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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t remember that one. Not doubting that it happened, but they all tend to run together after a while.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net> on behalf of "stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 2:28 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Dave Vick <dave.vick@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SML] Spreader plates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Jon Lagerquist via Stagecraft <</a><a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">stagecraft@theatrical.net</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">>
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> If the weight is not going to move, how about the wild idea of welding a<br>
> strap across the end of a brick in the stack. A bent piece could be slid<br>
> down the back and welded on the sides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Once upon a time, oh about seven or eight years ago, I spent a couple of days in a junior college theatre near Cleveland, welding additional spreader plates into
the arbors in their double-purchase counterweight system at the behest of Uncle Bill...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">I cannot begin to tell you how lousy an idea doing any welding on a counterweight system is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-- <br>
Dave Vick<br>
IATSE #274, Michigan<br>
ETCP Double-Certified Rigger #427<br>
517-749-3859<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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