Recent content by TecDirTN

The university of Tennessee has an excellent tech program for grads. and under grads.

Ship....no worries man! AS far as the twist.....It's a never ending battle...Once a month I will have to untwist the lines and hope that someday it will slowly stop twisting. I am still trying to find the most effiecient way to accomplish this, I will keep you all posted.

Van to answer your question, The Bijou is almost a hundred years old. It's an old Vaudville house that has been renovated about 10 times. The people paying the bills are not technical theatre "savy" they only see the numbers if you know what I sayin. Also I agree HEMP HOUSES SUCK! but it's more...

I am a certified rigger, I know whats going on, they used the cheaper style rope instead of the more expensive rope that would not twist up under load. I have already untwisted a couple of the hemp sets but was looking for a more efficent way to do it.

We have a new hemp set at the Bijou in knoxville. All pipes, ropes, head blocks, sheaves and sand bags are brand new. Nice right? Well not so much. I have been dealing with twisting ropes for the past month. What I mean is from the head block to the clew the 5 ropes become one tightly twisted...