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Creative Conners President Gareth Conner speaks at USITT USITT Gabfest

Gareth and I went out to Milwaukee last week for USITT 2013. It was a great conference and we had a good time catching up with our friends, meeting some customers in person and talking to new people. Gareth spoke at ‘Turntables On A Budget’ with Scott Bartlett. Scott gave a great talk about different construction techniques and materials choices if you’re tight on money and need a revolve. Gareth spoke about our products, how they integrate with revolves and how affordable they are, especially the rentals. It was also really cool to hear a lot of people talk about the Creative Conners system as the emerging “Industry Standard” for automation in live theatre. A big thanks to everyone who spreads the word! All in all, a great time. See you all in Texas in 2014!
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Uncategorized, USITT

Creative Conners at USITT 2013

Time to Teach Some Tech



Gareth and I will be attending USITT in Milwaukee later this week and Gareth will be a presenter at “Turntables on a Budget” Thursday at 1:00. If you’re going to be at USITT and want to meet up, drop me a line at ian@creativeconners.com. Always great to meet our customers face-to-face!
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Machinery

Creative Conners linear actuators running Ted Baker props

We Do Window Displays (at least the automation)



Last year we did a custom job for Cigar Box Studios for their window display at the Ted Baker store in Manhattan. We made 4 custom linear actuators that came out great and have been running non-stop for about 8 months.


Shop Test

Yesterday we found this video of the shop test:  



Our actuators handle the items that are traveling up and down. Here’s a video that we posted to YouTube last year showing the actuator being tested before going to New York:  





These actuators are for sale, so let us know if you’re interested in getting a couple for your theatre!
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Machinery, Tips
Creative Conners Motor Calculator

Motor Specifier Tool


Big news today!  Over the last week or so, Gareth has been putting together a sweet calculator for figuring out all of your gearing and capacities when designing machines. We’re calling it ‘Motor Calc’ and it just went live at http://motorcalc.creativeconners.com. Please check it out and let us know what you think. Motor Calc works best in Webkit-enabled browsers like Chrome and Safari.
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