Awhile back I saw some people had made gallows to play on and decided to have a go myself at making some. I looked all around the internet for a suitable inspiration and finally found the below image. Now this is exactly what I was looking at because it was simple but basic. Now I knew I was gonna need to make some changes to what I would able to build but this gave me a great start.
First step was to find material and start from there. I happened to have some balsa wood sitting around and just started cutting up material. No real plans to build from on this one.
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| Basic framing and layout complete. |
As you can see the basic shape of the base was completed rather quickly and only required a little sanding to ensure stability.
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| All glued and ready for the next step. |
Planking was added using popsicle sticks from a local craft store. These have been useful on several projects.
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| Planking cut to size and laid out. |
Oh yeah let me just say that cutting the uprights was a bit of a pain in the arse.
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| Uprights and barrels for unfortunate victims. |
Stairs added and some minor cleaning of spots with sanding and trimming.
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| Stairs were handcrafted of course. |
Painting was preaty simple as it was just brown spray paint and them a couple washes to bring out the grain of the wood.
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| Painting started and looking more like aged wood. |
Tied off some nooses and painted and glued barrels for victims to stand on before hanging.
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| All the accessories and nooses ready to go. |
