Recent content by eternalfire1244

Had something like this happen in Sudbury a couple of years ago. One year there was some portable 12 chan Sensor's stolen then the year after that both Cambrian college had a Fat Frog, 8 Mac 150s and the replacement sensors for the last break in stolen and Laurentian University had their entire...

The one that is causing me problems does not have noise cancellation, they do go over the entire ear (similar the "ear muff" style hearing protection) but it doesn't seem to make a good seal.I did a bit of searching online and haven't really come up with anything. An interesting mystery none...

About a year ago I bought a Plantronics headset and since then whenever I listen to anything with them- especially music I can feel pressure in my ears and if the volume is turned up more I can sometimes get them to pop.I have only ever had this happen with this specific pair of headphones (I...

In my case- a owner that does not back-stab and play games with employees and volunteers.Another would be Light plotting software that runs natively in Linux (preferably FOSS).

ketchup bottles and soap bottles are used in most of the shops I have worked in, they are nice and fairly easy to find a replacement for.

last time I had to do follow spot I made a bracket (similar to commercially available ones I have seen since) to hold a red dot rifle sight I had laying around. Worked well and was dead easy to aim.

I know this is a bit late to help you for your show, but there is a good resource www.laserfx.com that is operated by L. Michael Roberts (One of my mentors) and gives you a fairly good level of basic info.

We used pegs on the wall for most of the cable and a road case for the SOCA. Not so bad as it uses the vertical space fairly well and keeps various lengths organized. It would be more useful if the rack was on wheels, but we can all dream. Considering 99% of our gear stayed in the air there was...

The very worst is when the crew is plastered during setup. There was a show that came through called "Margaritaville"that the entire crew were drinking (heavily) during setup and tear down and was the worst professional conduct I had yet seen. It isn't safe nor sane to drink on the job. Things...

rest is good it gives your brain time to work on problems subconciously and gives your body the rest it needs to achieve peak performance. An overly exhausted person working in a shop is usually going to generate 2 things; 1. Errors and 2. WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board) claims. I...

I have just gotten done a very tiring and stressful show and I was wondering what others do to rejuvenate and prepare for the next production. I have been working 12- 15 hr days for just a little over a month and today was my first day off since I started and I get about a week or so off before...

Not sure the very first board I used that had memories as it was only for a single run at a local theatre, but I do remember the second. The second was the Strand GSX, made in the early 90's and I used it in 2006 for the first time.

In September I was working on a show (Seussical Jr.) that had a scenic/ costume designer that walked out the day before the preview and put us in a very bad spot as he was doing the painting himself. In this case it was not related to pay. All we did is pick up where he left off and finish the...

that is in my soldering kit- I have a small bastard file that does the trick quite nicely. I am sure I have sandpaper as well somewhere in there too. :)

I usually read manuals after everything is checked, or flip through my backstage handbook and try to memorize some of the useful stuff. If I am particularly bored I do knot work- making things like trinity knots and monkeys fists (monkeys fists are useful for heaving lines). This is only in the...