Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:13:51 -0400 From: "Mary Robinette Kowal" <mary-AT-maryrobinettekowal.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] DRY WALLER STILTS You are totally wrong in worrying about the extra weight. Knowing a performer who went down on a pair of homemade ones and shattered his wrist, I've got to say that I'd put up with the weight for the stability of painters stilts. Yours, Mary --- Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote: > >From one source selling actual DURA-STILTS on Ebay (thanks Steven Widerman > for the tip of looking for those there)),. I read that a pair weighs 15 > lbs!!! > Yikes! > I guess thats what you need for stability and durabilty for such an > insudtrial product. > > Maybe way too heavy for my uses. > Doesn't this mean that each leg must lift 7.5 pounds each step? > How can one dance and do the Wild Rumpus with such extra weight? > Not to mention the rest of my costume, a giant full head paper mache skull > mask (lightweight, but still), a lot of black fabric, and probably giant > skeleton hands on rods... > > Oh well, maybe Destiny wants me to build big things myself, expecially the > cosntruction stuff... > I'm guessing that Pine wood and a few screws might weigh less than the cast > aluminum of thr dura stilts. > > Or am I totally wrong, totally exagerating the importance of 7.5 pounds? > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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