that they swam in. Any way… Here is how I built mine. The fan I used is the Attwood four inch blower. This bad boy right here. Next, I added some ice to the unit. That dropped the air coming out of it down into the fifties, which dropped the temperature in the van down to eighty one degrees. Better, but still humid, not comfortable, and my battery was still never able to reach a peak charge. The Magic Bus Tour. Last 24 hours: 35.
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Battery Charger Controller - Magic Bus
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Created by Randi Rain. The next step in the construction of the Magic Bus, is getting some electricity going. Too many things are dictated by the need of electron flow. So it’s time to start. I figure the best thing to do, is to break up the blogs. This will be a little more technical than the other construction. Don’t click on this link yet, but I first found this webpage. Here is a list of the items you will need, and a link to what I used from Radio Shack…. 5 Volt Voltage Regulator. A green and a yell...
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December 2014 - Magic Bus
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Created by Randi Rain. Monthly Archives: December 2014. I really like the little solar charging circuit I built. You can see that blog here. It’s a simple little circuit, by Mike Davis, that turns on a relay switch that kills the solar output to the battery. It works just great, but it needs a little something. I figured how hard could that be to add? So any way, here is what I did to upgrade my solar charger…. I used a Picaxe 08m2. Microprocessor to monitor everything and to turn the charge on. This...
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Moving In Stereo - Magic Bus
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Created by Randi Rain. The very first person who bought this van, back in 1977, didn’t splurge for the radio package. There was never an eight track tape player installed. The spot that would have a radio was the original blank panel. I am the first person to install a stereo in this van. Pretty crazy to think about it. A stereo finally gets installed in this thing only after thirty eight years. Comments Off on Moving In Stereo. The Magic Bus Tour. Van Dwelling Swamp Cooler, a bust! Last 24 hours: 35.
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Animatronic Love - Projects of Randi Rain
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Projects of Randi Rain. January 12, 2015. My next adventure in animatronics was in my twenties when I lived in Hollywood. I had my little shop set up in the garage and I was learning how to braze steel. What should I make? The next time I decided to build an animatronic creature, I wanted to do it right. I wanted to do it the way Disney pioneered. Not the fancy stuff they have today, but their original technology. It uses DTMF tones. What are those? Teleportation – or – Pop Haydn is cool. Last 7 days: 114.
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Teleportation - or - Pop Haydn is cool. - Projects of Randi Rain
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Projects of Randi Rain. Teleportation – or – Pop Haydn is cool. January 21, 2015. I thought I would go old school with the title of this blog, like old movies that used to have two different titles. The perfect way to show the content, and it helps in all this SEO stuff that I don’t understand. Well at least I hope it does. Like I said, I don’t really get it… but I can build a teleportation device. A nice one. And that was wrong of me, do as I say, not as I do… But! Model Gondola by Randi Rain.
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Animatronic Dummy - Raincloud Arts - Randi Rain
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Date: September 27, 2012. Larr; Animatronic Audrey 2. Marionette Dog →. All of the movement was programmed using the Basic Stamp microprocessor and a servo motor. Randi Rain's Project Blog.
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Tip Over Chest Illusion - Raincloud Arts - Randi Rain
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Tip Over Chest Illusion. Date: July 30, 2012. Larr; Black Art Crate. Trap Door Mouse Box →. This crate is faux finished to look like it was made from old wooden planks. It is actually made of strong plywood and painted to look old. This is a classic magicians prop updated to modern prop, that is made to look old. Called a Tip Over Chest, the chests insides appear to be empty when tipped over, but produces miracles when upright. Randi Rain's Project Blog.
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Marionette Dog - Raincloud Arts - Randi Rain
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Date: September 30, 2012. Larr; Animatronic Dummy. Marionette Sheepdog →. The ears are weighted down and controllable with strings. The legs are controllable, with the back legs cross-strung so that they work in opposite of the front. The mouth will open and close, and you can even have him pick up a ball with it. There is also a magnet embedded within it’s mouth, so that you can put another magnet in a rag so that you can play tug-o-war. Created by Randi Rain. Randi Rain's Project Blog.