8 Legged Lawn Crawler

This 8 legged crawler creeps around the lawn frightening trick or treaters with some unexpected side effects that leave the lawn the path least traveled and the candy bowl a place not many dare to adventure close to. The project is Robomower powered which puts the electric robotic mower to use during the off cutting season. For this project I used the Friendly Robotics RL-1000 but any model should work well, many older models can be purchased on ebay. The power pack consists of two sealed 12V, 17Ah batteries that will keep it crawling many hours into the night, lasting well past the last victim who will dare venture to your side of the street. It will stay within an area you set and will roam autonomously.

This instructable will show how to create this frightening hairy crawler that will keep even the oldest trick or treater from placing foot on the lawn.

Materials Needed:

1 square yard of black hairy fabric from fabric store.
1 or more plastic hollow baseballs
LED battery operated light pack
Red spray paint for plastic
8 Wire coat hangers or other stiff wire of similar gauge.
1/2 in. x 6 ft. Polyethylene Self-Seal Pipe Wrap Insulation, Dark gray
Insulating Foam Sealant
Duct tape
Spray glue
Hot glue
Hot glue gun
Razor knife
Scissors
Wire cutters
Pliers
Rubber or cloth gloves
16 gauge wire, approx 50 to 100 feet
Robomower or other robotic lawn cutter

Step 1

Start by removing the mower battery first, then remove the mower blades for safety. Most blades clip on and on this model can be easily removed by squeezing two tabs and pulling the blade off the shaft. These mowers incorporate bumper sensors and other safety features that make them safe to leave unattended but I recommend removing the blades and, if the feature is available, stop the blade motors using the controller.

Comments

[Zburhop]

Wow!!!! I built a remote control spider like this once. Actually it looked exactly like this .......made with a fluffy spider looking pillow......great minds lol