[SML] Help?! Using Unistrut as traveler track, need rollers

[Steven Hood]

When I was at Regent (in Virginia Beach), we bought 8 or 12 of them... 
Those rollers were far noisier than I'd have liked, but they worked. Dave 
Shuhy, the production manager there, may be able to arrange a hunt for 
where they are these days.
Another thing you might do is make your own if the loads will be light enough.
Steven R Hood
310.756.3555



On March 11, 2015 11:59:19 PM Harold J Hotchkiss via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Folks I find myself in a bit of a bind and I'm hoping someone can help.
>   We're gearing up for a production of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" at
> the high school I'm working at this year and part of the scene design
> calls for several drops to slide along a piece of Unistrut using trolley
> rollers like these (
> http://www.unistrut.us/index.php?WP=show&GRP=Trolley ).  Unfortunately,
> the school doesn't have nearly enough in stock (or as many as they
> thought) and when I checked the inventory about 20% of them were broken
> or mangled.  We need about sixty more rollers than we have, and at a bit
> more than ten dollars apiece for the cheapest model that works out to a
> significant chunk of our scenery budget.
>
> Are there any cheaper alternatives we could look at?  Alternately, and I
> know this is a long shot, but does anyone have 60 trolley rollers that
> they're not using that we could borrow or rent?  I'd prefer model P2751
> to match the ones the school already has but I know beggars can't be
> choosers.  The school is located in California in the Bay Area and of
> course we'll pay shipping both directions.  Even if you only have two or
> three dozen available please let me know.
>
> Thank you,
> Harold
>
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