The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Finished/title> <META name="Description" content="The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Finished"> <META name="keywords" content="Halloween,hat,costume,Halloween costume,Top Hat,trick,trick hat,automaton,mechanism,workings,machine"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="copyright" content="2007, Dug North Automata"> <meta name="rating" content="general"> <meta name="expires" content="never"> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="screen" > <script language="javascript" src="javascript.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> h1{color:#000} .black{color:#000} p {color: #000} </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#000"> <table background="dot_yllw.gif" width="768" cellpadding="0" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="round_UL.gif" alt=""></td> <td background="dot_yllw.gif" width="100%"></td> <td align="right"><img src="round_UR.gif" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://www.dugnorth.com/hat_final.jpg" alt="The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Finished"></a><br><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.dugnorth.com/automata_halloween_hat.aspx"><img src="btn_back.gif" alt="Back" border="0"></a></td> <td> <a href="http://www.dugnorth.com/automata_halloween_hat.aspx"><font color="black" size="3"> Back</font></a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="300" valign="top"><h1>Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Finished</h1> <p> <b>A contemporary automaton by Dug North</b></p> <p> Here is a shot of the trick top hat for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000VTRM1K%2F&tag=dugnorth-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">MAKE magazine</a> Halloween special edition nearly completed. The only piece that remains to be attached is a section of black hat material on the back half to cover the hole. This is the hat in the activated state; I'm squeezing the brake lever off-screen. </p> <p> You can see most of the four-bar linkage and the hinge that allows the top of the hat to swing opern. </p> <p> You also can see the rubber finger puppet. This puppet worked really well for two reasons. First, it is bright yellow so it shows up well against the black of the hat. Second, this monster has its little arms raised. When the hat opens, the motion causes the arms to shake around as if the moster was really trying to scare you. </p> <p><br></p> <p align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/ads.js"></script> </p> </td> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="round_LL.gif" alt=""></td> <td background="dot_yllw.gif" width="100%"></td> <td align="right"><img src="round_LR.gif" alt=""></td> </tr> </table>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/link-enhancer?tag=dugnorth-20"></script> <noscript><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=dugnorth-20" alt="" /></noscript>  <SCRIPT charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822/US/dugnorth-20/8005/81a7eeef-8084-442d-8d3c-d9666e846f2d"> </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT><A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fdugnorth-20%2F8005%2F81a7eeef-8084-442d-8d3c-d9666e846f2d&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A></NOSCRIPT> </body> </html>