Recent content by Zebulon1880

Advice-- spend extra on quality castors. Steel with encased bearings and hard rubber wheels. Key words: Strong, smooth, quiet and reliable.

I have been a ballet stage technician for 30 years which includes 2 national tours with the Oakland Ballet Company. All of the comments here are valid. One thing about marley floors is that from repeated stretching and re-rolling causes the width to expand in the center stage area of the panel...

Last week I hung backdrops for a ballet at the Gallo Center For The Arts Rogers Opera House, Modesto, California. I was in flyhouse riggers heaven! This counterweight system is the most advanced I have ever seen. There are chains attached to the weight arbors that balance the cable weight making...

My pancake air compressor Tommy!

I see your problem here. First you must look at the material that the screw is set into. The wood appears to be tight grained. Probably quarter-cut milled. As wood ages it shrinks. That is probably why the screw is stuck. If it was stuck in metal, I would suggest heating the metal around it...

Check my comment above buddy.

I have been working as a stage tech for ballet since 1990. I have pulled thousands of feet of tape when laying down Marley dance floor. I have always used cloth dance floor tapes. It is more expensive, but pays for itself because when firmly laid, it resists rolling up and is slip resistant. It...

Underwriting Laboratories keeps and updates current theatrical accident safety regulations and standards.Here is the link to their fire curtain regulations, specifications and test program:https://standardscatalog.ul.com/standards/en/standard_10d_2

Simple... Warm color light = highlights Cool color light = shadow fill

Found this photo of a Strong Trouper Followspot located at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Fine Arts Theatre. This is where I went to college studying lighting design. Photo taken in 1986.

This photo was taken in 1985. I don't think DMX existed then.

Yes I know the main system control voltage was 0-28v Tom. The Performer was 0-10v. I don't have photos of the lab theatre board. I think it was 24 channels.

A real bad practice! It leaves open the possibility of power eddies, back feeding and phase overlapping. It wouldn't happen on my watch!

12K had 6 holes; 5-20 amp holes and one 50 amp hole, which allowed three more 20 amp circuits to be added through a 50 amp transfer cable.

I agree on the preferences between this patch bay and a slide patch. This patch bay facilitated easier re-patching between scenes when needed. I never liked slide patches. I dealt many while on tour around the country.