I need some scene shop assistance
Feb. 7th, 2007 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
featherynscaleI know some of you guys are theatre tech and engineering types, maybe you could help me out. Or at least, we could argue about this, which is usually at least fun, if not actually productive. Here's what I need:
I'm working on a float for the Snake Saturday parade. I need to come up with a way to build the bow of a pirate ship -- the design calls for the front end of the boat to protrude from a flat panel, on which the rest of the boat will be painted, trompe l'oeil style. The bow of the ship must be three-dimensional, and I'll give bonus points if at least one person can stand in it.
If you were building this, how would you do it?
I'm working on a float for the Snake Saturday parade. I need to come up with a way to build the bow of a pirate ship -- the design calls for the front end of the boat to protrude from a flat panel, on which the rest of the boat will be painted, trompe l'oeil style. The bow of the ship must be three-dimensional, and I'll give bonus points if at least one person can stand in it.
If you were building this, how would you do it?
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Date: 2007-02-07 09:45 pm (UTC)Sandwiched floor-weight plywood bound with Marine glue could make you something pretty damned stout as a 6x6. Using 3/4" plywood it would take 8 layers to get to 6", and fully solid pieces would not be required as long as you offset joins.
If you use gorilla glue it will be even stronger, but you'll have to clamp it tight, Gorilla glue tends to shift unclamped wood quite a bit.