What are these poles?

Sam31955

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These have been hanging on the wall forever. They have been used for many things but what are they and what were they originally used for? They all have the ends in the photos and a clamp so they expand in length.
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@Sam31955 Scenic braces, scenery braces, flat braces. Pre-date French braces.
@RonHebbard hit every term except the correct one: stage brace. Used to maintain a Flat, Broadway 's vertical erection. Also required is one stage brace cleat and one stage screw per.

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Good job in picture#1 with the stage brace hanger. See https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/what-is-it-034-stage-brace-hanger.23998/ .
... The stage braces are now out of the way, and need not ever be thought of again. (Except to answer the young ones' question, "What the heck are those?")
 
I have a few of these, I used to use them to bang focus a PAR64.

Done it! For a stupid high trim, from top of maxed out A-frame extension, half a lifetime ago when I did dumb things like that. The hooked ends have their pros and cons in that particular situation but in a short black box grid they're pretty sweet to use from the floor.
 
Remove, yes, done that. Insert ?, I never got THAT good at it.
@SteveB
Step one: You lower the new frame in behind the existing frame, this makes it much easier to accurately land in behind all of the frame retainers.
Step two: You catch the original frame and hook it out. Easy when you type it fast.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
 
@SteveB
Step one: You lower the new frame in behind the existing frame, this makes it much easier to accurately land in behind all of the frame retainers.
Step two: You catch the original frame and hook it out. Easy when you type it fast.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard

Yeah, OK. On a S4, not going to happen if the gel frame retaining clip is locked down. Ditto a PAR64 with a spring loaded top clip. Altman 6x9 something ?, with an open frame holder ?. Maybe. Moot point anyway as I haven't used a 360Q in a decade, nor a PAR64 for that matter. My backlights these days are MAC Aura's and I nudge to focus with my iPad., yuk, yuk.
 
I ran across a stack of Jacks in one of our storage places here at the shop. NOBODY who works out there knew what they were. :shock::angryoldman::(
 
Grandpa, where did the dinosaurs go?

Well they were with the old stage hands that knew what resistance dimmers were, and how to strike and reset a box set during intermission...
 
Grandpa, where did the dinosaurs go?

Well they were with the old stage hands that knew what resistance dimmers were, and how to strike and reset a box set during intermission...
@TimMc I'm waiting for @Ancient Engineer to explain brine dimmers to us along with how he erected the pyramids before he sat down to eat his dinosaur sandwich.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
 

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