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Footlights

Wed, 25 Feb 2009, 09:31 am

karlae19 posts in thread

Hi all looking for some antique looking footlights that you would use in a theatre show. Ideally, I would like to find ones that have the antique shell design on the back that faces the audience, or just the simple circular tin shape. Any ideas on where to find these or even how to easily make them would be appreciated. Thanks,

footlights

Wed, 25 Feb 2009, 10:31 pm

David Ashton

Get some coffee tins or tins from caterers,strawberry tins are good,then mount a lampholder on the base and tin snip out the shape of your shell and spray paint gold, easy way is to use festoon type lamps, but as lamps are in vulnerable area plug into rcd type circuit.

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Footlights— karlae25 Feb 2009

Many solutions.— Logos25 Feb 2009
footlights— David Ashton25 Feb 2009
Opera Australia props store— williamevans27 Feb 2009
footlights— Walter Plinge27 Feb 2009
Well all I can say is— karlae27 Feb 2009
If you decide to go with— jeffhansen28 Feb 2009
- Dang those safety aware professional sparkies.....— Taurean1 Mar 2009
CFL's— Logos1 Mar 2009
CFL's (compact fluorescent— jeffhansen1 Mar 2009
CFL's— Logos1 Mar 2009
CFL and LED— David Ashton1 Mar 2009
Yes— Logos1 Mar 2009
I am under the impression— jeffhansen1 Mar 2009
Phase out— Walter Plinge1 Mar 2009
Yes, I'm probably going to— karlae2 Mar 2009
Don't worry about incandescents for theatre— David Ashton2 Mar 2009
Will the globe police make— jeffhansen2 Mar 2009
piggy backs— David Ashton2 Mar 2009

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