Thanks for the info.
I do always
safety everything, but everything has up till now not included
gel frames and barndoors. On a
scroller where there's no catch or clip in the top of the holder I would, but is it considered good practice to
safety every
gel frame
etc too? :
neutral:
As long as your instruments have the fourth clip there is no need to
safety the
gel frame. Anything other than that (like an
Altman 360Q) wouldn't hurt in having a safetied
gel frame if the
unit is hung facing straight down, or close to it. If the
instrument is hung upright I don't see the need for a
safety cable on the
gel frame. Just make sure your
yoke bolts are tight. For any
instrument without the fourth clip, it might be a good idea to look into cardboard
gel frames anyway. That way in the event that they fall, at least they won't do any damage to a patron or company member's head.
If there is no fourth clip, always
safety cable barndoors. Same goes for tophats, halfhats,
gel extenders,
etc. I think there was a thread on this somewhere where the barndoors fell out and damaged the floor. Could have been worse, so barndoors get a
safety. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to
safety barndoors even with the fourth clip, really.
Anything heavy in the
iris slot (such as a
gobo rotator, film f/x,
Rosco ImagePro,
iris,
etc) should also get a dedicated
safety cable.
Gobo holders can usually be held in pretty tight by sliding the
gobo slot
cover as much as you can into the closed position, thus clamping the holder in place. Again, it's one of those "when in doubt" situations. Some lights (like the
Strand SL) even had slots in this door which allowed the door to close completely with a
gobo holder installed.