METALWORK 

Fabricated steel frames frequently form the structural basis to Scenery. Stage engineering is used to build scenic trucks, large flats, and flown pieces due to its strength vs. weight advantages, as well as its resilience in a tour environment.

A lightweight steel frame can be clad in the same materials as timber flattage but can often be lighter than a timber solution.

As Aluminium Scenery Builders we work closely with the client to produce high specification, high finish scenic elements that simply ‘work’ for all involved, in both weight and finish.

We build the usual suspects such as truck bases, Flats, decking, tread units, revolves and bridges, but welcome the unusual builds.

Utilising a great selection of modern metalworking machinery allows us to work both the usual mild steel, stainless steel (Singing in the Rain) and aluminium for high specification Cruise ship work. We use our in house CNC Plasma to cut up to 12mm thick, CNC routers for templates and jigs, Lasers for finer detail, and Waterjet processes to ensure repeatability on batch work, and speed up / remove processes to minimise the labour element if necessary, often allowing for reduced costs.

We regularly work with structural engineers and theatre consultants, ensuring we can come up with solutions to your engineering problems making sure your scenery looks and ‘works’ as it should.

All our steel work gets a good coat of black and is ‘burr’ free, ensuring the scenery is safe to handle and protected from the elements. There’s nothing worse than seemingly ‘unfinished’ frames.

Heavy Plant includes:

• Macc chop saw

• 3x Mig rigs

• Pedestal Spot welder

• 2x AC/DC TIG,

• Pillar Drill,

• Engineering Lathe,

• 1250x1250 Plasma