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Bad news; keeping up with technology never ends. But the good news is that the Ion is ETC gear and they have some terrific free training videos online. Familiarize yourself with it and I promise you'll never want to go back.The second part of your frustration seems to stem from problems that...

No, I don't know of any kind of coating you can apply to the lamp to accomplish this. But as almorton says there are gels specifically for this, called CTO (color temperature orange). They come in a range; 1/4 CTO, 1/2 CTO, and full CTO. Gel is cheap, I would get one of each and experiment...

You might talk to Vincent Lighting, in Erlanger. I lean toward renting, mostly because 7 years is an awfully long time in this industry. Whatever you buy today, something better and cheaper will be available in 7 years. And if you're only going to use this for a week once a year, 7 years...

Seems like a job for a snow cradle.

It's a small world. Don't treat anybody like crap; in ten years you might be working with (or for!) them again.

This school district is right in our back yard and we know these folks. This is all the result of a VERY few extremist snowflakes.Whatever you think about the politics (and boy do I think plenty) these are real people who's lives are a living hell because of this. They signed up to help...

There's more than one style of flat, tell us a little more. Does it stand on stage and never move? Does it tour? Does it have to stand up to...whatever, or just look pretty? For a couple of hours or a couple of years?

Do you have neoprene carriers? If you do, you need #1726 rubber spacers between them. Otherwise the wheels can contact each other and lock up. I'd be more confident in this diagnosis if it didn't work better before you swapped the master carriers.

There's such a thing a too much tension on the line. If this is hanging on a counterweight set, bring it in a bit and try it. Or if it's dead-hung but has an adjustable floor pulley, put a little slack in the line.

Mega Systems make a couple of LED follow spots that are well within your budget, are probably bright enough for what you're doing, and are available for immediate shipment.

Not discontinued, Vincent Lighting has 14 of the Philips on the shelf and can get more. But you're right, they're pricey.

We've had pretty good luck with TCP (Technical Consumer Products). They make both dimmable and non-dimmable, so you have to be careful which you're buying, but the dimmables dim pretty well. Obviously, try a few on your dimmers before you invest in a hundred.

I doubt if you'll feel like you need incandescent fill to get good skin tones from the Series 3, they're very good in that regard.

If you only need one, it's almost not worth the hassle of doing it yourself. Both Apollo and Rosco now will make you a full-color custom plastic gobo for less than the cost of a custom metal gobo.

Caster wear is the least of your worries. The real advantage to face-up is that every stray screw and nail that inevitably finds its way under the turntable is not an accidental brake.