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Stagecraft Digest, Issue #452

 1. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by "ladesigners [at] juno.com" <ladesigners [at] juno.com>
 2. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by "Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
 3. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by "Donald Robert Fox" <dsgnrlight [at] hotmail.com>
 4. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by MissWisc [at] aol.com
 5. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Steve Larson <tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
 6. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by "Tony Deeming" <deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com>
 7. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by MissWisc [at] aol.com
 8. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by "Simon Shuker" <simon [at] ef-ae.com>
 9. Re: McFeelys Screws
    by "Tyler Smith" <twsmith [at] mail.ucf.edu>
10. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Kurt Cypher <kurt [at] cyphernet.homedns.org>
11. Loan calculator Spreadsheet - OT
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
12. Re: looking for a special paint roller cleaner
    by CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
13. Dimmers available
    by "Tony Puglielli" <Tpuglielli [at] MILWAUKEEREP.com>
14. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Greg Bierly <gbierly [at] dejazzd.com>
15. Re: Merchant accounts?
    by Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
16. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
17. Re: Dimmers available
    by "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
18. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
19. Re: Ordering Lumber
    by usctd [at] columbia.sc
20. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
21. Re: melting light bulbs
    by "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
22. Re: melting light bulbs
    by "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
23. Re: McFeelys Screws
    by "Dirk Van Pernis" <dvanpernis [at] olneytheatre.org>
24. Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
    by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
25. Re: melting light bulbs
    by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
26. Re: Ordering Lumber
    by "Donald Robert Fox" <dsgnrlight [at] hotmail.com>
27. Re: melting light bulbs
    by "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" <stagecraft [at] theatrewireless.com>
28. Re: McFeelys Screws
    by "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
29. program coordinator job opening
    by Linda Essig <Linda.Essig [at] asu.edu>
30. Re: melting light bulbs
    by "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
31. Re: Dichoric Sheets (High End Color Merge)
    by "C. Dopher" <brooklyn [at] dopher.com>
32. Re: dichroic filter homemade unit
    by "C. Dopher" <brooklyn [at] dopher.com>

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From: "ladesigners [at] juno.com" <ladesigners [at] juno.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:23:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Message-Id: <20050708.052329.22224.7019 [at] webmail27.lax.untd.com>


Yes, my Great-Grandmother Fawkes told me about the loss of her close relative. She lamented: "If he had only not discussed his plans..."
/s/ Richard

I do know that on the UK's biggest national firework night - Guy Fawkes
Night on Nov 5 (celebrating the sad fact that Fawkes FAILED to get rid of parliament!!!!) 

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From: "Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson" <doomster [at] worldnet.att.net>
Subject: RE: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:56:03 -0600
In-Reply-To: <list-23569472 [at] prxy.net>
Message-ID: <auto-000023574764 [at] prxy.net>

Last night, fireworks still being shot in the neighborhood. Doom

-- 
Dr. Randall W.A. Davidson, Risk International & Associates, Inc. -
www.riskit.com   Latest workshops for Educational and Entertainment Industry
Performing Arts Personnel (Riggers, and Public Assembly and Educational
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Theater Safety Association (ISETSA) - www.isetsa.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Tony
Deeming
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:55 AM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of
> MissWisc [at] aol.com


> Someone in my neighborhood shot off some things. Tuesday morning
> my 10 year
> old son walkd in with a handfull of
> bottle-rocket-type-only-bigger  trash that
> had fallen in our backyard. He was cleaning it up so they  could
> play. Use of
> pyro includes cleanup as well - and NOT by children.  I'll find
> out who it is
> and call the police in the future.
>

Just an observation, but just how could any company shooting off maybe
thousands of fireworks even hope to be able to locate, collect then dispose
of all the spent casings? I know we're getting a more predictable f/w effect
these days in terms of timings & direction of effect etc, but seriously -
how can you predict what happens to a rocket casing after it's done the
necessary and is falling to earth?
And would residents be at all keen to let strangers wander through their
back yards to collect them? I know I wouldn't!
So what would the police be able to do? Arrest the fireworks promoters for
wanton littering of a neighbourhood??
8-))))))))

I do know that on the UK's biggest national firework night - Guy Fawkes
Night on Nov 5 (celebrating the sad fact that Fawkes FAILED to get rid of
parliament!!!!) you get literally hundreds of rockets & other stuff in the
sky, and quite often you'll get someone else's fallout in your garden.

I have no problem with that per sei - when my kids were too young to know, I
always cleared the yard the next morning (which could have included all the
carcasses I'd set off myself the previous night). These days they're old
enough to have had the safety talk and they do the job, with due caution,
for me.

Ynot



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From: "Donald Robert Fox" <dsgnrlight [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:01:53 +0000

Dear Doom,

Last night I was still shooting off fireworks in neighborhood.

D.R. Fox



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From: MissWisc [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <1ff.52d3c20.2ffff386 [at] aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:19:34 EDT
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks

This wasn't a company, Tony. It was people in my neighborhood  shooting off 
things that are illegal to use without a license - and prohibited  in the city 
without an additional permit.
 
I should not be expected to pick up their pyro trash any more than I would  
be expected to pick up other trash from their parties. Were a company to  dump 
trash on my lawn, they better have someone come clean it up or there are  
legal consequences. It's my understanding that the majority of the shell  casings 
of the big fireworks used in the city-wide display burn when used.  You get 
some debris falling back but it's small pieces of cardboard that will  
bio-degrade quickly. These are oversized bottle rockets on sticks - big enough  that 
had I mowed my lawn without knowing they are there, I could have been  seriously 
injured and the mower damaged.
 
I don't know the source of the trash or I would have taken it to their  
doorstep along with a barrage of "choice" language, a lecture on the number and  
ages of kids who play in the neighborhood, and the names/phone numbers of  
friends in the pyro guild. Time and place for everything. 
 
Where I live there are no fences, Kids play in everyone's yards and we  all 
watch out for them . 
 
It's all about personal responsibility. When I went to watch the big  
city-wide display, there was a guy who shot off some of the "illegal"  fireworks too. 
He tracked down the trash from them and put them in a 5 gallon  bucket which 
had about 3 gallons of water in the bottom. 
 
Kristi
 
 

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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:22:43 -0400
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
From: Steve Larson <tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
Message-ID: <BEF41283.66C6%tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-23575216 [at] prxy.net>

My personal responsibility would have been, and
has been in the past, to call 911 and report it.
"Neighbors" don't illegally bother those living
near them.  I've stopped it in the past in my
subdivision and I'll gladly do it again.

Steve

> From: MissWisc [at] aol.com
> Reply-To: "Stagecraft" <stagecraft [at] theatrical.net>


> Where I live there are no fences, Kids play in everyone's yards and we  all
> watch out for them .
> 
> It's all about personal responsibility. When I went to watch the big
> city-wide display, there was a guy who shot off some of the "illegal"
> fireworks too. 
> He tracked down the trash from them and put them in a 5 gallon  bucket which
> had about 3 gallons of water in the bottom.
> 
> Kristi
> 
> 
> 
> 


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From: "Tony Deeming" <deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com>
Subject: RE: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:26:46 +0100
Message-ID: <ODEMKLAMIBKNHPJLNKDPIEDHCMAA.deeming.tony [at] btinternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-23575216 [at] prxy.net>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of
> MissWisc [at] aol.com
> Sent: 08 July 2005 16:20
> To: Stagecraft
> Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
>
>
> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> This wasn't a company, Tony. It was people in my neighborhood
> shooting off
> things that are illegal to use without a license - and prohibited
>  in the city
> without an additional permit.
>
> I should not be expected to pick up their pyro trash any more
> than I would
> be expected to pick up other trash from their parties. Were a
> company to  dump
> trash on my lawn, they better have someone come clean it up or there are
> legal consequences. It's my understanding that the majority of
> the shell  casings
> of the big fireworks used in the city-wide display burn when
> used.  You get
> some debris falling back but it's small pieces of cardboard that will
> bio-degrade quickly. These are oversized bottle rockets on sticks
> - big enough  that
> had I mowed my lawn without knowing they are there, I could have
> been  seriously
> injured and the mower damaged.
>
> I don't know the source of the trash or I would have taken it to their
> doorstep along with a barrage of "choice" language, a lecture on
> the number and
> ages of kids who play in the neighborhood, and the names/phone
> numbers of
> friends in the pyro guild. Time and place for everything.
>
> Where I live there are no fences, Kids play in everyone's yards
> and we  all
> watch out for them .
>
> It's all about personal responsibility. When I went to watch the big
> city-wide display, there was a guy who shot off some of the
> "illegal"  fireworks too.
> He tracked down the trash from them and put them in a 5 gallon
> bucket which
> had about 3 gallons of water in the bottom.
>
> Kristi
>
>
>
Aha!

The trans-pond differences strike again!
Over here it's not in fact illegal to use fireworks in a domestic situation
at any time. There are regs now controlling who can buy what, but they're
FAR laxer than yours appear to be.
I really think, though, that it would be a huge and next to unenforceable
task to get everyone to clear up their own firework fallout....! Even if the
owners could identify where they fell!

TD



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From: MissWisc [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <e2.17073636.2ffff59b [at] aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:28:27 EDT
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks

In a message dated 7/8/2005 10:26:35 AM Central  Daylight Time, 
tiptd [at] theatreinthepark.com writes:
My personal responsibility  would have been, and has been in the past, to 
call 911 and report it.  "Neighbors" don't illegally bother those living near 
them.  I've stopped it  in the past in my subdivision and I'll gladly do it again.

I wasn't home  at the time, or I would have. 

Kristi  


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From: "Simon Shuker" <simon [at] ef-ae.com>
Subject: RE: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:37:46 +0400
In-Reply-To: <list-23575363 [at] prxy.net>
Message-Id: <20050708153856.06CD85879 [at] mail05.powweb.com>

How the other half lives!

Here in the UAE fireworks are illegal yet available. During Ramadan ( the
Muslim month of fasting) we are subjected to fireworks being let off at
random times between dusk (around 6.30pm) to 3am the following morning. The
authorities do nothing. 

Whilst it might be dangerous and a pain to clean up its only one day a year
in the States!

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Tony
Deeming
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:27 PM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of 
> MissWisc [at] aol.com
> Sent: 08 July 2005 16:20
> To: Stagecraft
> Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
>
>
> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see 
> <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> This wasn't a company, Tony. It was people in my neighborhood shooting 
> off things that are illegal to use without a license - and prohibited  
> in the city without an additional permit.
>
> I should not be expected to pick up their pyro trash any more than I 
> would be expected to pick up other trash from their parties. Were a 
> company to  dump trash on my lawn, they better have someone come clean 
> it up or there are legal consequences. It's my understanding that the 
> majority of the shell  casings of the big fireworks used in the 
> city-wide display burn when used.  You get some debris falling back 
> but it's small pieces of cardboard that will bio-degrade quickly. 
> These are oversized bottle rockets on sticks
> - big enough  that
> had I mowed my lawn without knowing they are there, I could have been  
> seriously injured and the mower damaged.
>
> I don't know the source of the trash or I would have taken it to their 
> doorstep along with a barrage of "choice" language, a lecture on the 
> number and ages of kids who play in the neighborhood, and the 
> names/phone numbers of friends in the pyro guild. Time and place for 
> everything.
>
> Where I live there are no fences, Kids play in everyone's yards and we  
> all watch out for them .
>
> It's all about personal responsibility. When I went to watch the big 
> city-wide display, there was a guy who shot off some of the "illegal"  
> fireworks too.
> He tracked down the trash from them and put them in a 5 gallon bucket 
> which had about 3 gallons of water in the bottom.
>
> Kristi
>
>
>
Aha!

The trans-pond differences strike again!
Over here it's not in fact illegal to use fireworks in a domestic situation
at any time. There are regs now controlling who can buy what, but they're
FAR laxer than yours appear to be.
I really think, though, that it would be a huge and next to unenforceable
task to get everyone to clear up their own firework fallout....! Even if the
owners could identify where they fell!

TD





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Message-Id: <s2ce6726.014 [at] mail.ucf.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:46:18 -0400
From: "Tyler Smith" <twsmith [at] mail.ucf.edu>
Subject: Re: McFeelys Screws

Whenever I need to attach wood to steel I use one of two methods.

For Lauan to 16 ga or 18 ga mild steel I prefer to use a T-nailer. This is =
a pneumatic gun that fires a (you guessed it) t shaped nail. It is =
important to get the heat treated nails (not hardened) to prevent =
misfires. You usually get a small spark and of course a loud noise. You =
will have to play with your regulator to get the depth right. Best part =
about this method is that during strike you can bust the lauan off, grab =
the t-nail with the claw of a hammer or your leatherman and twist it right =
out. Makes for very easy recycling of steel.

The method I use for 3/4" lumber and steel tubing is to use the Mc Feely's =
square drive screws themselves. This is a bit more time consuming as you =
need to predrill with an 1/8" bit. I usually grab two screw guns, one with =
square drive bit and one with the drill bit. Drill a hole, stick in a =
screw, wash, rinse repeat.

With 16ga or 18ga steel tubing the threads on the screws bite just right =
around the sidewall (if you are trying to go through both layers, the top =
layer needs to be drilled out to allow the screw to pass freely =
through).=20

This method also works with 1/8" and 1/4" flat stock, but you will end up =
snapping screws often, unless you have a very light touch on the screw =
gun.=20



Tyler Smith
Technical Director
UCF - Conservatory Theatre


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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:39:01 -0400
From: Kurt Cypher <kurt [at] cyphernet.homedns.org>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
In-reply-to: <list-23575596 [at] prxy.net>
Reply-to: kurt [at] cyphernet.homedns.org
Message-id: <42CEBA35.1020601 [at] cyphernet.homedns.org>
References: <list-23575596 [at] prxy.net>

Simon Shuker wrote:

>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>How the other half lives!
>
>Here in the UAE fireworks are illegal yet available. During Ramadan ( the
>Muslim month of fasting) we are subjected to fireworks being let off at
>random times between dusk (around 6.30pm) to 3am the following morning. The
>authorities do nothing. 
>
>Whilst it might be dangerous and a pain to clean up its only one day a year
>in the States!
>
>Simon
>
>  
>
While the holiday is only one day, unfortunately, the fireworks around 
my neighborhood started a couple of weeks before 4 July, and are still 
occasionally being launched.  For the most part, it's not the bottle 
rockets and other small fireworks that annoy me (though the used ones I 
find in my yard do), but the large, really loud, 
definitely-illegal-in-the-city-limits percussive rounds going off at 2AM 
a week before the actual holiday, setting off car alarms and dogs.  
Doubly irritating when they wake up my young children.

Kurt

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050708113359.011b20a8 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:33:59
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: Loan calculator Spreadsheet - OT

>I thought there may be
>a couple Excel nuts on the list who might be willing to test it out
>for me.  Thanks.

Odd, I was just about to crack down and wrote something like that, as soon
as I got back from the latest gig.  I'd much rather play with your toys and
tell you how nice they are than build my own from scratch.
				Chris "Chris" Babbie
				Location Sound
				MON AZ

Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment.  Rates
negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment...

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Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050708115559.011b20a8 [at] pop.west.cox.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:55:59
From: CB <psyd [at] cox.net>
Subject: Re: looking for a special paint roller cleaner

>Typically only 1 at a 
>time so my efficiency would be more like 4r/h, by the time I take the roller 
>to the shop, get the cleaner-doohickey, take it to the slop sink, hook it 
>up, clean roller, hang roller to dry, clean out doohickey, return doohickey 
>to shop, and return to work site.  The cheapest labor I have on site, is 
>paid $10/hr.  Fully burdened with benefits and overhead, it costs us closer 
>to $20/hour altogether.   15 minutes to save one $1.50 roller would cost $5.

Ah, if you want to compare apples to apples, How much does it cost to:
Find the keys
Get out of the shop after giving unstructions to keep everybody busy while
gone
Repeat the instructions
Repeat the instructions
Drive to the Lowe's (or whatever)
Find the damn rollers at Lowe's (or whatever)
Get in line and PAY the buck and a half per
Find your truck in the parking lot
Get gas on the way home
Find a parking space
Fix whatever was done wrong in the shop while you were out
Go to the shelf to get a new roller
				Chris "Chris" Babbie
				Location Sound
				MON AZ

Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment.  Rates
negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment...

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Subject: Dimmers available
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:44:40 -0500
Message-ID: <1B8C3598EBB9C241BDC7E86AA1FB9761A44D61 [at] srv2mx.milwaukeerep.com>
From: "Tony Puglielli" <Tpuglielli [at] MILWAUKEEREP.com>

Hey Everybody,
    We have just completed a lighting system upgrade in two of our three
theaters. I have many Colortran D192 - 2.4k dimmer cards and racks
available to anyone that may want them.  I also have an LMI 96 dimmer
touring rack and a pair of ETC Microvision light boards.  Contact me off
list and we can discuss cost and delivery.
 Thanks

Tony Puglielli
Associate Technical Director
Electric & Sound Director
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
ph (414) 290-5394 fax (414) 224-9097 =20




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Message-Id: <8665bbf4861d13c741f74a61a86c6d7f [at] dejazzd.com>
From: Greg Bierly <gbierly [at] dejazzd.com>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:12:29 -0400

>>  You get some debris falling back but it's small pieces of cardboard 
>> that will
>> bio-degrade quickly.

My sister got hit with a piece of wadded cardboard (looked like the 
shape of a small 6x9 lens) coming off a professional fireworks display. 
  It wizzed over my other sister's and my head and hit her in the side 
of the face.  20 years later she still is not comfortable around 
firework shows.  BTW we were watching from a grassy parking lot a 
pretty good distance out of the drop zone.


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Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050708132648.029aea08 [at] 192.168.0.13>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:33:33 -0700
From: Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
Subject: Re: Merchant accounts?
In-Reply-To: <list-23565574 [at] prxy.net>
References: <list-23565574 [at] prxy.net>

At 09:08 PM 7/7/2005, you wrote:
>I would imagine an institutional response to your idea, would be "we 
>already have enough to track, and that is why we got the p-cards..... 
>can't you get it locally or from another source?"

I haven't heard back from Amex yet, but here's a way to look at it:

1.  If you're a normal company or individual, we accept Amex, Visa, 
MasterCard, Discover, checks...all cards processed by PayPal (you do NOT 
need to have a PayPal account to purchase).

2.  If you're a large company, we accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, 
checks, purchase orders...all cards processed by PayPal (you do NOT need to 
have a PayPal account to purchase).


I also see that PayPal now has a new merchant mode, where you pay them 
$20/month + fees to process the cards but you actually accept the cards.  I 
don't think the customer ever sees the name PayPal.  Of course, at this 
point you could just use the Costco Merchant Service.

I do like the 3% interest we're getting on the money sitting in the PayPal 
account.


----------
Jerry Durand
Durand Interstellar, Inc.
219 Oak Wood Way
Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA
tel:  +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free:  1 866 356-3886
web:  www.interstellar.com




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Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050708133702.029d7980 [at] 192.168.0.13>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:37:52 -0700
From: Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
In-Reply-To: <list-23569374 [at] prxy.net>
References: <list-23563857 [at] prxy.net>
 <list-23569374 [at] prxy.net>

At 01:47 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>Why don't they put a tracer in the govt explosive? Surely this would make it
>easier to id stuff that in fact HAS been stolen from the US military if they
>maybe put a different tracer chemical in.....?

Then the enemy could detect it when WE hide it under their car seat.

Remember, it's only terrorism when "they" do it.


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Jerry Durand
Durand Interstellar, Inc.
219 Oak Wood Way
Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA
tel:  +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free:  1 866 356-3886
web:  www.interstellar.com




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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:45:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Dimmers available
From: "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>

>     We have just completed a lighting system upgrade in two of our three
> theaters. I have many Colortran D192 - 2.4k dimmer cards and racks
> available to anyone that may want them.  I also have an LMI 96 dimmer
> touring rack and a pair of ETC Microvision light boards.  Contact me off
> list and we can discuss cost and delivery.

Hi, Tony.

I know a community theatre that could use some of the dimmers if they are
DMX.
The problem is that we are in Western Oregon, so shipping is likely to be
expensive.

But give me some prices and a bit more information and I will talk to the
Board of Directors.

Thanks
Bill


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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:48:50 -0700
From: Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
In-Reply-To: <list-23569472 [at] prxy.net>
References: <list-23563631 [at] prxy.net>
 <list-23569472 [at] prxy.net>

At 01:55 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>So what would the police be able to do? Arrest the fireworks promoters for
>wanton littering of a neighbourhood??
>8-))))))))

Normally we try to keep all fallout within a specified area (part of the 
safety rules, actually).  After the show we walk the area looking for any 
live material (last weekend one of the crew ran across a baseball, in the 
dark he thought he had a "live one").  The sponsor normally has a cleanup 
crew come in the next day to pick up everything.

We're tending to use more "cakes" (multi-shot pre-packaged fireworks) and 
these can make quite a mess from all the wadding in them.  We clean up the 
bigger stuff and leave the rest to the cleanup crew (who probably get paid 
more than we do).


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Jerry Durand
Durand Interstellar, Inc.
219 Oak Wood Way
Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA
tel:  +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free:  1 866 356-3886
web:  www.interstellar.com




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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Ordering Lumber
From: usctd [at] columbia.sc

> There is a software program that does all the figuring for your lumber
> order
> now.


Might be helpfull to provide the name, don't you think?
-- 
Eric Rouse
TD-Penn State University
Freelance Foyboy


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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:00:12 -0700
From: Jerry Durand <jdurand [at] interstellar.com>
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks
In-Reply-To: <list-23572318 [at] prxy.net>
References: <list-23572318 [at] prxy.net>

At 05:23 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>I do know that on the UK's biggest national firework night - Guy Fawkes
>Night on Nov 5 (celebrating the sad fact that Fawkes FAILED to get rid of 
>parliament!!!!)

Hence the statement "keep your powder dry".


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Jerry Durand
Durand Interstellar, Inc.
219 Oak Wood Way
Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA
tel:  +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free:  1 866 356-3886
web:  www.interstellar.com




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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:30:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: melting light bulbs
From: "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>

>> No idea. In half a century of working with incandescent lights, I have
>>  never encountered one where the envelope was melted or distorted. I
>> have
>>  run across the rare lamp where the cement seal failed.
>
> You have been lucky. I have met many, all due to LDs not knowing the
> limitations of the bulb.

Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer. We are talking about regular
household bulbs here, not theatre instrument lamps. I encounter melted
theatre lamps all the time.

Bill


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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:42:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: melting light bulbs
From: "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>
Cc: alf.sauve [at] mindspring.com (Alf Sauve)

> Your understanding of P=IV is a little off.   The rating (Watts) of a lamp
> is the power it would consume under normal operating conditions.   As you
> reduce voltage (say from 120 to 110) the current would decrease (I=V/R).
> The reduced current would then cause a reduced consumption of power (less
> Watts) as well as a reduction in heat.   This is for a simple incandescent
> lamp, which isn't perfectly linear (resistance also changes with lamp
> temperature) but close enough for this purpose.  And AC current has some
> other peculiarities as well, but still close enough.

Yep, which is why I used 120 volts to calculate what the hot resistance of
the lamp should be. I also stated, further along, that I assumed that the
filament resistance did not change at the lower voltage - the only way to
do the thought experiment without measuring the actual current.

The whole point of the exercise was to calculate the power lost in the
feed wiring, so some simplifying assumptions were made.

That doesn't mean that I didn't goof up a calculation somewhere, but the
formulas I applied were correct.

Bill


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Subject: RE: McFeelys Screws
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:09:36 -0400
Message-ID: <993D0A40B5754441B09BA4FA2A629585341F72 [at] stage.otc.olneytheatre.org>
From: "Dirk Van Pernis" <dvanpernis [at] olneytheatre.org>

This is slightly off topic.  Our ATD wants to know if anyone uses
Duofast brand T-nailers and if so, where to they purchase their t-nails?
His understanding is that Duofast nailers only accept Duofast brand
t-nails and he hasn't found anyone who still sells said t-nails.  Any
ideas?

Thanks,

Dirk Van Pernis - OTC ME
=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Tyler
Smith
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:46 AM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: Re: McFeelys Screws

For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
---------------------------------------------------

Whenever I need to attach wood to steel I use one of two methods.

For Lauan to 16 ga or 18 ga mild steel I prefer to use a T-nailer. This
is a pneumatic gun that fires a (you guessed it) t shaped nail. It is
important to get the heat treated nails (not hardened) to prevent
misfires. You usually get a small spark and of course a loud noise. You
will have to play with your regulator to get the depth right. Best part
about this method is that during strike you can bust the lauan off, grab
the t-nail with the claw of a hammer or your leatherman and twist it
right out. Makes for very easy recycling of steel.

The method I use for 3/4" lumber and steel tubing is to use the Mc
Feely's square drive screws themselves. This is a bit more time
consuming as you need to predrill with an 1/8" bit. I usually grab two
screw guns, one with square drive bit and one with the drill bit. Drill
a hole, stick in a screw, wash, rinse repeat.

With 16ga or 18ga steel tubing the threads on the screws bite just right
around the sidewall (if you are trying to go through both layers, the
top layer needs to be drilled out to allow the screw to pass freely
through).=20

This method also works with 1/8" and 1/4" flat stock, but you will end
up snapping screws often, unless you have a very light touch on the
screw gun.=20



Tyler Smith
Technical Director
UCF - Conservatory Theatre




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From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <208.495f7ed.300051ce [at] aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:01:50 EDT
Subject: Re: Fire chief urges legal fireworks

In a message dated 08/07/05 22:00:45 GMT Daylight Time, 
jdurand [at] interstellar.com writes:

> >I do know that on the UK's biggest national firework night - Guy Fawkes
>  >Night on Nov 5 (celebrating the sad fact that Fawkes FAILED to get rid of 
>  >parliament!!!!)
>  
>  Hence the statement "keep your powder dry".

It wasn't damp powder that scuppered the attempt, but the 'police' and a 
traitor. The Yeomen Warders searched the cellars, as they do to this day, and 
discovered Fawkes and his explosives.

OT, but I attended the same school as he did, and was once deputy organist in 
the church where he worshipped.


Frank Wood

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From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com
Message-ID: <145.48d37f6c.30005341 [at] aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:08:01 EDT
Subject: Re: melting light bulbs

In a message dated 08/07/05 22:26:07 GMT Daylight Time, billn [at] peak.org writes:

> > You have been lucky. I have met many, all due to LDs not knowing the
>  > limitations of the bulb.
>  
>  Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer. We are talking about regular
>  household bulbs here, not theatre instrument lamps. I encounter melted
>  theatre lamps all the time.

Here, I'm with you. It's all to do with the shape of the envelope. When stage 
lights went to tubular bulbs, rather than spherical ones, there were 
problems. The angle of dangle was closely specified, and working outside it was bad 
news.

With domestic fittings, all I get is singed lampshades.


Frank Wood

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In-Reply-To: <list-23580373 [at] prxy.net>
From: "Donald Robert Fox" <dsgnrlight [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ordering Lumber
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:27:07 +0000

There are a number products on the market, Esti-Mate, Cut-List Plus, 
Goldenseal,LTE Lumber Takeoff,Esimate master, the list is quite extensive.  
Many of these programs have been developed for the builders industry.  
Cutlist Plus is compatible with some CAD programs.  Hope this helps.  If you 
google Lumber Material Estimation software or woodworking software you will 
more software titles than you can imagine. Have great wekend.

D.R. Fox
IES-IALD



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From: "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" <stagecraft [at] theatrewireless.com>
Subject: RE: melting light bulbs
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:28:05 -0400
In-Reply-To: <list-23581673 [at] prxy.net>
Message-Id: <20050708222806.OOKN27245.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net [at] p3m866>

> The angle of dangle 
> was closely specified, and working outside it was bad news.

Beware the mangled dangle angle.

Jim


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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:36:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: McFeelys Screws
From: "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>

> This is slightly off topic.  Our ATD wants to know if anyone uses
> Duofast brand T-nailers and if so, where to they purchase their t-nails?
> His understanding is that Duofast nailers only accept Duofast brand
> t-nails and he hasn't found anyone who still sells said t-nails.  Any
> ideas?

When at a total loss about where to find something, try a Google search.

Bill


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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:35:18 -0700
From: Linda Essig <Linda.Essig [at] asu.edu>
Subject: program coordinator job opening
Message-id: <6FDC16223A03A6448994101EBF44F1A50295CE6F [at] ex1.asurite.ad.asu.edu>

Arizona State University's Department of Theatre has an opening in its =
production office for a Program Coordinator.  Applications can only be =
made on line at jobsatasu.com

DUTIES:
Assist the Production Manager in the coordination of the production =
process, including all rehearsals and performances, for all department =
programs.=20
Serve as department space coordinator: Develop and maintain all =
Department schedules for room assignments, production-related space =
needs and rental clients.=20
Administer contracts, transportation and housing for guest artists. =
Secure production rights, scripts, and royalties.=20
Coordinate activities with other departments or staff to ensure optimal =
efficiency and compliance with appropriate policies, procedures and =
specifications.=20
Monitor program expenditures within production budget. Liaise with =
rental clients to estimate costs, determine needs, create and =
disseminate contracts, create actual invoices, collect revenue and =
submit expenses.=20
Facilitate school group attendance at department productions and other =
events=20
Prepare marketing materials with Communications staff, including but not =
limited to compilation of all playbill material, coordination of both =
archive and PR photography,layout and production of flyers and =
postcards.=20
Liaison with HCFA box office and house management staff.=20
Report to and assist Production Manager and Artistic Director/Chair. =A0 =


Minimum Qualifications=20
Bachelor's degree in Theatre, Marketing, Business, or related field AND =
two years administrative/coordinating program experience; OR, Six years =
of progressively responsible administrative/coordinating program =
experience. =A0=20
Theatre experience. =A0=20

Desired Qualifications=20
Demonstrated knowledge of theatrical production processes, standards and =
practices, basic budgeting and accounting principles, graphic design and =
graphics software. Experience taking verbatim notes of production =
meetings and effective communication skills. Experience organizing work =
of self and others with minimal supervision. Demonstrated knowledge of =
MS Word, Excel, Ouickbooks Pro, and Adobe Photoshop =A0=20
General Information=20
Occasional evenings and weekends as production calendar requires. Az =
Drivers License required upon employment. =A0=20



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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:18:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: melting light bulbs
From: "Bill Nelson" <billn [at] peak.org>

>>  Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer. We are talking about regular
>>  household bulbs here, not theatre instrument lamps. I encounter melted
>>  theatre lamps all the time.
>
> Here, I'm with you. It's all to do with the shape of the envelope. When
> stage lights went to tubular bulbs, rather than spherical ones, there were
> problems. The angle of dangle was closely specified, and working outside
> it was bad news.

It is as much the square inches of glass in relation to the wattage that
is the major difference. The thickness will also have some effect.

I think the usage angle for earlier lamps had more to do with the filament
support structure and filament strength than with protecting the cement
seals. Many of the old instruments were either "base up only" or "base
down only".

Bill


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Date:	Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:34:30 -0400
Subject: Re: Dichoric Sheets (High End Color Merge)
From:	"C. Dopher" <brooklyn [at] dopher.com>
Message-ID: <BEF493D6.1AF4C%brooklyn [at] dopher.com>
In-Reply-To: <032f01c58226$8e7249f0$6401a8c0 [at] chris>

On 7/6/05 8:30 AM, "Chris Warner" <bearz2 [at] cox.net> wrote:

> Great product, however, it only works with Source 4 fixtures.  I am hoping
> to put together a device that would work in any fixture.
> 
> Chris


Vari*Lite owns beaucoup patents on the technology you're talking about, not
to mention other dichroic manufacturers.  Vari*Lite has used a number of
systems over the years, the slickest one I've seen uses only 2 planes of
glass to get "all the colors" -- and it does the pastels and the dirty
colors better than other systems I've seen.

I'm not saying you wouldn't be able to create something similar that drops
into a source-4, only that you'd have a million-dollar legal battle on your
hands.  Look at what's happening on the LED front.

If you want a device to work with any fixture, I can see why you're thinking
of putting the medium in front of the lens, like a scroller -- but the sizes
you're talking about, as well as the necessary counterweights, would make
the device prohibitively expensive -- you could buy 20 years' worth of gel,
or 10 years' worthof scrollers and strings for a fixture for less than what
one dichroic device would cost.

Just my opinion

Cris Dopher, LD


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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:41:36 -0400
Subject: Re: dichroic filter homemade unit
From:	"C. Dopher" <brooklyn [at] dopher.com>
Message-ID: <BEF49580.1AF4D%brooklyn [at] dopher.com>
In-Reply-To: <03fe01c58285$471fe120$6401a8c0 [at] chris>

On 7/6/05 7:48 PM, "Chris Warner" <bearz2 [at] cox.net> wrote:

> The idea is to have a gel string that will virtually last forever, also if
> the coating can be gradiated the entire length of the string, the smoothness
> and quality of the fade will be better.  It's a long shot, but worth
> researching.
> 
> Chris

A)  But your user would not have the option of specifying the color order of
the string.  Or if you use the 2-string-subtractive-mixing method...well,
why not just a Morpheus, which is quite smooth enough for the human eye?


B)  So you're actually talking about FLEXIBLE dichroics?  If you could
create that, you'd have the lighting world at your feet.

Cris Dopher, LD


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