The Pendulum, swinging blade of death

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The blood pattern refelcts the blades path Black actor tortures victim The completed unit is painted assembled  One and five eights inch galvanized screws are used to assemble tower sections
Pendulum and table outdoors The blade swings across a victim with the rack in the background Note the support on the left is unpainted. This aides during assembly. The completed top support unit. Plywood plates are screwed together to form each end tower.
Note the pendulum towers above the outside wall
The table support has not been added 3/4 inch plywood is used for all structural plates The actual shape is not as important as the pieces ability to hold the unit together
A dummy hangs from one end of the pendulum tower. Note dummies guts, in red, hanging out A pendulum tower section is leaned against a haunt wall in preperation for complete unit assembly. Plywood traingular plate for tieing floor piece to center post Plywood triangle is cut to fit the angle.
The braces are at a 45 degree angle Assorted objects hang from the pendulums braces Plywood plates support and attach table support unit to tower The curved shape beneath is decoration
The cross piece that supports the blade is a hollow box beam. The angular supports go up into the beam. A view of the Pendulum from above. The table unit is sturdy to support the six 2x8x8's. Silver cape worn by torturer and brown shirt with cut.

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