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Footlights

Wed, 25 Feb 2009, 09:31 am
karlae19 posts in thread
Hi all looking for some antique looking footlights that you would use in a theatre show. Ideally, I would like to find ones that have the antique shell design on the back that faces the audience, or just the simple circular tin shape. Any ideas on where to find these or even how to easily make them would be appreciated. Thanks,

Dang those safety aware professional sparkies.....

Sun, 1 Mar 2009, 04:07 am

Aw... C'Mon Jeff... Where's your sense of adventure gone?  Let Karlee play with the molten plastic.... Can this be the same guy that helped me use garden floods to simulate fireworks for Big Daddy's birthday party???

Just kidding... You don't want to get yukky bits all over the minks... or they wont "take them back"...

Karlee, for a reflector, you can use the pie plates or gas ring liners that are available in most "good" supermarkets as easily trimmed-to-shape inserts for the plastic clam shells. But, as Jeff so sagely pointed out - be VERY aware of the heat generated by the globes and the .

It was also suggested (not here), that to minmise heat but maintain brilliance, "eco friendly" globes could be used instead of standard household bubbles - I have doubts that flouro's would dim very well, but I could be wrong.

*Be nice to your tech's - or they'll turn out the lights and go home.*

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