This is the first step to a Sunday Knot. It is used to make a lope out of wire rope or cable with out putting any kinks in the wire. You can use this for regular rope as well. Think of this as putting you right hand up your left sleeve and your left hand up your right...
This is a Stopper Hitch. It is a knot that applies pressure. Pressure that increases with the weight you apply to it. Used most often in two situations: 1. attaching sand bags to ropes and 2. tying a counter weight line to the locking rail to indicate that the line is...
Clove Hitch is use to tie rope to a pipe or a 2×4 and a host of other things. It will do a decent job of grabbing onto the pipe without too much slipping. This is the knot that is use in Hemp Houses to hang the pipe battens. Start with your rope around the pipe. Take...
The Bowline is one of the most useful knots in the world. You can create a loop at the end of a rope that won’t get tighter or looser. (bigger or smaller) Create a large loop and then a small loop. The large loop is the loop you will use to hold onto your...
We’re taking out some of the slack in our fly lines. The problem is that the pipes stop about 6 feet before the height of the ceiling. This cuts down significantly the height of our drops and scenery. This is where we’re performing our surgery. We’re removing...
This flying method is a very simple example. If you were to take it further, you could imagine how to fly a person. It works the same way, but uses much heavier equipment. The flying of people and of heavy objects is best left to the professionals who have the proper...
Curtains are hung in either of a few ways. Flat or full are the most popular. Flat is simply hanging the cloth stretched across the pipe. Pulled tight it looks like a sheet on a clothes line. Curtains hung “full” have a much, well, fuller look. Instead of stretching...
Seen here: Cable cutters;Part of a shackle; A loop of cable ;A Thimble The thimble is inserted into the loop to prevent kinking the cable. Any kinks in cable can lead to excessive wear and tear, thus allowing the cable to break. This is the business end of a...
This railing was raised and lowered on cue. I have to say it was very cool to watch. Several “cases” were screwed to the edge of the stage. Inserted into each was the railing post. The railing itself is made up of seperate 2×3’s screwed down to the top of the posts....
DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING SUPERVISION! Jenna is upside-down. Yup, the scene requires her character to be lowered by her ankles and pock her head through a porthole. We don’t see her ankles, or the person holding her. So, we had to devise a way to lower...
The final scene in Once Upon a Mattress calls for the Princess to climb up on a table and then for the table to magically turn into the bed. The kids who operated the bed are planning on writing up a bunch of info for these pages. Check back soon. The levitating bed...
This is how it looked on stage from behind. This is what it looked like in action. The scene involved these two actors having a discussion while hanging up laundry. So, the clothesline had to appear and disappear with ease. When you pull on a lever, the lever will...
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