stars

[keebler]

i have taken an idea i read about here and modified it to fit my needs.

i took a 10' piece of 1/2" gray electrical PVC and i formed a jig of a star.
(pics to follow)
i make 5 stars VERY fast just wrapping the heated PVC around the bolts in my jig.
i used a paint gun to heat the bends till pliable. when the star was cooled, i removed the bolts and lifted the star out, placed it on a piece of rebar and air brushed the star flat black (very cheap way to make effect look great at night)


then i sprayed them flat black (to not reflect light)

tomorrow i will string lights on them and run "patch" wire to the base.

i am making 10 of these that will chase around my yard and/or up to the mega tree

pics will be posted soon

[keebler]

here are some pics of the star

first two pics are of the star after painted black
the third pic you can see the arches in the garden
the fourth pic shows my jig

lighted ones will follow after dark

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[keebler]

here are the LIGHTED pics

pic 1 is daytime
pic 2 is at night

i am VERY happy with these....

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[jboyles7]

nice!!

[Greg in Canby]

Duuuuuude . . . . . sweeeeeeeet.

50 lights per?

I'm going to bend some PVC next week!!!!!

Totally brilliant,

Greg

[keebler]

thank you

yes, i took a 100ct string and cut it in half.
enough lights for two stars

very easy project and adds TONS to my show

[acreiss]

Is there any chance that I could get the measurements for that PVC star jig? I was thinking of making a few of those for this year and yours seem to be very well made.

Thanks

[dezzneefan]

Are the pics posted on here? Not seeing them in the post.

[macebobo]

Are the pics posted on here? Not seeing them in the post.

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