Recent content by Narpthleg

I want to create a sand effect on stage and one of the methods I'm considering is ground cork. Or possibly a textured canvas ground cloth enhanced with ground cork on top.I've found a distributor for cork, but they sell by weight and I'm not sure what area of coverage that translates to.Does...

I see. This makes sense - I worked with a company who welded together standard hinges to make non-sprung double hinges for double-folding doors and it's true they just flopped around and there was too much weight on the castors. I never fully understood exactly what was going on, but now I see...

Oops, yeah, you're right, I think I've messed up the pivot points. Having trouble wrapping my head around it in 2D! I need to do as Porkchop said and do a mockup in cardboard to understand better.

Hmm yeah this could work - would be good to have wider hinge points and based on what people are saying, possibly more stable than sprung double hinges.

Hi Ron, I'm in London, England. Thanks for the link! Those look great - definitely pricey but depending on how other show costs work out we might be able to afford them. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm designing a set where I'd like certain walls to pivot and I could use some advise.The idea is to have four walls making a cross, with the downstage 2 turning about 180 degrees each, and the upstage two stationary and braced/bolted into the stage behind. My thought of how to do...

I have a door and frame that needs to be freestanding on a raked stage. Ideally, there wouldn't be any sort of base visible from the front, and just feet off the back. But I imagine if I only have feet off the back, because of the angle of the stage, the door is just going to tip forward. What...