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

Richard Niederberg ladesigners at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 14:26:19 UTC 2015


Many formally proprietary names have slipped into the Public Domain by
extensive usage by the public.
/s/ Richard
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Bruce Purdy via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Bill Sapsis  wrote:
>
>
> You cannot choke both ends of a roundsling.  You can choke one end but the
> other end will require a shackle or a similar device.
>
>
> Is that a safety rule, or a practicality matter? Normally I can see where
> you can’t choke both ends, but with a short “sub batten,” it seems like you
> could form a choke and slide the pipe in. Of course you wouldn’t have any
> adjustment, but would that be wrong to do?
>
>
> My concern with using a roundsling is that it could possibly slip along
> the pipe.  As I’m sure you’ve seen, people, especially kids, love to grab
> on to legs and pull them around.  They could conceivably pull the leg hard
> enough to pull the sub-pipe out of the sling.  Yeah, I know it’s a bit
> farfetched but it could happen.
>
>
> If the legs are tied to the sub batten on both sides of each Spanset  (er,
> excuse me - Roundsling) then it should be effectively locked in place.
>
>
> With a chain/shackle/batten clamp assembly it can’t possibly happen.  I
> like that a lot better.
>
>
> I’d certainly agree that this would be a better solution for a permanent
> situation. I’m just curious about the above.
>
>
> *Spanset is a brand name that is sometimes used as the generic name for
> synthetic roundslings.  I’ve got nothing against Spanset but I do prefer to
> call rigging equipment by it’s proper name.  Makes for better accuracy.  I
> like accuracy.
>
>
> If Bill has the sniffles, Don’t anybody offer him a Kleenex, and don’t
> offer to make any Xerox copies for him! He prefers “Facial tissues” and
> “Electrostatic copies!”   ;-)
>
>
> Bruce
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/s/ Richard
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