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Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Making Cables to a Specific Length
YouTube: What is the best way to get that wire rope cable to be just the right length? Take a look at this simple approach to get it right every time, whether you are making one quick line or matching sets of cables.
1 comment:
DJ L.
said...
While the task of making specified lengths of GAC with thimbles on the ends may seem like a simple job, it is often very important in the entertainment industry. The first experience I ever had with swagging cables was at my internship with Cirque in Las Vegas with Silver State Wire Rope and Rigging. While I learned how to do this with eighth inch and quarter inch cable, they do this with cables up to, and even bigger than three inches in diameter. In the entertainment industry, we often use GAC in the rigging department. For this like arena rigging, we often see custom lengths of GAV being used to create very specific bridles. This allows riggers to put motors in places where there aren't points on the ceiling. That being said, arena riggers use something like deck chain to create custom lengths of cable. So one is to think about how often we actually need custom lengths while doing this.
1 comment:
While the task of making specified lengths of GAC with thimbles on the ends may seem like a simple job, it is often very important in the entertainment industry. The first experience I ever had with swagging cables was at my internship with Cirque in Las Vegas with Silver State Wire Rope and Rigging. While I learned how to do this with eighth inch and quarter inch cable, they do this with cables up to, and even bigger than three inches in diameter. In the entertainment industry, we often use GAC in the rigging department. For this like arena rigging, we often see custom lengths of GAV being used to create very specific bridles. This allows riggers to put motors in places where there aren't points on the ceiling. That being said, arena riggers use something like deck chain to create custom lengths of cable. So one is to think about how often we actually need custom lengths while doing this.
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