How do you store your Gobos?

[PDSaccman]

I am the Accessories(Gels, Gobos, Barn Doors, Half Hats etc) Manager and we are redoing our theatre and I am wondering how other people store their Gobos.

 

[calkew5]

I've seen folks use small file cabinets (like card catalogs). CD cases are a popular choice, too. By that I mean those binders with the pockets.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000A1WGL/?tag=controlbooth-20

That one's a little fancy but you get the idea.

 

[Sean]

You need to give us a slightly better idea of what scale of storage you need. Do you have ~100 gobos? Or do you have something more like 1000?

--Sean

 

[PDSaccman]

You need to give us a slightly better idea of what scale of storage you need. Do you have ~100 gobos? Or do you have something more like 1000?

--Sean

I would say about 100.

 

[SteveB]

CD case, and I need a 2nd

 

[JLNorthGA]

I would say about 100.

How about going to the flea markets and finding some old 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" floppy disk storage containers.

I use the 5 1/4" to store sanding disks for my 5" random orbital sander. I think the 3 1/2" storage containers might hold gobos.

 

[josh88]

I second the cd case, we've always just made them from an old binder and those plastic windowed sleeves, like the kind for baseball cards. just find ones large enough for the gobos. we'd then make a photo copy of the gobo and slide it in so that if the sleeve ends up empty we know what goes there.

 

[derekleffew]

http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/...73-better-way-store-glass-patterns-gobos.html
http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting-electrics/6607-gobo-carrying-case.html
http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting-electrics/4222-gobos.html

 

[esmphoto]

in a horrible pile underneath all our equally unsorted gels. vaguely divided into cubies by type (shapes, architectural objects, odd pictures, other)

I do have a scan of every gobo and photo of a cyc with all our gels in a powerpoint that i can take to production meetings.

i've been looking at various solutions, thinking about binder sleeves.

 

[techieman33]

Ours are in 3 ring binders, in sleves for 3 1/2" floppies. Who knows if you could even find those any more.

 

[chausman]

We use envelopes in one place, plastic cd sleeves in another, and a third venue uses 3x5 notecard boxes. Like this:

 

[venuetech]

hanging file CD page

hanging in the cut color file cabinet.

 

[Gern]

Case Logic CD cases.
But, last season the gaffers was brought to set(school scene lots of background) and someone walked off with it. Did the thief know they were gobos, or were they hoping for music?

 

[Kelite]

We've offered this little beauty empty or filled with 150 steel gobos...


Apollo Design | Black Box

 

[Beans45601]

We've offered this little beauty empty or filled with 150 steel gobos...


Apollo Design | Black Box

How much for an empty one?

 

[JFR]

I store gobos the cheapest way possible, and then buy more gobos with the money I saved.

I just use the plastic sleeve they come in when we purchase them. On the top I write the gobo number, and then file them numerically in a small box. You probably have a small box that would work perfectly. I think I've even used a Pop-Tarts box before.

I have tried to do a lot of different gobo storage systems, and this is the one I like best. CD binders have worked ok, but when you're looking at 100+ gobos, you will accumulate a lot of binders. Or just a small box or two.

 

[zmb]

We've offered this little beauty empty or filled with 150 steel gobos...


Apollo Design | Black Box

Looks like bargain if I had to buy 150 gobos at once...

 

[josh88]

Looks like bargain if I had to buy 150 gobos at once...

Kelite specified empty or filled. I would venture a guess that it's not the same price empty.

 

[chausman]

Kelite specified empty or filled. I would venture a guess that it's not the same price empty.

It is still a rather good deal though. Roughly 20 extra free* gobos and a free* handy box to keep them in when not in use.

*Free as in you've just bought an USD $1725 MSRP box with 150 gobos and a box for them.

 

[Kelite]

It is still a rather good deal though. Roughly 20 extra free* gobos and a free* handy box to keep them in when not in use.

*Free as in you've just bought an USD $1725 MSRP box with 150 gobos and a box for them.

Sorry for my absence, company meetings with KC Hooper and Rich Dale in the house! Woohoo!

The 150 pc Black Box gobo special equates to $11.40 per steel standard pattern, discounted from $13.25 MSRP. These ship with a free Black Box for your venue's storage needs.

A smaller 75 pc Black Box gobo special will be announced for 2012-