Recent content by Catherder

My 14 year old is using a welder, drill press, lathe, table saw, bandsaw, and lord knows what else in his industrial tech class (metal shop and wood shop to all the old fogies). Pretty sure kids can handle what gets thrown at them with the right instruction and direction.

Not just the kids, it’s the companies too. We had a vacuum where the roller stopped rolling. Was still under warranty so we called the company and asked for the new part. Pop out the roller brush, maybe throw in a new belt, easy peasy. Rest of the unit was totally fine. Their response was cut...

The livestream of our production of Pan caught this clip of me at intermission after I talked one of my crew kids down. Pretty much sums up working with kids in theater I think.

The first thing that popped into my head when I saw this was when is it coming to my town and how can I get tickets for me and my kids.I too am a baby x-er/old millennial. I like going to live entertainment whether it’s a play, a musical, a band. I don’t as often as I’d like but I like it when...

Would periaktoi do it? You can build them to be taken apart and set on a separate base. They’re rock solid (no tipping over), easy to rotate, and you can whip them up with a few sticks of 1x3 and 1/4” plywood. Here’s a thread that talks about it and has some pictures (hat tip to...

Those look awesome!

If you do use casters - I dig @dbaxter furniture sliders idea - I would use fixed casters and not swivels. Line them up right - parallel to the opposite side of the triangle - and you’ll get a nice smooth circle. Swivels will want to wander all over the place.There are some other good threads...

The first time I fired up a new lighting rig - after the school electricians had installed a couple new outlets for us - all the exit signs in the auditorium dimmed down to nothing. Turns out they ignored the part of the work order that specified a dedicated circuit for the lights. Fortunately...

Audio mixing is an active sport. It’s not just set the levels at sound check and then turn mics on and off. Active listening, adjusting, and listening some more. But for the love of all things good in this world know the difference between adjusting and fiddling. They are as much a part of the...

Was browsing Craigslist and saw this - might have been some of the first shows Ron worked. He would have been 21-22 then. https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/clt/d/portland-vintage-framed-1967/7649035770.html

The world got a little less interesting today. Toodle-oo Ron.

Nice! Love that show - it was my senior year spring musical in high school and I saw the Nathan Lane Broadway revival. Good times.

Thanks for all the replies. I’ll be back in the space tomorrow so I can look for tags and see what’s what. I was thinking a sprayer would do the trick but good to know about the material and FR treatment. And yes, @Footer its probably time to send them out regardless - at the very least they...

I’ve got a problem with our drapes - after a pandemic’s worth of neglect they’re all kattywampus.We have a dead hung pipe in a C shape to hang curtains to mask the wings and crossover. I think that when things shut down the facilities guys tied them up to clean and never untied them. Now...

I am 100% pushing for this to be included.