Man look. I really appreciate the straight forward detailed reviews and tips on this channel. No rgb amazing looking led background. No purposeless bs talk. No sugarcoating and most importantly. No loud stock dubstep music in a 3 minute intro.
Stumbled onto you by accident, Finally a Gaffer POV who explains well, we are more than just a bunch of light movers. We are lighting and electrical technicians who are a necessity on all relevant film sets. 36 years in the Biz and still learning!!! Great stuff!!!
Hello, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. My name is Carlos and I live in Guatemala. I work in the video and film industry here, but there are very few professionals who teach and educate us in this field again, thanks por todo lo que enseñas
Great tips. I also found that it's good to have some paracord (you can get a bracelet that's a 50' length of wrapped paracord), velcro wraps, black and silver Sharpies (felt-tip pens), and a few band-aids.
ahah very funny to see that this solution of "2nd set of cheap stuff for the people that will borrow" is in every department, that's how I eliminate my end-of-life Sharpies.
I have an adjustable colour contrast filter - so I can change the density according to the density of the clouds. It has a small thread on the front that I attached a camcorder UV filter to.
Really interesting video...With regards Fluke, many of their meters are now made in China under contract for Fluke by UNI-T. This company also makes some really decent own brand meters/test kit thatis very reasonably priced in comparison. Apart from their multimeters, One thing which I highly recommend is their little ten dollar USB tester for checking the voltage and amperage output from USB ports, USB chargers ect...I have the basic UNI-T UN658, but they do a couple of others as well which are a bit more fancy. All or in the ten to twenty dollar range on eBay...Also, with regards the power socket checker you have, I have just bought a similar plug-in device that not only has the same functions as yours, but also has an LCD display showing the voltage and frequency..it's not worth recommending a model as I am in the UK, but I am sure similar devices will be available for the Australian market....Again this was only about twenty dollars delivered from China.. When I got it I ran some checks with my Fluke, and the device was spot on....
Found this video super informative and relative to my career. It's nice to see how other gaffers stock their tool bag. I like the style of both the big bag and the belt pouch. I couldn't find the exact belt pouch with the flap. Do you know the make and size of the bigger black and red bag? Thanks for the info. Keep up the great work.
Good video. I saw you also had some quick release ratchet straps in the back ground. I just added some with some bits of wooden dowl so I can make a mounting for nano clamps to be able to mount small lights to things that are too big for my other clamps to mount on.
Thank you for your interesting videos! This one showed me that there's still some things I have to add to my kit. You don't seem to have "Joe's Sticky Stuff" in you kit, is it because you don't like it or you've never tried it? Sound folks seem to use it for lav work, but I can see it be very useful for a gaffer as well.
Have you used the KNIPEX Tools? I think they are a great replacement for a standard spanner. Faster to use and grips much harder. They are expensive though.
After trying it for a couple months, I stopped carrying it, mainly because it requires two hands to make adjustments to the opening, and rarely do I land on the right size the first time. It is just too cumbersome and finicky compared to a normal c wrench. Still handy for high torque situations though. Their other tools are great, especially the electrician's shears.
All the C47s in Australia are now made in China, they last about 30 seconds and then the two pieces of wood seperate from the spring. I have 100s of small clamps (C47 replacement) are on my gels and grips carts.
