Return-Path: X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Clamd http://raeinternet.com/mpp X-Scanned-By: This message was scanned by MPP Lite Edition (www.messagepartners.com)! X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.10) with PIPE id 25173399; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:01:35 -0700 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.10 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #557 Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:00:49 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on prxy.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.0.4 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4f2 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #557 1. Out of Office AutoReply: Stagecraft Digest #556 by Steve Gambino 2. smoking pot again by Judy 3. Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget by "Paul Guncheon" 4. Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget by Matt DeLong 5. Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget by Dale Farmer 6. Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget by 7. High End Color Pro HX? by Davy Davis 8. Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) by Michael Powers 9. Re: Speaking of Google search - what is a 7050A1024? by "Joe Golden" 10. Re: Speaking of Google search - what is a 7050A1024? by "Aaron W. Braun" 11. Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) by clindau 12. Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) by Charlie Richmond 13. Boiling Pot on a tight budget by Paul Marsland 14. electromagnets...doh! by "Frank Kern" 15. Re: electromagnets...doh! by "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" 16. Re: electromagnets...doh! by Stephen Litterst 17. Moving shop Was " Guthrie Moving " by Stuart Wheaton 18. Re: Moving shop Was " Guthrie Moving " by "Jared Fortney" 19. Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) by Michael Powers *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <9E53DD7DC667D311A47A0000F808EC8E02A7BDC1 [at] strandla> From: Steve Gambino Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Stagecraft Digest #556 Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:01:43 -0700 Out of the office this afternoon. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4358D3FF.9030305 [at] post.tau.ac.il> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:41:51 +0200 From: Judy Subject: smoking pot again > > > Someone spoke of ammonium chloride, and someone else of >sal-ammoniac. These are the same chemical, and neither is good for you. > Before using it, the TD of the theater consulted a government chemical safety agency and obtained all the data on this. Like most substances, it's a matter of quantity. I don't have the figures now (it was some years ago), but a teaspoonful of the stuff on stage was totally harmless. I also remember it is unquestionably not carcinogenic. When ingested by people with respiratory problems it can cause them trouble, but not in that small quantity in the volume of a stage. I think now that you'd have to check this out with respect to the person carrying the steaming pot, though. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:03:22 -1000 From: "Paul Guncheon" Subject: Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget Message-id: <001501c5d63f$d16db9c0$1e8aea48 [at] yourxhtr8hvc4p> References: > Loren, > Please be aware that this technique for generating fog can be > dangerous on several different levels. Fog fluid, ours at or > those produced by anyone else, are designed to vaporize at a very > specific temperature. > <> Wonder if using the word "Rosco" had anything to do with getting the response from whom it came. <> and that temperature would be...? <> I would like a more detailed explanation as to exactly what the composition is and becomes when "overheated". Laters, Paul "Some day, people will be able to take civil action against computers", said Tom soothingly. ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:16:00 -0400 From: Matt DeLong Subject: Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget In-Reply-To: References: Paul, The operating temperatures of Rosco fog machines is not published information. Rosco fog fluid is made of a waterbased glycol solution. If you are currious as to the exact content it can be obtained from our website in the MSDS file at www.rosco.com in the technotes section. If you have any further inqueries please feel free to contact Eric Tishman, Fog Products Manger, at 1-800-767-2669 x258 and we would be happy to discuss it with you. Thanks! Matt [at] Rosco Technical Support 1-800-767-2669 x213 mdelong [at] rosco.com On 10/21/05, Paul Guncheon wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > > Loren, > > Please be aware that this technique for generating fog can be > > dangerous on several different levels. Fog fluid, ours at or > > those produced by anyone else, are designed to vaporize at a very > > specific temperature. > > > > < point it out first.>> > > Wonder if using the word "Rosco" had anything to do with getting the > response from whom it came. > > < vaporize at a very > specific temperature.>> > > and that temperature would be...? > > < the chemical composition, creating vapors that me be harmful if > inhaled.>> > > I would like a more detailed explanation as to exactly what the compositi= on > is and becomes when "overheated". > > Laters, > > Paul > > "Some day, people will be able to take civil action against computers", s= aid > Tom soothingly. > > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4358ECA6.939DAFB1 [at] cybercom.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:27:02 -0400 From: Dale Farmer Organization: The fuzz in the back of the fridge. Subject: Re: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget References: Paul Guncheon wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > > Loren, > > Please be aware that this technique for generating fog can be > > dangerous on several different levels. Fog fluid, ours at or > > those produced by anyone else, are designed to vaporize at a very > > specific temperature. > > > > < point it out first.>> > > Wonder if using the word "Rosco" had anything to do with getting the > response from whom it came. > > < vaporize at a very > specific temperature.>> > > and that temperature would be...? > > < the chemical composition, creating vapors that me be harmful if > inhaled.>> > > I would like a more detailed explanation as to exactly what the composition > is and becomes when "overheated". This sort of information ought to be included in the MSDS for the stuff, if it is that bad. The MSDS on their web site is silent on the issue. --Dale ------------------------------ Message-ID: <000c01c5d649$ba3ca360$0500a8c0 [at] lpt> From: References: Subject: Boiling pot/smoke effect on a tight budget Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:14:18 -0500 Organization: Minnesota Ballet May I recommend you give the folks at Theatre Effects a call. I know they have steam chips that will do the effect you want. www.theatrefx.com 1800-791-7646 Kenneth Pogin PSM / TM Minnesota Ballet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:36:57 -0600 From: Davy Davis Subject: High End Color Pro HX? Message-id: <43590B19.40406 [at] du.edu> Organization: DU Theatre I've gotten funded for some semi-automated fixtures for our student black box theatre. It's pretty small with a low ceiling (24'x32'x 11' high). I'm thinking of getting a set of 8 High End Color Pro HXs. The students have plenty of opportunity to work with scrollers so I am not considering them. They also have the opportunity to work with High End x.spots and AutoYokes in a different theatre on campus. Any thoughts on these or something else I should be looking at? -- William Temple (Davy) Davis; Chair Department of Theatre University of Denver ------------------------------ Message-ID: <58f67b0f0510210857r5433735dne4cf005270ab0456 [at] mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:57:58 -0500 From: Michael Powers Cc: clindau [at] mninter.net Subject: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) clindau writes: <> Cindy, For those of us who have been in limbo for a while, would you be so kind as to elaborate a touch on "the move"? -- Michael Michael Powers 515-557-0178 cell ------------------------------ From: "Joe Golden" Cc: alf.sauve [at] mindspring.com ('Alf Sauve') Subject: RE: Speaking of Google search - what is a 7050A1024? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:05:25 -0700 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Is it black about 1" square with IIRC purple/brown leads? If so it is a = ETC Link terminator and not DMX. Call ETC Field Engineering for more info 800.688.4116. Joe Speaking of google. I was crawling under the console today, running = new Cat-5 to the sound/light booth. I discovered an apparently unused little box with two leads just sitting behind all the conduit. Had a = ETC=20 part number on it. I searched the ETC site and nada....not found. Did a google search and it pointed me = to the Sensor manual on the ETC site. Evidently ETC doesn't index it's = own documentation. (The part was a terminator.....could explain some = erratic behavior. Will install tomorrow.) =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/143 - Release Date: = 10/19/2005 =20 ------------------------------ From: "Aaron W. Braun" Subject: Re:Speaking of Google search - what is a 7050A1024? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:39:27 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: The 7050A1024 is the ETC part number for their ETCLink terminator, also known as the "ice cube". It is usually a small black plastic box with two purple leads coming out of it, but some older ones may look different. It is wired into the terminal block on the last plug-in station on the ETCLink line. It will wire into terminals 1 and 2. ETCLink follows a daisy chain topology and requires termination at each end. Since one of those ends is usually at the dimmer rack, the last rack in line will have termination turned on at the terminator board behind the CEM. If you have more than one Belden wire terminating to the back of your plug-in station, it is not at the end of the line and should not be terminated. Over terminating will cause data issues and prevent ETCLink from working. You said that you have some erratic behavior in the system. Typically, ETCLink is not the cause of strange behavior. (One major exception: If you plug your ETCLink line into the RFU port on the back of your console, the console will sometimes interpret the ETCLink data and console commands. You might see channels mysteriously turn on in this case.) Please let this list know what issues you are trying to hunt down, or call ETC technical services at 1-800-688-4116. -----Original Message----- I discovered an apparently unused little box with two leads just sitting behind all the conduit. Had a ETC part number on it. I searched the ETC site and nada....not found. Did a google search and it pointed me to the Sensor manual on the ETC site. Evidently ETC doesn't index it's own documentation. (The part was a terminator.....could explain some erratic behavior. Will install tomorrow.) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <435923E3.40500 [at] mninter.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:22:43 -0500 From: clindau Cc: mptecdir [at] gmail.com (Michael Powers) Subject: Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) References: <58f67b0f0510210857r5433735dne4cf005270ab0456 [at] mail.gmail.com> The Guthrie is moving next spring to fancy new digs on the Mississippi. Three theatres under one roof, with the scene shop across the street atop a new parking ramp. The scene shop is connected to the main building by a long corridor. The final show in the "old" Guthrie is Hamlet--the same show Tyrone opened it with. It closes, I think, May 8 2006; the same date as the official opening in '63? '64?. Then it's a month or so of closing up shop--the production shops will start their moves about the time that Hamlet opens (early March--that's right--two months of Hamlet). That means that stage crew, wardrobe, box office and front of house staff will be left in the building by May. The big official opening is the last weekend in June 2006--Several events for donors, subscribers, etc. over several days with a big open house for the public on that Sunday. Then, it's my understanding that we close the doors and get ready to open the first shows in the new venues. As far as dates for those, or titles, I have no idea. I'm very low on the food chain. As Uncle Bill would say, 'zat help? Cindy Lindau Stagehand, Local 13 Guthrie Theater Michael Powers wrote: >clindau writes: > > ><the move to the river....................... >> > >Cindy, > >For those of us who have been in limbo for a while, would you be so >kind as to elaborate a touch on "the move"? >-- >Michael > >Michael Powers >515-557-0178 cell > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:29:05 +0100 (BST) From: Charlie Richmond Subject: Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <58f67b0f0510210857r5433735dne4cf005270ab0456 [at] mail.gmail.com> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, clindau wrote: > The Guthrie is moving next spring to fancy new digs on the Mississippi. Three Is the new main stage still a thrust design or are they going back to more a conventional configuration? Curious minds and all want to know how much this has to do with the old space's unconventional design.... Charlie ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20051021184233.39099.qmail [at] web52204.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:42:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Marsland Subject: Boiling Pot on a tight budget In-Reply-To: I had a friend do very well creating steam with a cheap steaming iron and a watered down fog fluid (of course, not Rosco fluid). Temperature adjustable and constant output. Some futzing with the recipe and temp setting should lead to a good looking effect. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "Frank Kern" Subject: electromagnets...doh! Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:25:58 +0000
Hey guys.  Just wanted to thank you all for the information concerning the falling leaves posting.
I never thought it would take off like it did.  I guess people are just interested in dropping stuff!
Anywho, have been trying a bunch of things lately and have found that the electromagnets,
although one of my favorite ideas, didn't work like I thought.  Purchased a 12volt DC surface contact electromagnet from McMaster Carr - a 3 amp, 13.8 Volt DC Power Supply from RadioShack to continuously power the switchbox and magnets.  Turns out, even when the electromagnet is switched off, it holds its magnetic properties just enough to keep my effect from working properly and in a timely fashion.  I could understand using it for heavier objects, which may work due to the proven Newtonian effects of gravity...but for little things, no dice (s).  Am currently working on a mechanical idea as mentioned in the postings.  Take it easy.
 
Frank Kern III
North Carolina School of the Arts 
------------------------------ From: "Jim at TheatreWireless.com" Subject: RE: electromagnets...doh! Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:42:38 -0400 Message-ID: <004c01c5d688$5b74e150$6400a8c0 [at] p3m866> In-Reply-To: This problem involves both residual magnetism in the iron, and failure of the electromagnetic field to quickly collapse on cue. Loren mentioned that it can help to send a short burst of reverse power to the coil. This sounds like a good idea to me. If you haven't ripped the whole thing apart yet, this might be worth trying. Jim www.theatrewireless.com > Turns out, even when the electromagnet is switched off, it holds > its magnetic properties just enough to keep my effect from working > properly and in a timely fashion. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:54:17 -0400 From: Stephen Litterst Subject: Re: electromagnets...doh! In-reply-to: Message-id: <43597199.8030103 [at] ithaca.edu> Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts References: Frank Kern wrote: > --------------------------------------------------- Turns out, even when the electromagnet is > switched off, it holds its magnetic properties just enough to keep my > effect from working properly and in a timely fashion. I could > understand using it for heavier objects, which may work due to the > proven Newtonian effects of gravity...but for little things, no dice > (s). Can you use a weightier piece of iron to hold the leaves in place? (Properly safetied, of course) Steve L. -- Stephen C. Litterst Technical Supervisor Ithaca College Dept. of Theatre Arts 607/274-3947 slitterst [at] ithaca.edu ------------------------------ Message-ID: <43597868.3000701 [at] fuse.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:23:20 -0400 From: Stuart Wheaton Subject: Moving shop Was " Guthrie Moving " References: <58f67b0f0510210857r5433735dne4cf005270ab0456 [at] mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: clindau wrote: > > The Guthrie is moving next spring to fancy new digs on the Mississippi. > Three theatres under one roof, with the scene shop across the street > atop a new parking ramp. The scene shop is connected to the main > building by a long corridor. > You have my sympathy! Today we started moving our shop to a bigger and better place just a mile away, and tommorrow we finish. Even with the aid of a great team of commercial movers, this is no small undertaking. The good news is that even after 6 truckloads, and with almost nothing organised, it still has lots of room! Our new space was formerly a machine shop, and has lots more space. a cool 15 ton beam crane and jib cranes on half the columns. You can even get a rail car into our big loading bay, though the tracks are missing as soon as you hit the property line. My big headache right now is power, I've got 110 everywhere, But the high voltage power that is located all around the place is 480 three phase So far I think I found one 220 drop for welders, and I might just be converting a few other welders up to 480 volt machines (just re-tap and swap plugs) I just hope the table saw and Cold saw can either be adapted or I find more 220. Stuart ------------------------------ From: "Jared Fortney" Subject: RE: Moving shop Was " Guthrie Moving " Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:24:13 -0400 In-reply-to: Message-ID: <435978aa.16558ea2.7174.ffffb74c [at] mx.gmail.com> Stuart, Where's the new place? More importantly, did they leave any of the machine tools? Best of luck with the move! -Jared Fortney ------------------------------ Message-ID: <58f67b0f0510212141t7bb7bcbbxce2b5ee37b2d068 [at] mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:41:50 -0500 From: Michael Powers Cc: clindau [at] mninter.net (clindau) Subject: Re: Guthrie Moving (was Lighting equipment for sale in Minneapolis/St>Paul area) In-Reply-To: <435923E3.40500 [at] mninter.net> References: <58f67b0f0510210857r5433735dne4cf005270ab0456 [at] mail.gmail.com> <435923E3.40500 [at] mninter.net> On 10/21/05, clindau wrote: ............................. > As Uncle Bill would say, 'zat help?.............. Cindy, 'zat helps a lot. Thanks for the reply! -- Michael Michael Powers 515-557-0178 cell ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #557 *****************************