On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Two methods, as I see:<br>
Method One (from top batten down to sub-batten):<br>
Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle > Chain > (can I use a turnbuckle<br>
here?) > Shackle > Chain > Sub-batten<br>
<br>
Method Two:<br>
Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle > Chain > Shackle > Batten Clamp > Sub-batten<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Either way will work fine.</div><div><br></div><div>As Bill says, if you twist the chain you can get away from having to deal with those annoying turnbuckles. That trick doesn't work with wire rope downlegs, although if you try the SpanSet trick it'll work with them... But it takes some effort to rig it.</div></div><div><br></div><br><br>-- <br>Dave Vick<br>Asst. Carpenter / Flyman; "Annie" On Tour '15-'16<br>Sent from the DavePad<br>