Animated 'Haunted' Ouija Board

Step 11 Finishing Up

There you go, it is pretty much finished now...

All you need is some finishing details.

I added some brass box corners, legs and beading trim to make it look more like a piece of furniture than just a box. All in all I think it came out pretty good... one of those satisfying projects that actually came out somewhat how I hoped!

This was my 1st instructable. I hope you enjoyed it. I was blown away by how much work is needed to do one of these - it really helps me appreciate the work everyone else has put into this site. Thanks everyone!

Considering this is my 1st instructable, I would really appreciate comments and feedback.

Comments

[Thekodanator]

This is an amazingly well written Instructable! Love it!

[philh77]

would be better if you built it into a table and made it not look as thick. maybe just 1/2 inch above the table and the rest built in under the surface of the table, great idea.

[askjacob]

That is true, it does not look like a "real" ouija board which usually are a cardboard sheet (like a monopoly game board).

I wanted to make a transportable prop though, so making it into a desk would have not been very easy to to. For fun, a version could be made with much more powerful magnets and the base unit attached under any desk, but again I had to make do with the magnets I had at hand (broken chips of HDD magnets).

My plan was to make it look like a seperate piece of victorian furniture, but did make it deeper (chunkier) than it needed to be - it could easily be 1/2 the height ot less and still fit everything in.

Thanks for the comment!

[philh77]

something that fits under the table would be great, I never thought of that.
then use a regular board. I would love to see that.

[peregrined]

Wow, you should be proud- Very cool