[SML] Big Blocks of EPS

[Mike Katz]

I would go either with sonotube or the fabric methods for a completely
different reason, That much foam is a major fire safety concern!  If it did
start to burn, The smoke and its deadly by products would be a major danger
to the audience and the company. Even if you paint it with a intumescent
fireproofing layer the fuel load of a block of foam that size is bigger
than most of us should accept on our stages.
Mike

Michael Katz
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> > I am working on an upcoming production of Anything Goes and
> > wanted to create two ventilation stand pipes for the ships deck.
>
> Other than foam, another approach may be to stretch fabric between pipe
> loops.  The elbow part is the part that won't work well if the design is of
> a smooth elbow. But, if you make it look more sheet-metal like, then it
> would work.
>
> For a bell-shaped inlet, if you use a spandex fabric, it would form a nice
> bell shape. The part I am not clear on with this approach, is how the ring
> for the bell part is held in position.  Perhaps use foam for that part, but
> the rest is the fabric.
>
> The main benefit to using fabric, is that you can collapse/disassemble it
> and put it in storage while utilizing much less space.
>
> -Joe
>
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