Ghostbusters 3D Printed Ghost Trap with Lights and Sound

I built and painted the 3D printed Ghost Trap from Charlesworth Dynamics, as featured on Tested.com.
I want to thank my friends Andy Couch and Roger Dean for having the tools, the talent, and the time on their hands to help me with this project. Andy printed (and reprinted) the 3D parts for me. Roger helped by letting me use his shop and with building advice on the metal parts.
I also want to thank my wife, Amy, for tolerating my hobby and putting up with over a month's worth of parts and paint strewn about with the promise of a project completion "soon."
I upgraded some of the PLA plastic parts with metal parts from the Charlesworth Dynamics Etsy store and the store at GBFans.com. I did this to give the prop a more "real" feel when you pick it up and handle it.
The original code provided by Charlesworth Dynamics was also tweaked and updated by two members of GBFans.com forum, EctoLabs and gpstar. I don't know either one of these guys, but I did use the code both of them posted to update the Arduino board that runs the trap.
It took me just over a month to sand, Bondo, prime, sand, paint, prime, sand, paint, sand some more, paint, and sand the 3D printed parts, working in my spare time. I also assembled all the hardware and tested before attempting to install inside the finished trap body.
The inside consists of two tiny servos with tiny gears and a tiny chain drive system, two speakers, three NeoPixel Jewel LEDs, enough wire to be a pain to sort out, and three boards to control the lights and servos. There's also a pump attached to two eCigs that burn glycerin to produce the smoke. The whole thing runs on a rechargeable battery and there's a hidden charge port.
I weathered the ghost trap to make it look like it was 35+ years old and had been used and maintained (somewhat poorly) for over three decades.
Links to my resources are below.
Copyright note: I do not own, nor claim any ownership or relationship to, the music used in the video or the Ghostbusters trademark and/or copyright. I'm just a fan who loves the franchise.
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3D Files and Hardware - www.Charleswort...
Hardware Kits - www.etsy.com/s...
Additional Hardware - www.GBFans.com

[@InsidetheBoothTV]

wow thats so cool..

[@ThatMattMyers]

Thanks!

[@GokuBlack-gz4fy]

That's awesome I'm looking too see if anyone can make me a Real Ghostbusters one for my proton pack

[@jbischof71]

That’s great work Man. I love how you sequenced the sounds and effects. Did you program it to do any post smoldering? So it leaks out of the doors when they’re closed? I feel like that’s all that’s missing

[@ThatMattMyers]

Thanks! It does leak a little smoke when it smolders and buzzes, as if the ghost is trying to escape. The original programming was done by Charlesworth Dynamics and included in his 3D files and smoke kit. It was tweaked by two users on GBFans.com - EctoLabs and gbstar. I don’t know either one of them, but they posted their code tweaks publicly for anyone to use.

[@jbischof71]

@@ThatMattMyers thanks, just added the stl to my list of things to make. After all was said and done how much money did you put into hardware and electronics to do all that?

[@ThatMattMyers]

@@jbischof71 More than I’m willing to put on a public forum that my wife can read. 😂

[@Timmy2384]

Excellent! Willing to share your code? I have this trap but your code seems slightly different!

[@ThatMattMyers]

Thanks! The code was posted in the GBFans.com forum by the user “Ectolabs.” I downloaded it from his post.

[@Timmy2384]

@@ThatMattMyers I actually just spoke to Dave. Is this the original code or modified? Looks like it changes colors at the end! Nice stuff

[@ThatMattMyers]

@@Timmy2384 It may have been modified by another user. It was the last version posted in his build thread on the forum.

[@Timmy2384]

@@ThatMattMyers thanks! Well done!

[@mgdiccion]

Take my money and give me that!!!

[@captpirateman7479]

Looking into getting this kit, how hard would you say it is to assemble for somebody that doesnt know alot about electronics?

[@ThatMattMyers]

As long as you are comfortable with soldering, you shouldn’t have a problem. It is complicated, but the kit from Charlesworth Dynamics comes with extremely detailed instructions, and he is accessible to answer any questions. (Or, he was when I built mine.)

[@liltd87]

How much for a completed trap?!

[@ThatMattMyers]

I don’t sell these. This is one I built for myself. All the plans and files are out there (and belong to other people) for people like us to build our own.

[@d-rockpain4250]

I'm so far behind on print projects. I appreciate anytime...anyone completes 1. I have about 20 half dones..... Good job!