Hi all,
I realize VHS is a do-ocracy, but I feel I’ve made a decision that may be controversial and I want to inform you of it.
There’s a workshop on Saturday, so to clear some space for it I went to temporarily modify the hanging monitors. My plan was to detach the monitors and move the carriage aside. However, looking it over I realized that all of the weight rested on a single nut on a carriage bolt.
Basically, moving the mobile causes the nut to spin undone because of the weight. When I noticed it, it was actually partially off the bolt. What this means is that two 22 inch monitors and a 3 inch lead cannonball fishing weight were eventually going to fall from the ceiling. This could lead to injured people, possibly even a concussion for whomever was underneath it.
So I took it down, and packed in a grey crate here:
Everything is together in a bin, nothing has been thrown out. This was my decision alone, and I take responsibility for it.
This is not intended as an insult or an attack. I think the hanging monitors are an interesting notion that could be made more safe; please consider amending their design.
- Andrew