Electric
Scissor Lifts for Daniel O'Donnell 2004
Specialz were entrusted with
the task of providing the amazingly popular Daniel O'Donnell
with a stage set incorporating a rising drum platform for
his 2004/05 tour. The brief for the lift called for it to be
light in weight and a space was needed for the artiste to
walk through the middle to enable an entrance.
We had already
spoken to Glyn from Kanlite, (the main lighting contractor),
about the possibility of lightweight non-hydraulic lifts and
this was the perfect opportunity to put the theory to
the test.
The platform was designed with a pair
of scissor lifts in the base, one either side, leaving the
required entrance up the middle, with a leadscrew, gearbox
and electric motor providing the power to produce a straight
lift. This produced a very smooth controllable motion with
the stability required for the purposes of a drum platform.
The end result of both stage set and lift was extremely
classy, Daniel liked it so much, we were commissioned to
make a complete second system for the US shows.