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  Trying to find a good forum with info for outfitting my grip van

  Posted by Jordan Woodworth on April 25, 2010 at 1:12 am

  I couldn’t find anything on here for production vehicles so I’m wondering if anyone knows a good forum on the web for building a grip van? I’ve got a van that has all the shelving in it like a plumber might have and a lot of it is useful but some is just taking up too much space. I’m hoping to find info on cool solutions for storing c-stands and stuff like that.

  

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  Tim Wilson

  April 25, 2010 at 11:01 am

  Try the Indie Film and Documentary forum, just because there’s a lot of production discussion there. I’ve also got somebody to point to that discussion – Ken Martini, who wrote an article for our “Power of Artistic Passion” issue of Creative COW Magazine. He actually built a van pretty much from scratch! Follow the Magazine link in the upper left of the orange nav bar at the top of the page….

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  John Fishback

  April 25, 2010 at 9:10 pm

  Also try the Lighting Design Pros forum.

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  Tim Wilson

  April 25, 2010 at 11:29 pm

  [John Fishback] “Also try the Lighting Design Pros forum.”

  Oooh, even better! Go there!
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  Fred Jodry

  April 26, 2010 at 8:00 pm

  Do all of the above but some of us have partly wooden vans and a serious start on you! If you`re near water see if some boat builders have spare wood and metal struts you can laminate.Your cutting and drilling tools should have harder cutting surfaces than what they`re digging into, and sharp.
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  Jordan Woodworth

  April 27, 2010 at 5:46 pm

  Thanks everyone, Martini’s article was very helpful. I’m outfitting an E150 so I’m on a smaller scale than the big Izuzu truck, but it’s a start and one day my goal is to have need for a bigger vehicle.

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