Mack
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Hi. I'm hoping to pick some brains for this project... Imagine if you will, a relatively empty stage with some furniture pieces for different scenes. Running across the entire stage, about 12' above the deck, are two parallel traveler tracks or Unistrut tracks running SR-SL. From these tracks hang a dozen different wooden windows - just the window frames themselves. They are covered in scrim, painted different ways, etc, and can be moved on and off stage along the tracks via the actors. So, no walls, just windows and furniture on stage. Pretty easy. Except that each window also has to be able to rotate at least 180 degrees on a central pivot as well - and stay held in position once placed. So I can't just rig two points on each window to two separate trolleys in the track. I need to make one solid center pipe connect each window to the track, in such a way that the window stays where it needs to stay, in the position an actor sets in in for each scene, front or back. I have attached a drawing of the concept. I'm wondering if any of you fine folks have any suggestions for me regarding hardware or design. I'm thinking 1-1/2" steel pipe for rigidity, with a solid flange connecting it to a 2-wheel trolley of my making, and a flange at the window itself that can rotate but not loose enough that the window can easily get bumped out of position. I'm especially interested in hardware ideas. Thanks for the feedback! (The show is Will Eno's Middletown)