Making a crypt for halloween 

Hope you have fun building this prop, it's one of my favs!

Thank god for caulking to touch up my mess ups! And yes, my japanese saw is one of my favourite tools working with foam!

+SandricCemetery (SandCem) Thanks SandCem! I'm a little slow getting my halloween vids out this year…

+scott hewey Haha! Be careful, that halloween bug is something nasty! Thanks Scott!

+bransonhauntedhills Thanks Mary! I love working with foam more than any other material and I just can't get the same detail with anything else. Plus, it's lightweight and waterproof!

You just can't beat it. I am looking into making a homemade hot wire table. I seen a great video on a portable one today. I think me and the hubs can do this!

+MrTmartindale Thanks man!

+GhoulishCop Thanks! I've built these with a regular saw too but I really LOVE my japanese saw.

harbor freights has these saws

Thanks Sam!

+Todd All Things Horror Thanks Todd. These props are some of my favourite to make!

Thanks for watching!

I always use water based latex exterior paint on all my props. It's true, some oil based paints do dissolve foam board.

For my crypts, I don't even bother anchoring them to the ground. I usually put a small fence around them so they're somewhat contained. For my larger stackable tombstones, I drive a 1 X 2 stake (18") into the ground first, set the bottom section of the tombstone over the stake but along the side on the inside, so its not seen. I'll then drill a screw into the stake, and then into the inside of the tombstone. I guess you could do something similar with the crypts too, or maybe glue something on the inside of the crypt wall to give it some more weight if you have a lot of wind in your area.

@@hickabodcrane every year we have a big storm sometime before Halloween with winds like 40 and sometimes stronger so the crypts I love them but not sure a good way to keep them in my yard when the wind comes.

I bought my 1 inch foam at the local hardware store. You can use 2 inch of course, but it's quite a bit more expensive. If you do end up using the 2 inch foam, the joints will end up stronger because of a greater surface area for the glue. Another suggestion, I've been using gorilla glue instead of the PL foam board glue, I'm finding the joints weren't holding up as well with the PL brand. Hope this helps

@@hickabodcrane Thank you for all the help. 👍😎

It's a Japanese woodworking saw called a "ryoba" saw. It has a very fine blade and is two sided with different teeth for different cuts.