Comments on: It’s Just Cool: Cheeseboroughs

By: craschworks » Blog Archive » links for 2009-07-16

craschworks » Blog Archive » links for 2009-07-16 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:03:41 +0000

[...] Toolmonger » Blog Archive » It’s Just Cool: Cheeseboroughs A few months ago a coworker held up the item pictured above and said, “This is called a cheeseborough.” I didn’t believe him, nor could I see any particular use for the tool. Later, I found out he wasn’t making up the term, and that all a cheeseborough does is clamp onto 1-1/4″ to 1-1/2″ pipe. And a few days ago I found out what makes this odd tool so cool. [...]

By: Émile Essent

Émile Essent — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:59:41 +0000

It would be nice to see a photo gallery of interesting stuff to do with these. I have a balcony to build…!

By: Elliot Lake

Elliot Lake — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:07:13 +0000

The ones I met up with when road shows came to the theater I worked in in the 80’s were vaguely cheese-burger shaped, that is, rounded & flat, with the ability to clamp pipe in parallel or perpendicular. It looks like tech (as always) has continued to evolve wonderful tools.

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:11:29 +0000

There is or was an actual brand name, spelling: Cheseboro, but alternate spellings are cheeseboro, chesebro, or cheeseborough. I’ve discovered that they use them here in Australia in the film biz too, so I already feel at home. (Although strangely enough they never call a beadboard holder a platypus, only an onky bonk)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tS-et2ODufEC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=platypus+beadboard+holder&source=web&ots=sPjAlrmm49&sig=XZlVAfRCmz1m_azYBd2a5HgDeLI&hl=en

By: Aric

Aric — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:42:32 +0000

David beat me to it, but yeah, we use these all the time in stage theater to hold all kinds of things, but especially when hanging extra pipes to the ceiling grid for lighting and scenery/backdrop work. Very useful.

By: David

David — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:56:33 +0000

We use a TON of these in the theatre world. If you think the standard version is cool, you should check them out here:

http://www.doughty-engineering.co.uk/shop/7/57/index.htm

The Doughty people make equipment for the film world, and its all shiny and billet aluminum. Just the coolest hardware you can get.

By: Beaver

Beaver — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:13:17 +0000

At my last job we used a lot of speed rail to set up 48-96 Camera systems for motion Capture. When I started I didn’t believe that these things were called cheeseboroughs either. After working there for a few years it’s now impossible not to call them CheeseBurgers. They are just so bad ass though. I did want to still want to make all of my furniture with speed rail.