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Laser Scissors!
A few weeks ago the ladies of the costume shop found the latest and greatest leap in scissor technology ever. At some point during the laughter, they bought it and are now planning to use it’s terrible powers for theatre-wide domination. Just be careful, you could put an eye out with that thing....Dykes Moulding - CAD Blocks
Looking for a collection of the Dykes Lumber moulding profiles in CAD format? Here you go. Download the Dykes Moulding file here. (381 kb) The profiles have been compiled into a single file, each profile a separate block. (Design Center users rejoice!) This file is in v2000 format. Much thanks goes to Adam Godbout for providing the file. Happy CADDing. Edit: The following download contains the collection of Dykes profiles in individual dxf files....AutoCAD Blocks
Stock Power Supplies... Revisited
Months ago I wrote a brief ditty about modifying commonly available computer power supplies to power low voltage DC effects. You’ll find the original article here. I wasn’t completely satisfied with the first one I modified. You can see it in the picture below, it’s the ugly one to the left. After perusing a Mouser catalogue this summer, I found what I was looking for - barrier strips with pass-thru terminals....Solutions
Weld-Bearings
You need small, ad hoc, weld-on bearings? Check this out. Use a plastic bushing, a shaft collar and a cone-point socket set screw. Weld the shaft collar over a hole, and keep the plastic bushing in place with the set screw (the cone point is key). Feel free to add a little threadlocker if you’re paranoid. Works like a charm....Solutions
Secondhand Monopod
I like to take detailed pictures of the scene designer’s model for each set we build. Inevitably the director and stage managers want the model in rehearsal, and it becomes difficult to share. Things get really hairy when the scenic charge wants a piece of the action. Obviously, the stiller the camera, the clearer the picture. I set out to find a secondhand something I could use as a monopod. Let this be a lesson: ask a prop person for a monopod, and you’ll get a showerhead....Solutions