[SML] Sub-batten rigging suggestions....

[Dale Farmer]

Or you can get some wire rope and make up some flemish eye loops for the 
ends and keep those meddling kids from ever adjusting it.  *grins*

   --Dale

On 9/24/2015 9:27 PM, Stephen Rees via Stagecraft wrote:
> Bill, in lieu of chain, might you consider two equal length spansets
> choked on both the system pipe and the sub-pipe?
> Just curious.
> Steve
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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
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>     You’re using proof coil chain so the WLL of the chain is gonna be,
>     what…maybe 10 times the weight of what you’re hanging. Use the
>     chain.  Forget the turnbuckle.  They’re dumb.
>
>     Rigger trick # 487
>
>     If the height adjustment is off by something less than the length of
>     a link, give the chain a bit of a twist.  Not a full twist, mind
>     you, because then the links tend to climb up on one another.  A 1/4
>       or 1/2 twist will take care of it.
>
>     Bill S.
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>>     On Sep 24, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft
>>     <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Howdy y'all.... directed at the installers/riggers out there.....  I'm
>>     needing to install some sub-battens to hang some legs from the same
>>     battens that some borders are on.... I intend to use proof coil, rated
>>     hardware, schedule 40 for the shorty battens, et al... and I have a
>>     question about what kibbles n bits are needed, and preferences of the
>>     rigging masters.
>>
>>     Two methods, as I see:
>>
>>     Method One (from top batten down to sub-batten):
>>
>>     Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle  > Chain  > (can I use a turnbuckle
>>     here?)  >  Shackle  > Chain > Sub-batten
>>
>>     Method Two:
>>     Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle  > Chain  > Shackle  > Batten Clamp  >
>>     Sub-batten
>>
>>     The question in Method one: can I use a turnbuckle to better dial in
>>     the height for leveling? Sometimes the difference is less than one
>>     chain link. Chain drop is about 5 or 6 feet.
>>
>>     Thoughts? Suggestions?
>>
>>     --
>>     Jon Ares
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