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The Duke
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Ever Build A Stage Before?
This is one of the oddest commissions I've ever been asked to do. It's a stage for the size of a pub band. The owner wants it to be able to break it down and store. I have no place that I know of to go and look at what others have done before. Has anyone ever done one?
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
Never done one before but how about styled after one of those assembly tables that Gus Dering uses. Slotted 3/4 ply (not osb)these figured right will square and plum themselves add some cleats screw down underlayment.This will all knock down easy and flat and store on a dolly in a closet
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
Those clamping horses that I think you are referring to are not that stable laterally. To make them easy to break down they have to have a little slop. So they sway a little right to left. A couple years ago I made a break down table extension for the big Holiday meals. I put a small angle on the legs for them to lean towards each other. That helped but I still feel I need to throw som screws in it to stabilize it. Aren't there products just for this purpose?
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
I've done a drum riser before, and have some plans in my head for a break-down drum riser, just never got the chance to build it. How soon are you needing to do this? If you can give me a few days, I can get it drawn up in sketch-up for you. Just putting in some OT this weekend, and have a few neighborhood parties to go to.
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
How tall is it supposed to be?
A stage needs to be able to take some bouncing and pounding.
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
stages are "normally" built like a deck. it's the breaking down that gets complicated.
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
My Dad used to make portable stages for traveling fashion shows,
He used 3/4 plywood slotted like the dividers in a liquor box. The stages he made were 4 feet tall,a pub might only need 2 feet. Amazingly strong .no tools to assemble. stack flat to store.--MIKE-- |
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
That could work!
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
He made a small radius at the opening of the slots to make alignment easier during assembly.-M-
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
A perfect excuse to buy a nice set
of plywood sized router bits!
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
Obviously he got it to work so, It works. A 2 ft square grid seems like it would work. Do you remember what the pattern looked like?
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
I imagine the grid was about two feet. that was back around 1960ish.
The decking had some square cleats that dropped into the openings and allowed a few screws to be installed to lock the top down. My dad was s store display man ,when I was a kid. He made more interesting stuff in his simple shop ,amazing imagination----MIKE-- |
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
Edit: Takes me awhile, but I got it now. I've seen kids stuff like this. Almost like a honeycomb thing, right? I am guessing it's only going to be 2, maybe 3 feet off the ground. I am going to meet the guy tomorrow about the size of it, plan wise. He was saying something about wrapping it around the DJ booth and wheelchair ramp ![]() I was initially thinking about bed rail hardware
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
I've seen some portable fashion show runways that were nothing more than MDO with a steel C-channel perimeter and heavy duty folding steel legs. They may well have been nothing more than a high quality folding buffet table.
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
Hi Framerman,What we need is WILLIE T, That man can draw a fine picture!
I think you have got the idea,Ply wood grid,honey comb. Simple and strong. WILLIE WE NEED A PICTURE! |
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?Quote:
http://www.wengercorp.com/ Last edited by BKFranks; 10-24-2009 at 08:23 PM. |
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
A net,ball and paddles and you are all set.
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Re: Ever Build A Stage Before?
I think you could lighten this up some. All parts would not have to be full width.
But this is made with identical parts. ![]()
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