<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If, by Spanset you mean a synthetic roundsling*…Then yes….sort of…<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">You cannot choke both ends of a roundsling. You can choke one end but the other end will require a shackle or a similar device.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My concern with using a roundsling is that it could possibly slip along the pipe. As I’m sure you’ve seen, people, especially kids, love to grab on to legs and pull them around. They could conceivably pull the leg hard enough to pull the sub-pipe out of the sling. Yeah, I know it’s a bit farfetched but it could happen.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With a chain/shackle/batten clamp assembly it can’t possibly happen. I like that a lot better.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*Spanset is a brand name that is sometimes used as the generic name for synthetic roundslings. I’ve got nothing against Spanset but I do prefer to call rigging equipment by it’s proper name. Makes for better accuracy. I like accuracy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 24, 2015, at 9:27 PM, Stephen Rees via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Bill, in lieu of chain, might you consider two equal length spansets choked on both the system pipe and the sub-pipe?<div class="">Just curious.</div><div class="">Steve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Stephen E. Rees</div><div dir="ltr" class="">RAC Addition Project Shepherd<div class="">State University of New York at Fredonia</div><div class="">716.673.3208 Office</div><div class="">716.680.1565 Mobile</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">You’re using proof coil chain so the WLL of the chain is gonna be, what…maybe 10 times the weight of what you’re hanging. Use the chain. Forget the turnbuckle. They’re dumb.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rigger trick # 487<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the height adjustment is off by something less than the length of a link, give the chain a bit of a twist. Not a full twist, mind you, because then the links tend to climb up on one another. A 1/4 or 1/2 twist will take care of it.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 24, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class="">Howdy y'all.... directed at the installers/riggers out there..... I'm<br class="">needing to install some sub-battens to hang some legs from the same<br class="">battens that some borders are on.... I intend to use proof coil, rated<br class="">hardware, schedule 40 for the shorty battens, et al... and I have a<br class="">question about what kibbles n bits are needed, and preferences of the<br class="">rigging masters.<br class=""><br class="">Two methods, as I see:<br class=""><br class="">Method One (from top batten down to sub-batten):<br class=""><br class="">Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle > Chain > (can I use a turnbuckle<br class="">here?) > Shackle > Chain > Sub-batten<br class=""><br class="">Method Two:<br class="">Batten > Batten Clamp > Shackle > Chain > Shackle > Batten Clamp ><br class="">Sub-batten<br class=""><br class="">The question in Method one: can I use a turnbuckle to better dial in<br class="">the height for leveling? Sometimes the difference is less than one<br class="">chain link. Chain drop is about 5 or 6 feet.<br class=""><br class="">Thoughts? Suggestions?<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Jon Ares<br class=""><a href="http://www.arescreative.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.arescreative.com</a><br class=""><a href="http://backstagethreads.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://backstagethreads.com</a><br class=""><br class="">____________________________________________________________<br class="">For list information see <<a href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" target="_blank" class="">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br class="">Stagecraft mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" class="">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" target="_blank" class="">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="">____________________________________________________________<br class="">
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