Addams Family Torture Chair

[twalker1998]

My high school is putting on a production of Addams Family the Musical, and I'm in charge of making the torture chair that Gomez demonstrates to Mal. Here's a link to a video of the OBC, fast forward to 41:38. I was thinking about rigging up a sort of pulley system under the seat that would lift up a platform with the spike on it, but does anybody have any other ideas of how to make the spike come out of the chair's seat when the lever is pulled?

 

[Amiers]

Simple fulcrum. Make the lever actually raise the spikes.

 

[garyvp]

Lever or 'knife thrown in the wall' apparatus - Some pvc pipes, a blade and rubber bands. See youtube/pajama game special effects.