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

[Steven Hood]

I like putting the loop side of velcro on legs that need to be dragged...


On November 17, 2016 12:55:22 PM Mike Katz via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

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