<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=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Looks like the folding system on my “FastFold” movie screen frames. I bought my first frame (without the screen surface) used years ago really cheaply. I used it to hang my stage curtains.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The same approach could certainly be used with a scenic backdrop - snap the bottom edge to the frame and, as you said, use elastic connections on the top and sides.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruce</div><div class="">-----</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Bruce Purdy</div><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Central New York Magic Theatre Co.</div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://brucepurdy.com" class="">http://brucepurdy.com</a></div></div></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12Jan, 2019, at 5:46 PM, jdunfee12--- via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="">Bruce via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:
</div><div id="ydpcfd9b854yahoo_quoted_7695259734" class="ydpcfd9b854yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;" class=""><div class="">> Assemble the frames as pantographs with hinges. Insert a crossbar</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="ydpcfd9b854yqt6948811687" id="ydpcfd9b854yqtfd09575">>once the pantographs are extended as a stiffener.</div><div class="ydpcfd9b854yqt6948811687"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for the crossbar idea. I had a similar design that I had drawn up many years ago, for a 4' x 8' frame designed hang curtains. (see attached image). But, there were more folds. Your ASCII art would not work unless the folding part where half the length of the non-folding part. For my 3'x5' flats, I would need to hinge the 3' long pieces. pieces, and so the cross bar would be installed vertically. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The painted cloth could not be attached to the folding pieces, unless I would be OK with it having creases that cross the interior. But, I could use the elastic tensing system that was mentioned before, just for the sides that are not attached.. Then the painted cloth would wrap around the frame for storage.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Joe<br class=""></div></div></div>
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