Schniapereli
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What is the best way to make homemade gobos. I have heard of people making them out of aluminum foil (maybe just for a 3" spot) or I have heard of people making them out of the same material as the professionals. Do you just cut at with special knife. It looks tough to cut through...
Also, my uncle has a laser engraving machine that he uses to make trophies, ornaments, and other things. He can cut *PLEXIGLASS, and also make it different colors. Could this be used to make glass gobos? I don't know if it will be able to withstand the heat. I'm thinking if it we'd have to make a rectangular block to fit in the accessory slot, or would it still be withstandable if it were thin enough to put in the regualr gobo slot? (our ERS's are 750W Source Fours with 575W bulbs in them.)
If that is still hot, could we put a little one in just a baby spot?
I'm going to maybe take a little extra ornament and test it out inside the intense heat to see what would happen.
If it could work, than that would just be freakin' awesome at our school...
If any of you know about safely getting either the glass or metal to work well, then please grace me with your mighty wisdom.
I just want to make sure it won't ruin anything.
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Also, my uncle has a laser engraving machine that he uses to make trophies, ornaments, and other things. He can cut *PLEXIGLASS, and also make it different colors. Could this be used to make glass gobos? I don't know if it will be able to withstand the heat. I'm thinking if it we'd have to make a rectangular block to fit in the accessory slot, or would it still be withstandable if it were thin enough to put in the regualr gobo slot? (our ERS's are 750W Source Fours with 575W bulbs in them.)
If that is still hot, could we put a little one in just a baby spot?
I'm going to maybe take a little extra ornament and test it out inside the intense heat to see what would happen.
If it could work, than that would just be freakin' awesome at our school...
If any of you know about safely getting either the glass or metal to work well, then please grace me with your mighty wisdom.
I just want to make sure it won't ruin anything.
*=EDIT
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