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What’a the wattage of the fresnels you’re using? An old trick is to just double up on your gel cuts.

Authentic name brand Masonite is no longer available, but tempered hardboard should be.

I’m not a student but I truly have no idea what this screw is for.

Here’s the hanger at my alma mater, likely original to the buildings opening in 1974. I think the spring across the front is rather ingenious.

I’m curious if anyone has some extra stage brace hardware they’d be willing to sell me, or perhaps the hardware off an existing set. I’d like to have a few in my possession both as an historical artifact, and as a utility tool.This also leads me into other questions, such as, what is the best...

^^^THIS^^^Too many places want a facilities engineer, a set designer, a head carpenter, an LD, and a sound board op all rolled into one overworked job.

That would print up clean on a desktop resin printer.

That’s a very reasonable price for a Leica, I think I could swing that.

Looking to upgrade from my Black Friday special Bosch Blaze 65. It’s a handy little unit but I’ve come to realize its 65’ rating is inadequate for our world.While I would love one, I currently don’t have the spending allowance for a Leica. Does anyone have a good “bang for the buck” laser...

I loved that time it was in Milwaukee. :pray:

Columbus? All right! Only a 3.5 hour drive!

So the question to me is, will this be an outlier product 10 years before it’s time, or the first in what’s sure to follow?Time will tell.

I’ll say the same thing I said on FB:This isn’t going to replace your whole rig of hoists (yet). This is going to be super handy when you need to spot rig things around the grid, bring stuff up to the grid during load in, or put picks on things before you dead hang them.Pretty much anywhere...

Hot off the presses.https://www.cmco.com/en-us/resources/cmco-articles/battery-powered-chain-hoist/?fbclid=IwAR2jJ5vnRATCqYp7MfbDI3NYu-tO3FTLz3blADqK5VqrXPWpzXJ2_UipvfM_aem_AQik8ck2EvDT9bIlS2lVPVmacM3IYo9tbJiETvTjSDw9Xn6i5QlZZwtlW5u_q9b8vpI

What kind of flats? Hollywood or Broadway? What are they framed with and how are they finished?99% of the time I’m working with Hollywood flats skinned in Luan or Masonite, and framed in 3/4” plywood ripped to 3-1/2” wide. For straight walls I usually just screw them together. For your...