[SML] Dragging a mailbox across a stage.....

[Mike Katz]

I would consider angle iron legs with UHDP (ultra high density polyethylene
pads on the floor. It would look more like a mailbox than a wood leg.
Mike

Michael Katz
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Ok, so we're doing "Kimberly Akimbo" - and the director wants one of the
> blue, USPS-style street-side letterboxes for the character that steals it.
> He wants her dragging it, because, of course, it's heavy.
>
> I've designed the carcass (scaled it down a bit to look better on stage,
> and for weight) - but does anyone have any recommendations for legs that
> (hopefully) won't tear up the floor, or splinter, split, and generally look
> like crappe?  Maybe a dense hardwood like walnut?  (Easy to get...
> something like ipe would be a journey for me....)
>
> Other ideas?  (No metalworking available.)  Anyone else do this show
> recently?
>
>  - Jon
>
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> Jon Ares
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