Dimmer Beach: This run of posts has spiraled out of control, but most of you who know anything about rigging probably knew that would happen. If you want to catch up, check out the last two weeks here and here.
This week we are going to look at some things about rigging that have more to do with you and your gear, rather than the motors themselves.
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I have skimmed over rigging parts 1 and 2 but have only decided to comment on this one (part 1 wasn’t on the green page). I didn’t comment on the article last week because I didn’t feel as though I had anything important to add to the discussion but I do have an opinion on the 3 entries as a whole. The first line for the first entry is “Let me make this perfectly clear—I am not a rigger… This post is not going to teach you to be a rigger.” I think it is very important that this was pointed out at the very beginning of the article so people know that this is not a certified log of rigging facts but with that said it seems that this guy really knows what he is talking about and the way he has organized the articles is very helpful and useful. I have a hard time remembering things like the load capacity of certain aircraft cables and other number-y things, but I think a small handbook including a lot of what this guy has written would really help me “in the field.”
Most of these tips are really really good rules of thumb to use, but to me, many of them should be summed up pretty well by anyone who’s paying attention to the rigging equipment they’re using, which should be everyone using rigging equipment. If I were told I need to use a chain motor to lift something above someone’s head, without any knowledge of how to do it or use the equipment properly, I’d definitely ask someone about it. Watching the motors, something that people should just do, and be told to do before they hit the button if they’re being trained. The fact that the author feels enough people don’t know about this rule to put it in his article makes me think he’s either being somewhat condescending, or we live in a much scarier world than I imagined it was. But regardless, I guess you can never hear or read safe practice and procedures too many times, and even if there’s just one tip that helps one person make a safer decision, then I’m glad the article is out there.
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