Skills You Need
Common Stage Rigging Knots
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The Clove Hitch can be used to tie a rope to a cord of a truss or pipe. It is also a good choice when securing cable drops to truss.
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Keeping gear from shifting on the truck requires a tight grip on the load. The Trucker's Hitch gives you the leverage needed to pull tighter than you could with any other knot.
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The Bowline knot is one of the most useful used in the entertainment industry. It makes a loop of any size at one end of a rope. It is easy to tie and untie. This is the knot used by the riggers on the ground to tie the cable and shackles to the rope the up-riggers drop from above in arenas.
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A Sheet Bend is used to tie two ropes of different sizes together. In entertainment we might drop a tie line down to haul up a heavier rope. Use the Sheet Bend to connect them.
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Using Projections
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Careers in Theatre
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