{"id":56,"date":"2017-05-04T01:37:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T01:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethan.757.org\/?p=56"},"modified":"2017-05-04T01:37:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T01:37:32","slug":"hes-technobeam-case-re-foam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/hes-technobeam-case-re-foam\/","title":{"rendered":"HES Technobeam case re-foam"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"a\/kfZm7\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/kfZm7\">Technobeam Case &#8211; ReFoam<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A number of years ago I picked up 4 High-End System Technobeams from Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta. They needed a little work, so I fixed them up. I am a fan of High End Systems products, and had owned some Intellabeams prior. <\/p>\n<p>A few years went on and my Technobeams started going to a few events. They would usually get tossed in a large truck unprotected, and given their shape are vulnerable to the plastic heads getting damaged. I didn&#8217;t want that to happen so I kept an eye on craigslist. Finally some cases (and fixtures) popped up in nearby Delaware, and I picked them up. The 4 technobeams had a proper home. The case configuration is sort of annoying, as the yoke has to be moved in a position fairly different from the way I normally hang them to store them. But to have a case that allows it to sit elsewhere would take a lot more room, so it is what it is.<\/p>\n<p>But the foam. It was this melty sticky nasty probably open-cell smelly stuff. Mildewish, tacky and gross. It had to go.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend I finally got a chance (and some help from Supersoaker and Christian and others) and replaced the foam with fresher closed-cell foam. It&#8217;s stiffer, a bit of a tight fit but hopefully the smell will be gone forever. This material was recycled from other flight cases, and we used a Harbor Freight hot knife to cut it. I see it as practice for when it&#8217;s time to make custom foam to hold all the flat panel TVs for MAGFest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of years ago I picked up 4 High-End System Technobeams from Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta. They needed a little work, so I fixed them up. I am a fan of High End Systems products, and had owned some Intellabeams prior. A few years went on and my Technobeams started going to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethan.757.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}