My first gallows.

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To see a larger and nicer image, click here.Working and marginally accurate old western era gallows. I seem to be drifting into a pattern of pain delivering machines, thanks to you, the buying public.

This model occupies a space roughly 1 cubic foot in overall dimension. All jointery is by treenails, luck and patience. Materials used are douglas fir, maple, and nylon. The floor planking and stairs are tounge depressor stock, and all floors are framed and joisted to scale.

The release mechanism is pure serendippity, and is composed of a series of guides, a sliding release blade and a lever assembly, as seen in the clickable image, which sits at the top of the kill-floor.

This model is a stone pain in the ass to produce and so it will cost about $400.00 to get me to make another. Of course it comes with a rough carved victim which you can complete yourself to look like anyone you wish.