Recent content by curtis73

I'm looking in the 10k range. We just did a show using four borrowed 5k InFocus hitting four different zones and it did fine at our smaller venue. I have a feeling it would be like a candle at the big venue. The venue in question has an 8k with a long throw lens, and it does fine during...

I'll keep this as short as possible.We are a community theater (read: poor) We do most shows here at our blackbox (50 x 60' room) and two large musicals at a big proscenium theater. Proscenium is 24' H x 40' W x 32' D. We can use the cyc to shrink the depth to whatever we want.Some...

Not sure if your production is still forthcoming, but we have an interesting stock of "weapons" that we use for shows like this. We have a whole box full of wooden "swords" that have things on the end that can kill you, like a comically large box of cigarettes, some dynamite, a boxing glove, a...

Following with interest. I have a Radiance Hazer that I've repaired a few times, but this might sound like my issue as well.

Having trouble with a fog machine. It's relatively new (used for two shows). It's a Chauvet Hurricane 1600 which I bought for a production of Baskerville a just before the pandemic when our ancient LeMaitre fogger died during tech. The Chauvet had what I needed and fit in the tiny remaining...

My jig idea didn't work. I don't think the jig material had enough rigidity. The top hole was perfect but the next hole was off-center for some reason. I'll wait for the dowel jig to show up tomorrow.I decided (since my jig didn't work) that I would go ahead and weld them up and use the...

I also ordered a self-centering dowel jig. I don't have high hopes for it lasting when the drill bit snags some steel, but I always wanted one anyway. Tomorrow I'm hoping to finish the cut list and start making sparks.

Rigged up a simple jig today. The bed is just a scrap 2x8 with some plywood screwed in the end as a stop. The jig pattern is an unused section of angle steel that is 2" on one side and 1" on the other. It's a pre-fab leg from one of those bolt-together utility shelves. I screwed it to the...

I'm thinking I might scrap the old blue table idea and make a new top with fresh ply. Problem is that I'm kind of expecting wood to be as precise as the resulting precision I want in the flats.

Also wishing I had made a 5x9 welding table more of a priority.

Good to know I bought the right stuff :)For rigging, I prefer to rig as close to the center of mass as possible. If I rig to a D-ring on the back, the whole wall tends to tilt forward. In the space where I rig, the pipes are 6" OC which means I have a lot of pipes to play with, but it also...

Progress so far. I have an older work table that has a 4x8' ply top. I added some 2" angle on the corners and some flat plates on the sides to make a jig. It's really close, but not close enough for me. The tiny radius inside the angle iron holds the steel perfectly, but it requires...

These will actually be a few ounces lighter than my wood flats. Wood flats I build with stiles 24" OC. These will have stiles every 32" OC which is just a tad lighter than wood.

I've been saving my pennies in my budgets and I think the time has come to start replacing some of my hollywood flats with steel. Am I nuts? I'm tired of repairing and rebuilding wood flats, and I'm not keen on sending a bunch of wooden flats 50' in the air on a pipe. Hollywoods also take up...

I can look into them, but I can't imagine a $49 bedroom effect would be enough oomph to light a 24 x 40 black drop in a 700-seat proscenium. Unless I'm looking at the wrong product?