{"product_id":"mechanical-design-for-the-stage-9780240806310","title":"Mechanical Design for the Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eScenic effects involving rotating turntables  tracking stage wagons  and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small pneumatic cylinders pushing loads of a few pounds an inch or two  to 40 horsepower winches running multi-ton scenery at speeds 6 feet per second or more. Usually this machinery is designed by theatre technicians specifically for a particular shows effect. Compared to general industry  this design process is short  often only a few days long  it is done by one person  design teams are rare  and it is done in the absence of reference material specifically addressing the issues involved. The main goal of this book is to remedy this last situation. Mechanical Design for the Stage will be a reference for you that will:  provide the basic engineering formulas needed to predict the forces  torques  speeds  and power required by a given move  give a technician a design process to follow which will direct their work from general concepts to specific detail as a design evolves  and  show many examples of traditional stage machinery designs. The books emphasis will be on following standard engineering design and construction practices  and developing machines that are functional  efficient to build  easily maintained  and safe to use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67978464231477,"sku":"ByrdShop_024080631X","price":73.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780240806310.jpg?v=1794670139","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mechanical-design-for-the-stage-9780240806310","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}