Recent content by RickBoychuk

I do inspections. I ran into a situation like this earlier this year. A lift of suitable height was simply not available in Labrador, Canada. In my report, I noted that I was unable to attain the full height access but that I got up to the maximum of the lift that was available. With binoculars...

Document it before you do anything else. Take 200 images. Nothing is too small to be documented. Then post them on FB or which ever. Then try to get it into a location that will preserve it. I'd take it, but getting it from Muncie to Toronto would be a challenge. Good luck.

Reach out to Wendy Wazsut-Barrett, via FaceBook regarding the vintage. Let us know the outcome. She also knows a company that encapsulates asbestos curtains. It is best to talk to a totally knowledgeable person rather than us muggles. Many years ago, we identified that we had an asbestos. We...

We all must do what is necessary to mount a production. But ... what you have described is props, not lighting.

I stumbed upon this again today. I am looking again at the images. Main clue - double rod arbor. All counterweight arbors that I have seen from Europe from the beginning until quite recently were singe pole arbors. Clancy introduced the double rod arbor in its 1903 catalogue. Or was it 1905? So...

The new features in moving heads are being introduced so quickly and so abundantly that it is a moving target, at best, and impossible to track, at worse. My suggestion is get you money approved with the best financial information, and when funds are in place, make the most comprehensive list...

I'd love to get full res files. [email protected]. direct. or Dropbox. or, if you are Mac based, iCloud photo sharing. Or any other method. Thanks.

And an interesting point; the operating line is onstage of the arbor - inaccessible to the operator. He must use the line attached to the arbor on the arbor side. It must be very awkward to operate. Sure would be nice to see images of the head and loft blocks.

Interesting doesn't begin to describe this installation. No. I do not believe that this is a 1885 installation in Cuba. The first documented installation of counterweight was, in fact, 1888 in Vienna. Other things tell of a later date, as well. Plate iron side plates. Channel arbor tops and...

There is an inspection standard published by ANSI. No less than every 5 years. Annual inspections to some degree.See: http://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/docs/ANSI_E1-47_Rig-2014-2003r4-2_secure.pdf

The arbor trap is a new device which is designed to prevent runaway line sets that are arbor-heavy. Unlike the out-of-balance detecting rope lock, the trap conforms with the ANSI 1.4. With patent pending, it is licensed to five manufacturers in the States: JR Clancy, Thern Stage Equipment, H&H...

Yes. Booth 421.

Amazon is a great service. But it is a huge machine in which, if anything is out of the ordinary, all the parts to not connect.Your 'analog guy' statement is in full effect on this day.

I am frustrated with Amazon. I was on the phone (on hold) when your post came through. I am on hold yet again. I am trying to get the book back on. I do not know if I will be successful before I leave for Cincinnati. Will you be at USITT?

I will be in Cincinnati at USITT in the BellaTEX booth #421. I would be pleased to discuss any points of interest. Rick.