The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Mechanism/title> <META name="Description" content="The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Mechanism"> <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_mechanism.jpg" alt="The Halloween Top Hat Automaton - Mechanism"></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 - Mechanism</h1> <p> <b>A contemporary automaton by Dug North</b></p> <p> I could not find a <a type="amzn">Halloween costume top hat</a> large enough to hold the mechanism. I bought two shortish top hats sold as "Coachman's Hats" and combined them to form one large hat to hold the <a type="amzn" category="books">mechanical device</a> that makes the monster pop out of the top. </p> <p> Here you can see one of the hats with the top cut off. I've mounted the <a type="amzn" search="mechanisms mechanical" category="books">mechanism</a> to a base that is fixed to the hat. </p> <p> This photo gives you a good view of the four-bar linkage that holds the monster and makes him jump out of the top of the hat. </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>