Grip equipment
C-stands, combo stands, baby and overhead stands, grip heads, booms, mounting hardware, dolly hardware, carts, and rigging components.
Repair, restore, return to service
Turn your repair pile back into working inventory.
Norms brings more than sixty years of grip-equipment manufacturing knowledge to repair, restoration, replacement parts, and practical equipment evaluations.
InspectDiagnoseRepairRefurbishRecoverReturn to service
Keep valuable gear working
Repair knowledge built at the workbench
Before replacing expensive professional equipment, let Norms evaluate it. Send photographs and a description of the problem. We will help determine the most practical next step.
Mechanical and structural repair
Inspection, welding, bent-tube repair, component replacement, refurbishment, functional testing, and damage assessment.
Soft-goods recovery
Flags, floppies, nets, silks, frames, duvetyne, muslin, grid cloth, Griffolyn, bounce, reflectors, sandbags, and shot bags.
Replacement parts
Identify worn or missing components, locate available parts, and evaluate compatible or purpose-built alternatives.
Crank-stand evaluations
Bring us the symptoms, photos, make, and model. Norms can evaluate lifting, crank, brake, mast, base, caster, and receiver concerns.
Fleet repair planning
Help rental houses prioritize repairable equipment and move useful assets out of the repair pile and back toward service.
Built by a grip. Built to solve problems.
Professional equipment knowledge since 1962.
Norms Studio Equipment began with Norman Hess's firsthand experience on Hollywood sets. In 1972, Norms introduced its folding, nesting-leg C-Stand, continuing a tradition of practical design shaped by working crews.
That legacy continues through manufacturing, repair, restoration, sourcing, engineering, and customer support for studios, rental houses, production companies, schools, manufacturers, and independent filmmakers.
Start with photos and symptoms
Before you replace it, let Norms take a look.
Include the manufacturer, model, equipment condition, location, timing, and photographs of the problem.
Request an evaluation