You're right, of course! Funny story- a guy installed a pipe on the front
electric that hangs about three feet lower than the
grid. Makes it easier to hang on the front, and gives more options for hanging location. I'll include a pic of that along with the other pics I keep saying I'll post
First attempt, he spent hours drilling holes for the hanger bolts. He couldn't figure out why a clamp wouldn't fit on the pipe. I asked him if the pipe was OD or ID. You could see him melt! Now there's ID pipe on the front row, and 36' of OD sitting outside, lol.
I've wondered about the Zooms, and will probably pick one up one of these days to try. About to place an order for a 26 degree S4 (same as our juniors) on eBay. The juniors have jumped in price since the last time I bought any! I used to find them for $185-$200, now ~$270 is the best price I can find
The
yoke, while I believe is aluminum, is about 1/8" thick, and about 3/8" on either side of the factory hole, so there should be room.
@thatactorguy One of the advantages of your lower front LX pipe (as long as it can't rotate) is you can hang not only below it but also yoked up above it or yoked
up stage or
down stage as long as clearances permit. One of our local
amateur venues never back lit claiming back lights would hang too low on their fixed height pipes and be seen by their patrons. The first time I lit a production in their
venue I hung my front lights on their normal LX pipes and hung my back lights on their
border pipes yoked up above their borders. Their borders barely masked each other thus hanging my back lights yoked up above their borders guaranteed they were above the sight lines of all patrons. The last
theatre construction project I was on before my mini-stroke I noticed the architects had specified 2" schedule 40 welded in place for coat hangers in the common
lobby serving both venues. Have you ever tried to buy a coat hanger designed to hang on 2" schedule 40?
? I was the lead A/V installer employed directly by the A/V subcontractor and already had more than 40
RFI's (Requests For Information) formally documented and submitted relating to items concerning A/V thus I casually mentioned the coat check pipe to the General Contractor one day when he was passing with time on his hands but it wasn't my business to follow up on it. About a year later, days prior to opening, the city hired an
FOH manager and the excrement hit the ventilator when he unpacked the high dollar, architect specified, chrome plated coat hangers and they wouldn't hang on the pipes. At this
point the pipes were welded in place,
ground smooth, undercoated with primer and painted.
Oh how the architect tried to source hangers to fit the pipes. In the end they had to cut the pipes out and weld, grind, prime and finish new, correctly sized, pipes. Several contractors were delighted to bill for "extras". For the grand openings
portable racks were rented in to support patrons attire. He who laughs last comes to mind and I'm still giggling some seven years later. The
amateur group which owns 22
Source Four Junior Zooms only owns two full size
Source Four 26 degrees and devote them to a pair of
Rosco I-Mirrors with scrollers and
DMX irises. Initially a friend sneered at the inclusion of the pricey
DMX controlled irises suggesting it was better to use a narrower
Source Four when required. What he was overlooking was the effective change in
throw distance / beam diameter as you panned and tilted the I-Mirror across the
stage from
cue to cue. Guard your health and take care
@thatactorguy maturing has little to recommend it.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard