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What's your budget like? If you're looking for simplicity and a way to protect your equipment from non-techie people, I've done many control systems with a simple computer, some software, and a touchscreen, all for about $1,000 depending on how many components there are. And it'll control...

It is definitely some type of grounding clamp. Not sure exactly what it would be used for though, perhaps for grounding a temporary 3-phase circuit, say from a generator?

Wow!! Reading this makes me feel like there is a lot of safety stuff not implemented in my area. At my school, as well as most other places I've worked/visited, no one even owns a harness. Of course, we're in the Midwest. I'll go up in a lift 25+ feet without even thinking about a harness...

Just a thought, you may want to talk to Dakota Entertainment if you're not worried about warranties and such. They do a little bit of electronics repair, and I've sent a few things in to get fixed. If you can't get it fixed, let me know. I'm in Hartford and always looking for things like that.

That's exactly the effect we are going for! Do you know, is it possible to do that with a fog machine and cooler? The school doesn't really like using things like dry ice.

For prom this year, we are doing a jungle theme, with a waterfall as the main focal point. What we had as a suggestion was to try and have the girls come out from under the waterfall if possible. I know that it is possible with a fogscreen, except for the 5-6k price tag to rent one for the...

Here's a shot of the entire cast, pit, and most importantly crew with the set behind us. In addition to getting the house and barn units done, we had a major issue with lighting. In our auditorium, we have a total of 9 spotlights, 4 fresnels, 4 ellipsoidals, and 1 follow spot. We ended up...

Thanks! I was planning on using 14/3 SO cable, with one fixture on each cable. Another thing, is that I was hoping to program cues into the board. Also, I only have two techs for this show, me (tech director, stage manager, lighting designer, and sound engineer), and currently, I'm taking...

At my school, we have a total of 9 spot lights, including 4 ellipsoidials, 4 fresnels, and 1 followspot. That being said, we usually end up bringing in some lighting for shows. For the show this weekend, we had to bring in 24 ETC Source 4 Pars, plus dimmers, a temp. power panel, etc. We have...

At my school, we don't usually require any specific dress code. Of course, our school has 400 kids 9-12, and the crew is usually only 3-5 people, and I'm usually doing the jobs of 3 or 4, including Tech director, lighting designer, sound engineer, stage manager, etc. Our group is good enough...

I'm doing a research paper on the very general topic of theatre lighting. Does anybody know of any really good published sources? My subtopics are: fixtures and their uses, control, and power. Any help would be awesome!! Thanks!

Does anybody have any suggestions for an easy way to connect power, one mic, and DMX data to a movable set piece? What we have, is two cutaways of a house. Each one is on casters because they come on and off the stage, as well as have a house inside and a town scene on the opposite side. They...

Here are some pictures of the pretty well finished set:

Any ideas on how to make a breakaway bed? For example, the bed collapses when an actor sits on it? It also has to be repeatable, I don't want to have to buy 4 beds and cut almost all the way through them.

There will actually be a set of stairs on the back side that will be additional support, and I may or may not add another 2x4 at the bottom of them. As far as overall support, there is plenty for now. We had about 7 guys up there, and it was surprisingly sturdy. I will definitely be adding...