gif Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Have been given an area in a marquee to do lighting, the marquee has 3 thick wooden poles, how would I go about attaching a T-Bar? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Generally you don't. Most instances I'd use a Frot or lighting stand depending on the weight and quantity of kit being put up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_m Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 if you pm nunny here he might be able to help better than I can. We use some kind of metal gubbins in traditional marquees for small amounts of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Obviously all that Pete has said applies, so this is really more for information, but you don't specify what sort of lighting you want to add. Anyway at the Jamboree they had lots of similar marquees, and they had brackets consisting of a v with an "arm" coming from one side, two of these were bolted together, with the arms going in different directions, to clamp onto the pole (at least I think that was how they were done, the arms may both have been on one bit, with a separate v for the other side, but hopefully you understand the concept). In case that's not clear, here is some (bad) ASCII art: -^ o V- These only had a few sunfloods on, so the weight was negligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_m Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 That's the badger! Just don't load them too much, it's not designed to take the weight of 12 mac 550's etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisquee Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Use T-Bar on a lighting stand as you would normally, but don't unfold he legs (or mount the t bar on a scaff bar of correct size) then cable tie/ratchet strap, or clamp the LX pole to the tent pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gif Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Ah right, I get ya. Can these V shaped brackets be bought anywhere, or will I have to get the welder out? I'm only hanging a UV canon and another lightweight homemade lighting source up there. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 There are loads of ways of doing it however you will have to check with someone who truly understands the structure to ensure it's safe. As peter said you can get (what I presume are custom made) clamps designed especially for the purpose, I have also seen flag pole support brackets used with half couplers with positive results. In the past I've hung bars of six (pars) by taking a bit of wire rope from each end up to a shackle which was in turn attached to an eye spliced in the end of a bit of fibre rope tied around the support with an icicle hitch. A bit of fire proofed Hessian was then placed between the bar and pole to act as padding and the two bound together. It's important to leave enough room between the pars and support so as to not cause a fire hazard or damage paintwork so the tube has to be longer than standard for a bar of six. Needless to say it's a lot easier to do than explain! Edit: didn't see your post before posting but in answer to your question I think they are probably custom jobs, certainly all the ones I've seen tend to slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BungalowJumper Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Perhaps a french perch... http://www.warehousesound.co.uk./lightinghire/photos/351/Page%2023%20French%20Perch.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 The French Perch looks really neat, have you got any more information about it/where did you get it from? I had a look on the Mobil-Tech website and couldn't find it listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BungalowJumper Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I did try the mobil-tech site to add a link here but it ain't all that great. Best link I can give is the info page for it from my work's website, Click Me As for the other question; got them from mobil-tech. +44 (0)1462 680654 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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