Low-Profile Sawhorses

Sliding latch designed to make steel sawhorses as compact as possible for UVA Scene Shop

Sawhorse Collage

From template through final product. Latches were water jet cut.

Top Girls TriangleTables

This community theatre project required numerous accurate 60° angles and the port-a-band was the only available tool for cutting steel. This jig ensured consistent, accurate cuts.

Top Girls Triangle Tables

Tabletop welding jig. Six tables were made for this project. Each had an equilateral triangle top.

Top Girls Triangle Tables

Process shot. Metal tabs were installed to accommodate a sunken wood top.

Top Girls Triangle Tables

Finished table frames.

Monstrance for Bernstein's Mass

Monstrance had to withstand being thrown to the ground each night, so I built it with a steel skeleton.

Monstrance for Bernstein's Mass

Finished internal skeleton. Center plate made with plasma cutter and hole saw.

Monstrance for Bernstein's Mass

Wood framing around steel skeleton

Monstrance for Bernstein's Mass

Finished Monstrance

Chicago Orchestra Shell

Angle layout

Chicago Orchestra Shell

Students working on project in progress

Chicago Orchestra Shell

In Production

West Side Story Escape Stairs

3D iso. View

West Side Story Escape Stairs

Finished product

RENT Structural Sketch 2

Combination of stock units, scaffolding, and new steel construction

RENT Set

Finished and under show lighting

Phantom

Masquerade Stairs - Right View Construction Drawing

Phantom

Masquerade Stairs progress image

MasqueradeGplan_edited

Phantom - Masquerade

In performance - Entire staircase was flown in by two chain motors during intermission and out during the following scene change.

Cinderella Garden Arch

Research image

Cinderella Garden Arch

Steel layout

Cinderella Garden Arch

Finished product

Sweeney Todd

Barber shop platform trusses - construction drawing

Sweeney Todd

Barber Shop Platform Trusses - Cut and Drill diagram

Sweeney Todd

Barber Platform in progress