[SML] FOH hang and focus safety improvement needed

[taco at peak.org]

I don't know how we'll ever afford, or store, even the simplest of these solutions. The real sticking point, though, for almost all of these options, is setting it up and moving it around the room over and over and over until you are happy with the design. That makes the idea of a truss/catwalk awfully attractive. 

My experience at other boxes leaves me with a real distaste for bounce focus, but even that would be better than the ladder work we're doing now. 



From: "Bill Nelson via Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net> 
To: "Stagecraft Mailing List" <stagecraft at theatrical.net> 
Cc: billn at peak.org 
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2017 3:19:23 AM 
Subject: Re: [SML] FOH hang and focus safety improvement needed 

> I don't know cost. Years ago I had a 20 or 30' diameter circular catwalk 
> truss and iirc in the $25,000 range. Maybe a straight stick is $10,000?? 
> 
> I could imagine this would be possible on stick framed walls. 
> 
> I don't know elevations but if deck is 11', maybe under side is 9 or 10', 
> perhaps ok when parked over last row of seats. Too many things I don't know. 
> 
> Access at heigth is always tricky. The track system could be overhead with 
> truss suspended or on a kind of shelf off the wall. 
> 
> The solution could be simple and not too expensive compared to genie and 
> straddle, but design work is far from trivial. 

Thanks for the thoughts, Bill. 

I actually like the idea better than either the Straddle or motorizing the 
pipes. It would leave some money to improve the pipe mounting to the ceiling - 
although the current mounts seem quite steady. 

Maybe Don Taco will pop back in and comment on what he would prefer. 

Bill 



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