Ultimate Guide Links & resources
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As of 1/16/2023 the book is being reprinted and we hope to have it available by the end of February. We will be continuing to provide updated or replacements links as soon as possible.
Chapter 1 – From the Beginning
Stan Winston School of Character Arts
My website and YouTube channels - http://bit.ly/Hauntech and http://bit.ly/Halstaff
EEVblog Soldering Tutorial - http://bit.ly/2NRurcD
Essential Mechanism Examples - http://bit.ly/2MKIVXc
Forums –http://bit.ly/2ldUxcg , http://bit.ly/2NRuHZ9
Books and Magazines –Servo Magazine -http://bit.ly/2D8p5pb,
Nuts and Volts Magazine - http://bit.ly/2RMwnBE
DC Props prop building books - http://bit.ly/2phmQWY
Prop ideas - http://bit.ly/2D7ZZqr
Pandemic Cemetery Prop Plans - http://bit.ly/2NQWWr0
Charts for servo comparisons - http://bit.ly/2OCMbpd and http://bit.ly/2OHlnEg
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2ODEi3b
Monster Guts - http://bit.ly/2OzFi8d
Spider Hill Prop Works - http://bit.ly/2D5LhQZ
McMaster Carr - http://bit.ly/2mxAnKy
Fright Props - http://bit.ly/2mj5d9p
Robot Shop - http://bit.ly/2NU2qkP
Spark Fun - http://bit.ly/2lipiNi
Making Custom Resealable Bags – http://bit.ly/BagMod
Chapter 2 – Setting Up Shop
Spray Can Grip - https://amzn.to/305dqPr
McMaster-Carr - http://bit.ly/2mxAnKy
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 3 – Idea To Reality
Popsicle sticks for prototyping – http://bit.ly/2yyXo4p
Allen Hopps You Tube Channel – http://bit.ly/2xwOHpN
Robives Mechanisms - http://bit.ly/2PSf1lL
Brian Lincoln’s flying saucer build thread -http://bit.ly/2DbfsX4
Home Depot PVC Cutter - https://thd.co/2xyIn0W
Harbor Freight Heat Gun - http://bit.ly/2xyIrOe
Spider Hill Prop Works Joints - http://bit.ly/2D5LhQZ
ServoCity Actobotics - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
Chapter 4 – Tips of the Trade
MakerPlace - http://bit.ly/2PHIE9k
CorrosionX - http://bit.ly/2pkKH8h
Allen Hopps airbrush tips video - http://bit.ly/2NRsDjW
9V Battery Containers - https://amzn.to/2Ykrin8
Servo Clips - https://amzn.to/2YibP7a
Pro-Poxy 20 - https://amzn.to/2Lx9oMx
Froggy’s Fog Scents - http://bit.ly/2MMJvDQ
My YouTube Channel –http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 5 – Wiper Motors
Wiper Motor tombstone video - http://bit.ly/2QBj6Mm
Wiper Motor mechanism thread - http://bit.ly/2D7No6M
Updated tombstone controller - http://bit.ly/2pieZsf
Brian Lincoln’s table circuit videos - http://bit.ly/2xuLhDY , http://bit.ly/2D8fPRV , http://bit.ly/2QBkFtI and http://bit.ly/2NnjrEz
Monster Guts - http://bit.ly/2pig4Aj
Fright Props – http://bit.ly/2OxCrwB
McMaster-Carr - http://bit.ly/2mxAnKy
ScareFX Rocking Granny - http://bit.ly/2piSZ0h
Simple Circuit Boards – http://bit.ly/2NlFcEF
Scary Terry - http://bit.ly/2NRCAxP
Spider Hill Prop Works - http://bit.ly/2xp9bl7
Utilizing Motor Outputs of a Servo - http://bit.ly/2xE87cD
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2xytZ8Y
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 6 – More Motors
Robives Linkages - http://bit.ly/2PSf1lL
FrightProps PicoVolt - http://bit.ly/2NXkD0E
Scary Tinker Labs - http://bit.ly/2PJuBQw
Kindy’s Reindeer Motors- http://bit.ly/2MLetfK
ServoCity Motors- http://bit.ly/2pmL1Dl
Shiatsu Video - http://bit.ly/2xpbQLI
Shiatsu Thread - http://bit.ly/2xxx6xY
Flexible Screwdriver - https://amzn.to/2YkrZNg
My YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 7 - Servos
HiTec Servo comparison chart - http://bit.ly/2OCMbpd
Tyler’s Servo Tester thread - http://bit.ly/2Db5btO
Servo Arms - http://bit.ly/2xjfTZZ
ServoCity Actobotics - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
Hitec Programmer – http://bit.ly/2OxKMjH
Adafruit - http://bit.ly/2PPN91Q
RobotShop – http://bit.ly/2xvEkUf
SparkFun – http://bit.ly/2xneCkE
Parallax – http://bit.ly/2DdAbte
Pololu -- http://bit.ly/2DckyCj
RobotShop Servo Brackets - http://bit.ly/2Nli6y1
Sullivan Products - http://bit.ly/2xwRQG9
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 8 - Pneumatics
Canyon Trail Cemetery slider - http://bit.ly/2xBQQRk
Haunt Hackers - http://bit.ly/Hnthack
Automation Direct - http://bit.ly/2O0T2vW
Monster Guts - http://bit.ly/2OzINvr
Helpful Pneumatic links list - http://bit.ly/2xueTkW
Fright Props Tutorials - http://bit.ly/2OEl11m
My website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
Chapter 9 – Linear Actuators
ADA Robotic hand – http://bit.ly/2DfGNqX
Linear Actuator using Arduino - http://bit.ly/2pnOlhG
Actuonix Motion Devices - http://bit.ly/2plPjuE
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2NryiOc
Fright Props – http://bit.ly/2NpUMiv
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 10 – Triggers and Sensors
Wired Pushbutton build - http://bit.ly/2NUnLdS
Step Mat build - http://bit.ly/2NVikLB
IR Modification – http://bit.ly/2OD44o3
PIR Sensor - http://bit.ly/2pqRZr6
PIR Enclosure video - http://bit.ly/PIRenclosure
PIR Floodlight hack thread- http://bit.ly/2MJhxc1
Rangefinder build - http://bit.ly/2Nsg3Im
Srvo mounts - http://bit.ly/2QITAVq
Photocell project – http://bit.ly/2xzhNF8
Photocell tutorial - http://bit.ly/2OCpB08
Limit Switch thread - http://bit.ly/2D7No6M
Wiper Motor with limit switch - http://bit.ly/2xvKzXb
Step Mat - http://bit.ly/2Dbb7mr
Parallax BASIC Stamp Carrier Board - http://bit.ly/2NrpUhA
Parallax Super Carrier Board - http://bit.ly/2NTuoNz
BASIC Stamp Editor - http://bit.ly/2PLPeM7
Ultrasonic Sensor Kit - http://bit.ly/2Da6fhq
Servo Mounts - http://bit.ly/2QITAVq
Arduino Uno - http://bit.ly/2xBJq0q
Extended Marker - https://amzn.to/305euTr
Chapter 11 – Prop Controllers
Fright Props Pico Volt – http://bit.ly/2OFQRei
SparkFun Inventor’s Kit - http://bit.ly/2pqM9Ga
MDFLY Audio Units - http://bit.ly/2mKo0If
Scuba Board Button Banger – http://bit.ly/2xpO1DB
Frankenstein Three-Axis Board - http://bit.ly/2PUuEJF
Banshee – http://bit.ly/2rea2AZ
Parallax Activity Board – http://bit.ly/2t0ykTB
Vixen Software - http://bit.ly/2QII6S9
Renard Plus - http://bit.ly/2MPxL3v
Light-O-Rama - http://bit.ly/2pliaPY
Haunt Bots – http://bit.ly/2ppFA6D
EFX-TEK - http://bit.ly/2NR7KWf
VenueMagic – http://bit.ly/2ppFImD
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter12 - Audio
Continuous loop hack - http://bit.ly/2QSTB9G
Fright Props PicoBoo Controller - http://bit.ly/2rgLqcO
MDFLY - http://bit.ly/2mKo0If
Banshee Controller - http://bit.ly/bancont
Bluetooth Speaker Review - http://bit.ly/2seFQ84
Papa VooDoo Video – http://bit.ly/PapaVoDo
Big Red Video - http://bit.ly/bigredvid
Witch Scene Video - http://bit.ly/witchskel
Sinful Audio - http://bit.ly/sfaudio
Audacity - http://bit.ly/AdctAd
Freesound - http://bit.ly/2s7F25q
Audioblocks - http://bit.ly/2qzU95F
Motion Detector Sound System- http://bit.ly/2qt8tC4
Coiling extension cords - http://bit.ly/2qtcpT7     
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntechdiy
Chapter 13 - Power
RobotShop - http://bit.ly/2pmBcVU
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2xql3U5
Hitec – http://bit.ly/2OFjzvL
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
My YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
Chapter 14 – Puppeteering
VSA – http://bit.ly/2OEyarh
MonkeyBasic – http://bit.ly/2DgojXs
ServoCity – http://bit.ly/2Dhy47H
Parallax Activity Board - http://bit.ly/2t0ykTB
Hitec Servos - http://bit.ly/2DhLJf7
Actuonix Linear Servos - http://bit.ly/2MP2A8D
Adafruit Electronic Eyes - http://bit.ly/2xpj5U0
Vixen Software - http://bit.ly/2QII6S9
Renard Plus - http://bit.ly/2MPxL3v
All Electronics - http://bit.ly/2xzI1aD
Brian's Servo Recorder/Player Software - http://bit.ly/60BServo
My Facebook live video - http://bit.ly/2Ga4yzE
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 15 – Moving Your Head
Servo Attachment - http://bit.ly/2OFfaZF
Scary Terry Audio Circuit - http://bit.ly/2Dhk4uA
Monster Guts 3 Axis Kit - http://bit.ly/2lYq65x
Halloween2Go - http://bit.ly/2OM3uUQ
ServoCity Actobotics - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
My Webpage - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Audacity - http://bit.ly/2xBGSzn
Chapter 16 - Eyes
Animatronic Eyes - http://bit.ly/2OFnadf
Halloween2go - http://bit.ly/2OM3uUQ
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2MQL3g0
ProPoxy - https://amzn.to/2Lx9oMx
Stan Winston School - http://bit.ly/2xoYXBs
Monster Guts - http://bit.ly/2pqlZ6t
Adafruit - http://bit.ly/2xpj5U0
Shapeways - http://bit.ly/2xpXryX
Eye Blanks - https://amzn.to/2HaVVpp
Chapter 17 - Hands
Brian’s Build Forum Thread - http://bit.ly/2OF16zs
Stan Winston School of Character Arts - http://bit.ly/StanWin
Tying the Palomar knot - http://bit.ly/2QMSxnK
Reversing Servo Rotation video - http://bit.ly/2Dg3Ema
Adafruit Flex Sensor Strips - http://bit.ly/2xA4K6r
ServoCity Servo Recorder - http://bit.ly/2prVPjv
My YouTube Channel – http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 18 – The Body
Spider Hill Prop Works - http://bit.ly/2D5LhQZ
ServoCity Actobotics – http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
All Scare – http://bit.ly/2xsm9OV
Evil Ted - http://bit.ly/2QGQT6S & http://bit.ly/2QLD33d
Bill Doran - http://bit.ly/2DeCAE3
Magnogrip - http://bit.ly/2QRBUau
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 19 - Face
Monster Guts Three-Axis Kit - http://bit.ly/3axis
Teensy Eyes - http://bit.ly/TeensyEyes
E6000 Glue - https://amzn.to/2Hb4yAD
Light Weight Stone Clay - https://amzn.to/2HaUpE0
Apoxie Sculpt – https://amzn.to/2PSszim
Allen Hopps Sculpting – http://bit.ly/Alsclp
Distortions Unlimited - http://bit.ly/DistUn
Ed Edmunds Sculpting - http://bit.ly/MLsculpt
Tandy Leather Stain - http://bit.ly/Tndygel
Allen Hopps Hair – http://bit.ly/Alhair
Hitec Servos - http://bit.ly/HTservo
Chapter 20 - Lighting
LED Wizard - http://bit.ly/LEDwzrd
Gantom tutorials - http://bit.ly/2DSAo4y
Voltage Drop Calculator — http://bit.ly/Voltdrop
DIY Floods - http://bit.ly/2zavmvk
Monoprice — http://bit.ly/mnpric
Kill-A-Watt — https://amzn.to/31BiydT
Lights Alive — http://bit.ly/litealv
Fright Light Illuminations — http://bit.ly/frtlte
Mini Spotlight — http://bit.ly/minspt
Gantom — http://bit.ly/gntmlt
DIY Christmas — http://bit.ly/Clight
My YouTube channel — http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website — http://bit.ly/Hauntechdiy
Chapter 21 - Bandit
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2ODEi3b
Tenda Stereo Audio Board – http://bit.ly/2NZbl4o
Parallax Passive Infrared Sensor – http://bit.ly/2pqRZr6
Scary Terry’s Website - http://bit.ly/2Dhk4uA
Picaxe Program Editor – hhttp://bit.ly/2DecfWs
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Youtube Video: http://bit.ly/2qUPSwe
Chapter 22 – Papa VooDoo
Servo City - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
Parallax - http://bit.ly/2t0ykTB
Simple IDE - http://bit.ly/2DhZI4n
MDFLY Electronics - http://bit.ly/2NZbl4o
Red Tie Photography - http://bit.ly/2tZ0Ino
Completed Build Video - http://bit.ly/PapaVoDo
Brian's Servo Recorder/Player Software - http://bit.ly/60BServo
Chapter 23 - ParkerBot
ServoCity - http://bit.ly/2ODEi3b
Electronics123 Audio Board - http://bit.ly/2Di0EFV
Pololu Simple Motor Controller - http://bit.ly/2MP1LfR
Sound Downloads - http://bit.ly/2QJuWUJ
Audacity Audio Editor Download - http://bit.ly/2xBGSzn
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 24 – Big Red
OpenBuilds Part Store - http://bit.ly/2NpfEqe
ServoCity – Actobotics - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
Parallax Activity Board - http://bit.ly/2t0ykTB
Sparkfun - http://bit.ly/2POJYYb
Monster Guts - http://bit.ly/2lYq65x
Audacity - http://bit.ly/2xBGSzn
Brian's Servo Recorder/Player Software - http://bit.ly/60BServo
Papa VooDoo code thread - http://bit.ly/2MXwozT
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 25 - Jarvis
ServoCity – http://bit.ly/2OAuxT8
RobotShop – http://bit.ly/2MPA32v
Hitec – http://bit.ly/2OFVMMf
Actuonix Motion Devices – http://bit.ly/2DpO6g2
Adafruit - http://bit.ly/2xpj5U0
Haunt Hackers - Banshee – http://bit.ly/2rea2AZ
Brian's Servo Recorder/Player Software - http://bit.ly/60BServo
My YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 26 – Witch Scene
ServoCity Actobotics - http://bit.ly/2NQo35E
Hitec Servos - http://bit.ly/2DhLJf7
Actuonix Linear Servos - http://bit.ly/2MP2A8D
Monster Guts Three-Axis - http://bit.ly/2lYq65x
Tandy Leather Stain - http://bit.ly/2DeCzQo
Parallax Activity Board - http://bit.ly/2t0ykTB
Adafruit Electronic Eyes - http://bit.ly/2xpj5U0
Red Tie Photography - http://bit.ly/2tZ0Ino
Brian's Servo Recorder/Player Software - http://bit.ly/60BServo
My YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/Halstaff
My Website - http://bit.ly/Hauntech
Chapter 27 – Talking Skull
Scary Terry's website with the original circuit - http://bit.ly/2Dhk4uA
Free audio editing software - http://bit.ly/AdctAd
LAME software DLL that allows Audacity to import/export MP3 files - http://bit.ly/2z53uc5
ProPoxy - https://amzn.to/2Lx9oMx
Dr. Terror Eyes - http://bit.ly/2PmRnBo
YouTube Videos - http://bit.ly/2ENNykJ & http://bit.ly/2theyCZ
Build Components
Skeletons and More Skull - http://bit.ly/hskull
Hitech 425BB Servo - http://bit.ly/425bb
Servo Bracket – http://bit.ly/2Nli6y1
Eyes – http://bit.ly/2RdGkro
LED Eye Cables - http://bit.ly/2yzfe7q
LED’s – http://bit.ly/taydaled
Rigid Wire – http://bit.ly/jawwire
Red Tie Photography - http://bit.ly/rtphoto