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You can also see fire sticks (I originally called them poles - but it appears that name wasn't glamorous enough) in most of my videos from 2008 to present. I also recommend, very strongly, an odd number of channels. My poles are 10 ft tall, 9 channels of 100 ct minis wrapped around 3/4" gray pvc, with a 10 ft piece of 1/2" rigid conduit inside.

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George Simmons wrote:

You can also see fire sticks (I originally called them poles - but it appears that name wasn't glamorous enough) in most of my videos from 2008 to present. I also recommend, very strongly, an odd number of channels. My poles are 10 ft tall, 9 channels of 100 ct minis wrapped around 3/4" gray pvc, with a 10 ft piece of 1/2" rigid conduit inside.

There he goes, braggin' about the size of his poles again.:shock:
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Cray Augsburg wrote:

George Simmons wrote:
You can also see fire sticks (I originally called them poles - but it appears that name wasn't glamorous enough) in most of my videos from 2008 to present. I also recommend, very strongly, an odd number of channels. My poles are 10 ft tall, 9 channels of 100 ct minis wrapped around 3/4" gray pvc, with a 10 ft piece of 1/2" rigid conduit inside.

There he goes, braggin' about the size of his poles again.:shock:


You never know, but I think he maybe over compensating...
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Arnoldc wrote:

Cray Augsburg wrote:
George Simmons wrote:
...1/2" rigid... .

There he goes, braggin' about the size of his poles again.:shock:


You never know, but I think he maybe over compensating...


Yep, he sure is.

MikeH
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Hey - when you get past the age of joining AARP, as long as the word "rigid" remains somewhere in the equation it's all good...

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George Simmons wrote:

Hey - when you get past the age of joining AARP, as long as the word "rigid" remains somewhere in the equation it's all good...


Scary day when it goes from rigid to brittle
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MikeH wrote:

Arnoldc wrote:
Cray Augsburg wrote:
George Simmons wrote:
...1/2" rigid... .


Yep, he sure is.

MikeH
is this with or with out viagra?? :D
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God, at 49 I don't want to thing about "not rigid", much less "brittle". That there's some scary stuff!

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Don Gillespie wrote:

MikeH wrote:
Arnoldc wrote:
Cray Augsburg wrote:
George Simmons wrote:
...1/2" rigid... .


Yep, he sure is.

MikeH
is this with or with out viagra?? :D


Or a pum...... Er never mind
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It's really an arch on viagra.

MikeH
better call a doctor.it's been erect for more than four hours
define "member".... :D

Funny Comments!! :D

I used the same method as Ron & George started. I wrap 100ct lights around 1" PVC....about 11" per sleeve. Then slip over 1/2" EMT. I used 7 sleeves in the video. Go with the odd count as George suggested.

The "firesticks" or whatever you want to call it were used more in these videos.



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Cracker wrote:

It's really an arch on viagra.

MikeH
better call a doctor.it's been erect for more than four hours
define "member".... :D

Funny Comments!! :D

I used the same method as Ron & George started. I wrap 100ct lights around 1" PVC....about 11" per sleeve. Then slip over 1/2" EMT. I used 7 sleeves in the video. Go with the odd count as George suggested.

The "firesticks" or whatever you want to call it were used more in these videos.






you might think this is creepy but after playing around with different sizes and lengths of PVC today what worked and looked good was 1" PVC cut 11". thanks for the inspiration!!
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Jeff Millard wrote:

George Simmons wrote:
snip..."rigid" remains ...unsnip


This place just keeps getting better and better!

Jeff


You got that right!:D:P
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jstorms wrote:

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a firestick? Anyone have a video example? I'd love to see one.

Stick a Triple Star on top & you get a " Star Burst". Stick 10 to 16 "Firesticks" side by side spaced between 12 -16 inches and you have a Matrix. At 8 channels (sorry wedges, no maybe slices, no perhaps sections) per pole and spell out words on the Matrix.

When you really think about it each display item is an basically something in a different form. A lawn grid could be a fan. Put a lawn grid in a 1/2 moon shape and you could get a "Lawn Fan".
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lightzilla wrote:

When you really think about it each display item is an basically something in a different form. A lawn grid could be a fan. Put a lawn grid in a 1/2 moon shape and you could get a "Lawn Fan".


Kind of like eating at a Mexican restaurant - all the same ingredients no matter what you order - just served up in different varieties.

I envy people who can use their lawn in December...
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George Simmons wrote:

lightzilla wrote:
When you really think about it each display item is an basically something in a different form. A lawn grid could be a fan. Put a lawn grid in a 1/2 moon shape and you could get a "Lawn Fan".


Kind of like eating at a Mexican restaurant - all the same ingredients no matter what you order - just served up in different varieties.

I envy people who can use their lawn in December...

I agree, about envying people with lawn grids, maybe even those that can do a roof grid too.

The only way we (those who get loads of snow) could have a lawn grid is to build it about 12" above ground and hope it does not snow more that 12" in December, otherwise we would need to dig it out like last years display was dug out.
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lightzilla wrote:

George Simmons wrote:
lightzilla wrote:
When you really think about it each display item is an basically something in a different form. A lawn grid could be a fan. Put a lawn grid in a 1/2 moon shape and you could get a "Lawn Fan".


Kind of like eating at a Mexican restaurant - all the same ingredients no matter what you order - just served up in different varieties.

I envy people who can use their lawn in December...

I agree, about envying people with lawn grids, maybe even those that can do a roof grid too.

The only way we (those who get loads of snow) could have a lawn grid is to build it about 12" above ground and hope it does not snow more that 12" in December, otherwise we would need to dig it out like last years display was dug out.



Snow?? what in sam hell is that?? I have to worry more about the damage my lawn sprinklers are doing to my display!
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http://www.youtube.com/christmaslunatic#p/u/5/BPy5RPV1_J8

Here is a video of 4 'fire sticks' (i've called them 'color columns') that i just made. They have 8 segments. I used 12v flexible LED strips. I used the RGB style strips, so i can have the poles produce any color i want by mixing the RGB. I had used traditional mini lights last year and once i wrapped the 3rd color of lights around the pole A) it looked like green cotton candy and :D the color on the bottom got buried. These 12v strips worked perfectly. Columns are really really clean looking (and bright as the sun).

i used a 4" pvc pipe. I also didn't wrap the LEDS all the way around. I used (24) 8" strips. 8 sections, 3 strips per section.

So that's (24) individual channels. For connection, i pulled off the coolest thing. I have (24) negative connections and one common positive connection, for a total of 25 connections. I used a 25 pin DSub connector. I wired 2 female ports into the base of each pole. Then in the controller box i wired in female ports as well. I got a few 25' 25 pin Male to Male cables and voila... set up is so easy. The 2 ports on each pole mean they can be daisy chained. Let me know if you want more detailed instrux...
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http://www.youtube.com/christmaslunatic#p/u/5/BPy5RPV1_J8

Here is a video of 4 'fire sticks' (i've called them 'color columns') that i just made. They have 8 segments. I used 12v flexible LED strips. I used the RGB style strips, so i can have the poles produce any color i want by mixing the RGB. I had used traditional mini lights last year and once i wrapped the 3rd color of lights around the pole A) it looked like green cotton candy and :D the color on the bottom got buried. These 12v strips worked perfectly. Columns are really really clean looking (and bright as the sun).

i used a 4" pvc pipe. I also didn't wrap the LEDS all the way around. I used (24) 8" strips. 8 sections, 3 strips per section.

So that's (24) individual channels. For connection, i pulled off the coolest thing. I have (24) negative connections and one common positive connection, for a total of 25 connections. I used a 25 pin DSub connector. I wired 2 female ports into the base of each pole. Then in the controller box i wired in female ports as well. I got a few 25' 25 pin Male to Male cables and voila... set up is so easy. The 2 ports on each pole mean they can be daisy chained. Let me know if you want more detailed instrux...
awesome, don't even want to think about the cost though
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