Leveling Battens on Counterweight Fly Systems for the Stage

Theatre Safety Training Video Series
Cal State LA

Short Video Series
Leveling Battens on Counterweight Fly Systems for the State

Showing three common methods of leveling your manual single-purchase counterweight fly system battens when installed with aircraft cable lift lines.

Three Most Common Locations
0:11 – Turnbuckles at the Arbor
1:10 – Turnbuckle and Batten Clamp at the Batten
1:27 – Trim Chain at the Batten

2:08 – Improper Mousing of the Shackle Pin
2:36 – What Hardware to Adjust
2:50 – Fiber Lift Lines (Hemp Rigging)
3:23 – Lift Line Adjustments
4:10 – Keeping Good Notes in your Rigging Maintenance Log Book
5:09 – Play in Long Lift Lines
5:42 – Leveling to the Stage Floor
8:26 – Demonstration

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Cal State LA
Department of Theatre and Dance
College of Arts & Letters
A&L Productions

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title and end credit music: Cal State LA Afro-Latin Ensemble