There are times when you are working on a problem, and you simply try to be too clever... Its along the same lines as re-inventing the wheel but you don't notice it as quickly...
The beast of a set we just dealt with will be coming back in June... Twice as a matter of fact... The main issue is, this set does not go in or out nearly as quickly as the set it will be replaceing for these smaller meetings... So, now I have to make it easier/better/faaster... With that simple goal in mind (note sarcasim) I've been going back over the prints as to what I can change... I knew some of these things right after strike, but now they're coming to a head faster than I had anticipated... So after my 3 days off, hiding from work, and relaxing a bit, things are clearer... I can see I was trying to be too clever on certian aspects of the set... I was going for the "swiss army" set when all I really needed was functional... All the adjustment I built into one aspect is most likely out the door since we don't need that... I'll be replaceing that with fixed location setups that go in far more quickly... I had some units built in a way that they could be modified on site easily... Unfortunatly, that made them insanely heavy... They're out the door for next time too, replaced with units that would be a bear to modify, but hell I know they already fit...
What does this all add up to?... Well not much really... Its a matter of time, and labor on the ins and outs... After we're done with these changes, we should be able to shave a good hour off the install... That's an hour for 10 stagehands... Odds are it will take 40 manhours to do these changes, but we're looking at 2 shows in June alone useing this set, so that's 20 manhours saved there alone... This will be a good investment of resources... Ashame I was so tired when I designed everything the first time, I couldn't see that I was designing in headaches...