RecordingMaster
A Sarcastic Statement
I have constructed x8 ceiling clouds for my new studio and they are all 2" OC703 2x4 panels inside wood frames, wrapped in burlap. I have purchased some eyebolts to screw into the back of the frame at all four corners. I was going to buy some j-hooks and put them in the ceiling (using anchors or toggle bolts) and then simply hang the panel that way.
Then I got thinking...Sure, getting the two first j hooks (in ceiling) into two of the eyebolts on the panels will be easy, but then when I go to lift the other end of the panel up, how would the hooks go in?! It wouldn't work. I'd have to get maybe some keyrings so there is some flexibility and I could just swing those key rings around the hooks so I don't need to angle the panel temporarily in order to get the hooks to go through the eyebolts. Or I could use chains, BUT...
I have 7' ceilings and don't want them to get much lower than that! I know the air gap is good and all, but I can;t sacrifice the space, especially for drum oh's! But there will still be SOME gap behind them as there is no way to affix them directly to the ceiling.
So how should I do this???
Then I got thinking...Sure, getting the two first j hooks (in ceiling) into two of the eyebolts on the panels will be easy, but then when I go to lift the other end of the panel up, how would the hooks go in?! It wouldn't work. I'd have to get maybe some keyrings so there is some flexibility and I could just swing those key rings around the hooks so I don't need to angle the panel temporarily in order to get the hooks to go through the eyebolts. Or I could use chains, BUT...
I have 7' ceilings and don't want them to get much lower than that! I know the air gap is good and all, but I can;t sacrifice the space, especially for drum oh's! But there will still be SOME gap behind them as there is no way to affix them directly to the ceiling.
So how should I do this???