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All good points here. Of course, many places I go we can get smoke detectors deactivated, but it typically involves strict schedule for use, sometimes it involves an actual fire marshal to sit on fire watch, twiddling their thumbs, which costs more money, and if the venue is going to shut...

Cinegel and E-Color.Cinegel are their film/video color correction filters. Basically, things that are in the 3000/4000 range are part of the Cinegel line. This includes the scrims, diffusions, and reflective materials. Some of these specialty items can NOT (or shouldn't) be used in direct...

The Haze Base- Base Hazer Pro is the closest thing you can find to a DF-50 without having to deal with all of the issues that come with the DF-50, like it being oil based, constantly covered with slime, and sounding like a small two cycle engine.The size of the Base Hazer Pro is spectacular...

Re: Console suggestionsI think that this discussion is foolish. This should be broken down by budget. We should be asking the question, "what do you actually have to spend?" Only then can a real determination be made as to what might work well for your situation. Otherwise we're just...

Agreed. Over 6' =Fall Arrest Children on a rope ladder= Sketchy If these were AEA union actors this would qualify as Extraordinary Risk, which for an adult actor working in a union house on a union show it is, of course, their decision. But special care and liability is taken on by...

I've whittled it down to the following over the years. There are many great books out there, but these seem to be the 'go to' for me when I can't remember how to do something or need reassurance that I'm not crazy. Entertainment Rigging- Harry Donovan Stage Rigging Handbook (3rd ed)- Jay...

I avoid audio as much as humanly possible, but I've heard that a dab of olive oil on a rag will work wonders on those skinny cables. Not the capsule, of course.

Well, back to the point here, rental companies are a great place to get your feet soggy and wet. Mostly like living in a bog.Depending on your location there may be production companies that provide equipment that are looking for shop monkeys and schleppers. I know that we always were...

Agreed. Pulling pins is easy, but the hinges are on the onstage side. We have built several of these and the simplest and least complicated way we found was to mount the door hinges to an inner door jamb within the door's opening. The hinges were mounted to blocks that slid into pre cut...

GEEARGH! I think we all know my thoughts on the HOG III (II, ipc, road hog, whatever). But at the risk of angering everyone on here and their delicate sensibilities, I will go ahead and beg all of you to stop promoting the HOG in any of its incarnations. (ha, I know, let the hate mail...

Check. I have talked about this a decent number of times here and I have to say that the Vista is my favorite desk to date. We liked them so much we bought 4 of the i-3 with wacom 21 inch tablets. This desk may not be popular, but it is life changing. I wish I were kidding about that. I...

Yes. Exactly. Perhaps poorly was a ... well... poor choice of word. It does what it does and that which it does it does it well, if that makes any sense. On any show with more than 50 conventionals, LW is a must for me. Anything under 50 I can track in my head with notes scrawled like a...

LW is my old friend. In the olden days, when working in the theater only where shows stay up for weeks, if not months at a time and I have lead time as well as design time LW is fantastic. LW is great for keeping it all organized as things change. In my theater days the average number...

Pretty much a great analog desk with automation. Manuals if you don't know where to start. A theater I worked at for years ran all Cadac-J type desks. 40+ wireless, 60+ piece orchestra. Smooth sailing and sounds fantastic.

Agreed. Just replace the whole set. I think ETC now only sells the 'kit' to vendors, (at least my old vendor), leads with socket terminals attached with porcelain et cetera. Cleaning only makes it worse. Jamming something down in there to remove the carbon will only increase the air...