Making a wiring loom for a prop. Rambly Q&A video.

When I was based in Glasgow I made quite a lot of controllers and looms for local prop and production companies. It allowed me to fit electronics into props quickly, or let them put the looms in themselves if there were any delays. Although making the looms is fairly time consuming, it is similar to the work involved in working on the actual prop. It also allows you to do it in the comfort of your own workshop. In many instances installing the prewired loom is often easier than trying to make it inside a large and complex prop itself. Much less fibreglass dust and resin smell too! (The prop industry isn't actually very glamorous.)
This pair of looms are for one of the companies I did a lot of work for, but just a favour for personal use.
The guys and gals in prop companies are like sculptors, but unlike an "artist" who spends years sculpting one statue, these guys just bang them out every day. Their carving and artistic skills are incredible. You see them gluing blocks of polystyrene (styrofoam) together and the next time you look round there's some perfectly shaped statue getting coated and prepared for fibreglassing/mould-making.
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