Accesories, Expendables & Consumables
Gack
Beam Clamp
A mechanical support used to attach a hanger rod to top flange of a beam or bar joist.
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Rigging, Gack, Clamp, Lights, Audio, Phrase
Burger
For clamping a pipe to a pipe. Fixed cheeseboro for right angle junctions, swivel for all other angles.
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Gack, Rigging, Phrase, Gear, Clamp
Cheese, Cheeseburger
Dog Bone
A small section of galvanized steel cable fastened as hoops at both end used by riggers, attach to motors to various pick points.
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Rigging, Gack, Steel, Terminology
Gel
Colored, translucent sheets of thin plastic. Photographers, filmmakers, and stage lighting technicians use them as filters to correct color and lighting issues.
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Lights, Gack, Terminology
Lighting Gel
Grade 8
They are chains made for lifting purposes and are manufactured of highly resistant alloy steel.
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Gack, Rigging
Spanset
A lifting sling made from several wraps of natural polyester fiber covered by a double-wall tubular webbing that is sewn together at the ends. Often referred to as Polyester Round Slings, spansets have many practical uses in various fields involving rigging.
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Vocabulary, Rigging, Gack
Swivel Cheese
Steel clamps with the ability to swivel and adjust freely.
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Rigging, Terminology, Phrase, Gear, Gack
Turnbuckle
A rigging device used to apply tension, adjust tension, and eliminate slack in cables, ropes, and other assemblies. They consist of a body with both a right-hand threaded fitting and a left-hand threaded fitting. There are many turnbuckle end fittings, the most common being eyes, jaws, and hooks.
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Scenic, Gear, Gack, Terminology