CMET, makers of Lodestar and Prostar chain motors, have manuals for their products in PDF format in one easy location. Find them here. They also have wiring diagrams for their products on the same page.
New Lodestar Maintenance Manual
Author: James
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ETC Eos and Ion Tea Break Tutorials
From the ETC website, a tutorial download for the Eos and Ion consoles. This looks like it’s more useful if you have a console in front of you. If you don’t, maybe the tutorial videos would be more helpful. Either way, give it a shot and let us know what you thought was more helpful.
The Tea Break Tutorial series helps you to learn the basics of Eos/Ion or Element console programming. Take 15 minutes a day and learn your console the Tea Break Way!
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The .zip file download includes not only the Tutorial in pdf format, but also supporting showfiles, paperwork, a stand-alone executable Capture Polar Capture Polar visualisation file.
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How to work with audio equalizers (via YouTube)
Even though this video is centered around the recording studio, everything they talk about is applicable to live audio work. Find out what an EQ does, in a short five minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lNJpzoys48
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Education Site from Local 470
IATSE Local 470 has an education section on their site with lots of good info. I will link to some of the sections and break out some of that info over time, but it’s a great site to look over. They even have a stagehand primer. Check it out. Thanks for the resource, 470!
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Cable Termination with Nicopress Sleeves & Tools (via YouTube)
From JR Clancy (who is not an advertiser on this site), an instructional video on using Nicopress sleeves.
And here is a PDF of the Nicopress crimp chart and instructions.
http://www.jrclancy.com/Downloads/Nicopress1.pdf
Enjoy!
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How to use a Multimeter (via YouTube)
This video is called “The Best Multimeter Tutorial (HD)” and I would have to say, it’s pretty damn good. If you work with electronics at all, and need to use a multimeter at some point, watch this video. Short and smart.
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Line Arrays Explained
Here is an article from Sound on Sound from March of 2006 explaining line array speaker systems. More and more touring musicals are using line arrays for their main and center cluster speakers. While rock shows tend to use them in long hangs, theater shows sometimes use them in blocks of five and six for zone coverage.
Get up to speed on the principles behind line arrays.
The solution is to devise a loudspeaker that is tightly focused in the vertical dimension but spreads sound widely in the horizontal dimension. To do this, the speaker needs to be large vertically, but small horizontally. Like a column, in fact.
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How to Hang a Light (via YouTube)
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How to hang a light.
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DMX Termination Video (via YouTube)
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A short video explaining DMX termination.
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Coil a Cable (via YouTube)
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How to coil a cable. This is one of the better videos I found on YouTube. Stick with the first technique if you are new to doing this. Keep it simple.
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)