Day 15

Late start today- the going to bed at 2 a.m. and waking up at 8 a.m. thing was starting to catch up to me. Got the ceiling done in the mantle room and started working on the pneumatic mantle jumper. Got the prop controller wired to the motion sensor, but realized I am missing a diode for the selenoid valve, so a trip to Radio Shack is in the cards for tomorrow. Will also pick up some 12v power supplies and probably pay 3x what they are worth since it IS Radio Shack and they are the only game in town. The ceiling in the mantle room turned out to be significantly more difficult than I had anticipated. The grandfather clock in the room is about 6 inches too tall for the cealing height, so it required a special mod that took several hours to work out and build.

Uncle Homer the grave digger made his way out of the rafters and into the cemetery, but it is bugging me to no end that the flicker bulb in his lantern keeps going out. If I pull it out and shake it a bit it will work again.....briefly. Those flicker bulbs are both expensive and unreliable. I have very little patience or appreciation for having to waste precious time flicking at lightbulbs to get them to work. So many bigger fish to fry.

Did not get to the back handrails today as I had hoped. Will definitely start on that as well as the concealment wall for the big scare tomorrow. I'm sure if it isn't raining it will be 110 degrees out. /sigh