[SML] Spreader plates

[Jon Lagerquist]

If the weight is not going to move, how about the wild idea of welding a
strap across the end of a brick in the stack. A bent piece could be slid
down the back and welded on the sides.

On 4/30/2018 12:39 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft wrote:
> In process of inspecting 20+ year old rigging system. There are
> spreader plates for one every 5' basically, not unusual for the time
> but deficient based on today's standards and "best practice" of one
> every 2'. Easy enough to add on most sets but the shell sets are in
> the 4000-5000 pound range, and of course weights never removed. Since
> the spreader plates generally are to keep the weights on the arbor in
> the case of a runaway, does it matter on a lineset where the weight
> never changes? Is it really worth deading off the load, and unloading
> and reloading thousands of pounds of weights?
> 

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Jon Lagerquist
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