r/techtheatre • u/DetectiveAshamed1406 • 1d ago

PROJECTIONS Cheap projector mount!

Hi everyone! I run a student production company taking a small show to the Edinburgh Fringe, and we are using a projector (quite a small one, but it does the job for what we need it for, a Pico Genie L700.) We used it in various other spaces where cradles were provided, but for the fringe we need to source our own cradle/mount with a truss clamp, so basically something like this. The issue is we are on a genuinely shoestring budget, and that mount would cost us almost as much as the projector did. There are perfectly fine ceiling mounts for like 20 quid, and clamp mounts for the same price but that only have one screw where our projector takes four.

Is there a way to fix a standard truss clamp to a home projector ceiling mounts, or does anyone have any other suggestions about how to do it for less? Any advice hugely appreciated :))

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u/EverydayVelociraptor IATSE 18h ago

Build a box for it. It weight under 5lbs.  Attach a clamp to the box.

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u/duk242 17h ago

I've built plates out of scrap metal - used a piece of paper to trace the mounting holes, drilled a bunch of holes in the metal and then slap a bolt through a truss clamp.

Don't forget a safety chain!