Recent content by egilson1

Unfortunately the answer is a complete new system. What you have is what is known as an analog system that is way outlived it’s useful lifespan.

Dan Black? Is that you?

First, I commend you on your astute observation. Good catch.Second, the bird caging you see is not uncommon on manual pile on winches like these. We see it all to often on applied electronics manual crank up winches (or boat trailer winches for the matter). It's usually caused but the wire...

How much gel did you wash?

You in fact understand correctly. And they don't come with torque specs. For instance the Light Source specifically calls out that their clamps are rated for loading in a horizontal plane only (EG a pipe grid where both pipes are horizontal). The original scaffold clamp which we refer to as a...

Keep in mind that ALL cheesborough style clamps are rated for horizontal loading only, and not vertical. This is because in a vertical loading situation the holding force is determined by the torque of the nut holding the clamp closed.BUT, in this application there is almost zero vertical load...

There’s a guy in NJ who filed and received a patent for a sheave on a pipe attached to a truss tower with two clamps for lifting lighting fixtures. When this was brought to the attention of the RWG more than a few of use scratched out heads trying to figure out how this was approved. And how...

Most of my lasers are Bosch. I’ve got the 400’ outdoor rated one, but that’s also pricey. I think you can get in with a 100’ and 200’ range.

I’ve never heard this story. Do tell.

Sigh. My wife is a professional flutist. Think I know what to get her for christmas.

FYI there is an automated filter for foul language. So it’s not necessarily that a moderator censored a post specifically but rather the site itself enforcing the rules that were established.

I played with the unit today at USITT.The control is Blue Tooth based. Since it's a brushless motor the control is variable speed from 0-8FPM. A little noisy, but not horrible. The brake design is to permit operation with an external drill in case of battery failure. I asked the question if it...

Every single post on my FB feed is the press release for this.

I’ve used these for years. The detachable ones are cool, as you can swap out the tool on the lanyard quickly. https://www.ergodyne.com/dropped-objects/tool-lanyards

It’s likely that in one of the connectors multiple pins have been bonded together. This is not uncommon as a lot of multi cable was 14 conduction with 6 hots, 6 neutrals, and 2 ground pins bonded together.