Re: Lightweight Theater walls

WilliamMLovell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 
>> You'd be wrong. BTDT.  The angled steel has very poor
>> tortional performance in this application.  It also buckles
>> much more readily than 1x3.  U-shaped steel does much better.
> 
> This is excellent, This exactly what I am looking for. A real
> life story.
> Please describe the construction?
> Frame:
> - Did you use 12 foot angled steel (angled slotted steel?)

Yes.

> - Did you bolt the frames together at the corners? or only
> attach them to the panels.

Bolted them at the corners

> - Were they 12 x 4 foot frames?

Yes.

> Panel:
> - What material did you use.

1/4" lauan

> 
> Now the BIG Questions:
> - What failure happened where torsional performance is needed?

They wobble and twist.  There is effectively no torsional 
performance.  They also tended to buckle at the seams while we were 
moving them around the shop.

> Did the failure happen during setup or during the performance?

They never made it out of the shop.  I refuse to put something so 
inherently unsafe on a stage.  They were not only wobbly, they were 
***bersome to move into position.

Not a technology suited to use on a theatrical stage.


But here's something you might find useful:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/xjahn/Stagecraft.html


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