Kody Green sits to down to talk about:
Theatre Calgary’s Christmas Carol and Sky Turtle
Kinetic sculpture spinner
New Showstopper products
Kody building stuff that he designed before he travels around the world to install it…
Harry puts on the cans, scoots up to the mic, and chats about mechanical design at Creative Conners.
Christian pops into the podcast studio to talk about software development. Specifically, we dig into: Spikemark features, the Pendant, and some custom Beckhoff controls.
Steve Hnath sits down with Gareth to chat a bit about what he does at Creative Conners, a bit of his history, and then we dive deep on the Pushstick Mini.
Mike and Gareth are back and bettah than evah.
Topic include:
- Custom camera lifts for ESPN
- Spotline Mini final design and execution
- Custom Floorpockets and sunroofs in California
- Sky Turtle flies to Calgary
- Middel East chain motor challenges
Eek! This was recorded back in April, but got stuck in editing because of some sound quality issues. Enjoy the delayed release. Mike and Gareth discuss:
A new hoist design for the Marriott resort in Chicago
Fox News studio automation
Jesus Christ Superstar custom machinery
Challenges providing full-service automation
Mike and Gareth are joined by Pete and Nicole on the show floor at USITT in Louisville to chat about automation. Topics include:
14 2T chain hoists to pick a big wall
Pushstick Mini and the Houston Ballet
Rental inventory is bulking up
New super-cool OSC features in Spikemark to integrate with QLab and other show systems.
Mike and Gareth are back in the costume shop/podcast studio to discuss more automation on the night of the CCI Holiday Party.
Rush controls transplant for Ellen
Chain motors, get your chain motors here
iPad Pro and sketch tools
Concepts
Notability
MS Whiteboard
Scrble
Bamboo Paper
Autodesk Sketchbook
Drawboard PDF
Stagehand Parameters internal confusion and gnashing of teeth
Vintage Stagehand challenges in support-land
Joining the support team!
Mike and Gareth are back to talk about:
New products shown at LDI
Our stock Turntable
ACP/APP
New web site
FX firmware updating
MPE and Position Lag
New project for 7 Fingers with a big center-drive
In-shop training for Christmas tours
The Pushstick Mini is coming
Job posting: Support
Mike and Gareth chat about
a rush job involving hydraulics
another Floorpocket installation
Thern
training
the new web site
and belatedly mention LDI.
Mike and Gareth burn a little midnight oil to record this episode in the CCI shop. Topics include:
***WARNING: WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES AND THE AUDIO IS BELOW OUR NORMALLY SUBPAR STANDARD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED***
Mike and Gareth chat about:
Mike & Gareth chat about:
Mike and Gareth are back (almost) on-schedule to chat about more automation! Topics include:
- Stagehand Servo
- Scenic Automation Handbook
- Mitsubishi Easy-Gain
- Short-notice service call
Mike and Gareth finally sit down again to discuss the Spring & Summer projects. Topics include:
Mike and Gareth chat about the USITT show, dig into details of the Spotline Practical and offer tips about working with turntables.
Mike and Gareth are back from LDI and itching to discuss the new products that we rolled out. Enjoy the conversation about Stagehand Apprentice, Smart Chain Hoist, Revolver v2, and Floor Pocket!
Mike and Gareth discuss fleet angle on the Pushstick v2, Mike's trip to Japan, questionable cabling, redesigning the Trickline, and AutoDesk Fusion 360.
Mike and Gareth discuss encoder voltages (again), redundant brake philosophy, and a couple of kinetic art projects.
Mike and Gareth tackle encoders again before chatting about running Chain Motors on Spikemark.