Alex Altman Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just wanted to share my new cart I constructed for my current show, and accompanying follow cart. I posted a few weeks back about converting a welding cart into a follow cart. I decided to try it since the price was right and I was pressed for time to get a new follow cart before the show started. It's working pretty well so far! I replaced the stock casters with larger 14" pneumatic tires in the rear and pneumatic casters in the front. I've got the drawers all divided up, two additional Chinhda hooks on the sides, and two boom holders on the back (room for a third when I have time to put it on). All my wires live in the bag that's on top of the follow cart so we can have a sort of run bag for wiring talent anywhere. The cart itself is based on a Filmtools vertical cart, with two rack cases bolted to it. The "Nagra shelf" is on top, with a heavy duty table-top style open rack bolted to it. I had to cut down the cantilevered sides to fit the shelf width. There are LED lighting strips over my keyboard, mixer, and bottom drawer. I'll post a pic of the lights when it gets just a bit darker. I had to go with the Allen & Heath board on this one to accommodate the extra channels of wireless I need. Speaking of this, I'm running my 664 in 12 channel mode, with an RX Emergency 2 giving me one extra iso track on my mix bus, and my mono mix for a total of 14 tracks. The 744t is there for backup. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Altman Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 ALSO, forgot to mention that my antennas are remoted pretty much 100% of the time. All I have on my cart are my Comtek and T4 transmitting antennas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Can you repost link for the welding cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Looking good, Alex! I think you accomplished a really good design with the main cart and the follow cart, though I'm sure still quite heavy, looks to be very functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Altman Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks Jeff! I've only been using this setup for 2.5 weeks now, but I'm pretty happy with it all. I would love to get away from the A&H console, but it's suitable for this show and the last minute prep I had to work with. The follow cart is heavy, but pulling it up over curbs and such has been painless so far with the large wheels. Here's the link to the welding cart: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200395734_200395734 And here is a picture of the cart with the lights on. Please forgive the weird tint on the photo. The camera on my phone is dying or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Looks nice Alex. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Nice cart! Please tell us more about false pizza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Wasserman Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Super slick! Have you got a source for the follow cart wheels? And, I too scorn false pizza. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hey, does the False Pizza sign light up red during record, or does it only light up when the catered lunch is bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 No apology needed for the Allen & Heath board --- it is a true workhorse that has served many of us when there is a need for high input count and routing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKane626 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Hey, does the False Pizza sign light up red during record, or does it only light up when the catered lunch is bad? Nice +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 As you found out, for lots of inputs one pretty much has to go with something like that rack-mount AH or its competitors. Most of the "big iron" mixers designed for film top out @ 8 inputs, and are WAY expensive. Hence the popularity of 01v96, despite the size/weight/power issues. I've had good luck with cheapo boards like this AH as well as Mackie and low-end Yamaha, the main operational problem is having to kludge together talkback and/or communications channels into a board really designed for music sound reinforcement. But it ends up working fine... philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Campbell Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 DEATH TO FALSE! 10/10 cart ups the metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Nice looking carts Alex. Hope your current show is going well. Kelsey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor The Mixer Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Great looking cart, Im upgrading now myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osa Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 No apology needed for the Allen & Heath board --- it is a true workhorse that has served many of us when there is a need for high input count and routing. +1 on the board it seems to be a good fit for cart work as i see them on those large cast judging shows, etc. i had this one as well as the 10ch 4bus version and i wished i could put both in a shrinkydink oven. i dont know any other boards in this class that had the routing functions and jumper pins under the hood to take it even further on ea channel. you really are the mix wizard Ken Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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