OK Ghouls, I think we got it finally! To stabilize the base of the wall so it doesn't swing back and forth when pulling it forward, we added 2 2x4 runners, each with a caster wheel on the bottom. We decided to use a pulley mechanism to advance the wall rather than some type of push mechanism from the rear. This resulted in a pretty smooth motion! Finally 2 pulleys were added behind the wall to pull it back for 'reload'! So go ahead and check the video out and be the judge! The first video shows some of the details I have been talking about in previous posts. The second video shows the wall motion which admittedly is pretty slow in this clip but can easily be adjusted by pulling more forcefully on the bar.
Next task will be to build the rail for the corpse, then actually finish the wall detail to be certain the added weight does not adversely affect the wall motion.
In the first video be sure to pause the Hypster audio player at the bottom of this page so you can hear it.
In the second video you will see me moving the wall very slowly, but smoothly forward by pulling down on the bar in the control room. Then I will use the other pulleys to reload (pull back) the wall. This motion is not nearly as smooth but doesn't matter because the guests will have left the map room before the wall gets repositioned.
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