Hanging Muslin Bounce from a C-Stand

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ardpub

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I would like to know the best way to hang a 6x6, 8x8, etc. sheet of bleached or unbleached muslin or other bounce material from a c-stand. I know most people use the "t-bone" method but I can't figure out what hardware is required to do it besides a c-stand.

Also, are most people using matthews overhead muslin fabric or are there any other cheaper sources for heat-resistant bleached and un-bleached muslin? When using it with a frame as an overhead, I would generally just rent one along with the frame and high-rollers but I would love find a cheaper source of muslin so I can have lots of it to lay on the floor, tape to ceilings and walls, cut to differn't shapes, etc.

Thanks!
 
Seems like most people just buy it at fabric stores. I haven't had much issues with heat except for when I was running low on gear and had to put it directly on the doors of a 2k once.

If you're going to bounce light off of it by laying it on the ground, taping it to walls and such, I wouldn't worry about heat at all. Unless of course you're using something bigger than a 2k or 1800watt hmi. The only problem though is you'll have a tough time finding something as big as a 6x or 8x. If you want something that big you'll probably have to sew two or three pieces together. Hemming the edges also wouldn't be a bad idea either if you want to keep it for a while.

If you want to T-bone it though, just get a piece of 6' pipe and a pipe ear or cardellini. Then you can just grip clip it to the pipe with #2's. Good luck.
 
Thanks for the replies. Cardellini with pipe--I should have guessed.

I'll probably just make my own then. I was reading another thread on another board where everyone was saying not to use fabric store muslin because of heat issues but I don't intend to clamp it on barn doors. I will most likely bounce a 2k blonde, 1k redhead or similar off it.
 
ardpub said:
I will most likely bounce a 2k blonde, 1k redhead or similar off it.
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If it works for roger Deakins.... (his forum has dozens of references to doing just that). He's also a big advocate of running into dept. stores and buying up bed sheets.

Film tools sells 5/8 aluminum tubing in lengths of 2, 3 and 4 feet. Really handy, it's strong enough to boom a 650, etc. I often put a grip head on a c-stand and run a c-stand boom through it so the boom's knuckle is against the head, and then stick a 3" pipe in the boom's grip head - end up with a T of about 6' wide - one cool thing about that technique is you can make corners or a mild angle to direct the bounce. It's hard to find generic pipe to fit baby grip heads, most hardware store stuff is too thick - I have a bunch of 1/2" stainless tube, which is great for this sort of thing but can only support low weight, like a 150 fresnel. And having pipe of more than 3 or 4 feet becomes a packing hassle. I like making stuff from smaller lengths, kind of gives me a pipe-tool-kit I can build things with. FilmTools also sells all kinds of baby-sized rigging pieces.

Of course, with a mafer or superclamp, you can do all sorts of things with 1/2 or 2/4 conduit. And having an extending pole that comes with a cheap background stand - usually two pieces of lightweight telescoping aluminum tube - that's handy for making great big walls of bounce (I like to make 10' wide diffusion walls, floor to ceiling, with a gap for the camera - when you want huge, soft light.)
 
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