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In the past three years i have had 3 shows where we needed to drop leaves/ petals.Sleepy hollow where we made a few modified snow bags that where attached to pipes one pipe secured and the other movable with larger slits for the leaves to fall. worked fairly well for us. Main issue...

My shop had built some a few yrs ago for a show and we used a heavy black duv out costume shop was nice enough to sew the couple of pieces we had to seam in and do all of the hem work and sew in the webbing for use. worked really well for us. throughout the different scenes of the show...

Are you using MDF or Masonite. From what you've described it sounds more like Masonite every piece of MDF sheet I have ever used has been the same on both sides. Most Masonite especially if purchased from home depot is only has the one good side.

There is an issue with rechargeable batteries esp AA. We used to us rechargeable in our wireless headsets for our crew and had several issues with the clips on the batter covers breaking. If you compare a normal alkaline AA to a rechargeable you will notice the rechargeable is slightly...

I like vacuform for brick can be a little price at about $110 a sheet for a roughly 4'x12' but it does look great. Our christmas carol set was done with fiberglass brick sheets looks great but heavy.

If the turntable is unmotorized you want to keep the weight down as much as possible. If the drywall is solely for the smoothness and lack of grain I would skin in luaun then cover it in muslin. The luaun will give you the solid surface and the muslin will give you...

We been using bottles from the local beauty supply store that are meant for hair dying. they have held up great for us. I think the set we have has been around for a little over 2 yrs or so. And in reference to buying glue in bulk we get home depot to...

I have the Jet Version of the Horizontal band saw footer posted it is great You can put several sticks in at a time has its own coolant system. It was well worth the money. The cold cut saws have always treated me good to. I have never had very good luck with the...

As Derek stated a lot depends on who the actor is and comfort level. Also what kind of action is taking place on the platforms if theres a lot of action no railing is a big safety issue and what kind of lighting is going on while actors are up there. if its...

I have had to do several trees. for a version of sleep hollow I just designed and was TD for we went out and got permission from a few different people to cut down smaller trees that were dead but still strong and secured them to the floor and rand safety picks up...

A few years ago we build about 20 stock flats out of 1x2 aluminum with holes drilled 1' from the ends and 2' oc they have worked really well for us. We build 10 - 6' x 16' 6 - 5' x 16' amd 4 - 4' x 16'. We did not use any adhesives on the luaun just tek screws. Over...

3M's 30NF green glue has worked great for me. Another product that has worked well for me and is much cheaper is PL foam adhesive, it comes in a caulk tube and can be found at home depot.

i have used plexi before with a translucent paint. We used black acrylic caulk to line out the shape of the image we wanted to paint then it was basically a paint by numbers worked really well for us.

I would check the manual for the best way to flush the fogger. We use the Viper NT from look solutions it has been a great product and treated use very well. It tells use not to flush with water cause any remaining water will cause corrosion and rust internally and to...

Go to bmi http://www.bmisupply.comThey have dropped prices greatly over the past year or so on the zero throw casters these prices are straight from their current online catologe300 lbs. Capacity - 4” overall height, 4-3/4” clearance radius, hard rubber wheels...