Cheap way to make a snoot

Good evening,

 

I have some 12 inch Smith Victors and would like to use them with a snoot.

 

Has anyone ever made a snoot for these and if so what did you use?

 

Thanks

 

Bill

I seem to recall making them from something called Cinefoil - a black aluminum foil, and I

think it was made by Rosco. But you've got to make very certain that they're ventillated on

the sides - the SV's get hot enough, without something bottling up all that heat. I got away

with it, but be very careful if you do the same thing. Use something to protect your hands

from the heat - like heavy duty oven mitts. From experience, I DO NOT reccomend that you

do this - it's a last resort, and when I did it, I was definitely in the "young and stupid" days.

How about a angelfood cake pan? They are made for heat,just take the insert out and attach it.I used one on a strobe, which I attached with foil.

 

http://www.kitchenconservatory.com/angel.htm

Cinefoil aka black wrap is what you want. Use gaffer's tape to affix it.

Yes, as Emre and Matt have said, blackwrap AKA Cinefoil is the answer. This isn't a bodge, the results may not look very pretty but it's the ideal solution because, unlike a 'proper' snoot you can make it whatever size/shape you want.

 

Heat is definately an issue, but no more so than with any other kind of snoot.

The only reason I stress caution is that when I did it, I had a few cases of smoke rising from

the improvised snoot - alleviated with better ventillation. Just do be careful if you make the

snoots from foil. The cake pan is also a good idea - but again, allow for ventillation of the

heat.

You can use heavy household foil.

 

Or a flat sheet of metal with a hole in the middle.

 

Don't use tape on a hot fixture :-)

Listen to what Emre says; we've worked together and it works.

Use the Cine foil, but try clothes pins instead of gaffers. Hot lights like clamps, not tape. As

Matt says, whatch your heat. You won't catch the Cine foil on fire, but you might damage

your light if the heat builds up to much. I used to use heavy leather garden/work gloves

when working with hot lights.

Dennis is right! Wooden clothes pins are best, but gaffer's tape is okay if it is not too close to the heat.

Try aluminum foil! Hows that for heat resistant! Just make it short... no more than 5 inches long.