Mechanical Design for the Stage

There's a lot of good information here, and the simplified physics in the first 12 chapters is fairly well done. However, a lot of text could be saved by inserting a single caveat that trivial effects will be ignored.Do NOT buy this for your Kindle. Most of the drawings and equations can't be zoomed. In particular, the labels on drawings are mostly impossible to read.Aside from that, there are some errors in the equations that can be read. For a fairly pricey book, intended (according to the author) to be used as a text, I'd expect better quality. For example, early in chapter 5, an equation appears: F_lifting = F_w sin(theta). The text goes on, "As the minus sign in the formula implies, ...," but there is no minus sign in the formula.

what I expected

Good information. Pictures and explanatory graphics. Ideal for under standing the backstage of a theater. Thanks for the info shared.

This was a Christmas present for my stepson (the technical director for a college theater program). He's always reading up on things related to his work. He knows his stuff and loved this book!

Great product. Good source of information for beginners to advanced. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in all the details of stage mechanics

Great reference book.

This is a great mechanical guide and for stage &/or film it's a very practical guide to the use of equipment when SAFETY is a large use consideration. Even for someone like me with limited mechanical expertise this guide is a benefit. And it's also useful in stage and set construction needs beyond just design.

This is the best book ever written on mechanical design for stage applications... it covers so much! If you are designing and building any stage machinery then the book will pay for itself by helping you to solve problems in design before you are beating your fists against a piece of stage machinery that isn't working. What a helpful tool! A must for every technical director! Alan is a super genius!

I'm a civil engineer and this gives me the necessary naterial to understand basic mechanical concepts that I didn't have. But the content is clear, well illustrated and accessible to everyone. An essential book for stage designers.

前半は機械工学、力学の教科書。機械部品の基礎的知識から設計の手順など。後半は、エレベーター、盆などの実践的機構の設計アイデア、サンプルなどの記述があります。一般的知識が広く網羅されており、後半の部分だけでも大変貴重な情報が多数記載されております。モーターなどを使った、本格的な大規模大道具機構の設計のための本です。

good read