captainron19 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I wanna do a cascade of some large snowflakes coming done my peaked roof on my house this season. Does anyone have any recommendations on where I can get some of these (or possibly even build them) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Showalter Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I picked up 7 three foot snowflakes from Winterland for about $30 each.Currently, they have a 4 foot LED snowflake in their Super Sale for $29.95.http://www.winterlandinc.com/SuperSale.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 How about these. http://www.actionlighting.com/items.asp?MainCategory=Christmas+Lighting&Sub=LED+Snowflake+Silhouettes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstorms Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Last year Target sold 42" LED snowflakes on plastic frame, and also 17" LED ropelight snowflakes on a metal frame. Both made by Phillips. They may have them again this year.Then I also found 18" snowflakes at Hobby Lobby (which already has Christmas stuff out) and I added 60 blue LEDs to 4 of these.42" Snowflakehttp://listentoourlights.com/home/how-to/phillips-42-snowflake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I too have bought my snowflakes from Target the last two years...but they have only stocked like about 5 (or less) of them in each store!!!And they sellout FAST!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 here's what i've built.12x12 steel plate. with 3/16 steel pieces as walls. than 1 1/2 female coupler. all shaped in an octagon shape. there is 4 hole drilled in it. top 2 are for hoisting and the bottom 2 are for the legs.the pvc arms has a 1 1/2 male connector. each pvc arms stands about 15' tall with 1,000 m5 white. with 5 channels for the motions. the arms are built, but not with the lights yet. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: the pvc arms has a 1 1/2 male connector. each pvc arms stands about 15' tall with 1,000 m5 white.I take it that the 15' x 1-1/2" PVC is rigid enough to hold all those lights and not bend?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 will find out after they are mounted and with the lights. here's one of the arm. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 will find out after they are mounted and with the lights. here's one of the arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: will find out after they are mounted and with the lights. here's one of the arm.how long are those secondary arms?How many of these are you going to have?Can't wait to see them in action!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Showalter Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Before I found my snowflakes at Winterland I thought of making my own out of PVC... Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Mark Showalter wrote: Before I found my snowflakes at Winterland I thought of making my own out of PVC...nice...what size PVC were you going to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 jimswinder wrote: evan.a wrote: will find out after they are mounted and with the lights. here's one of the arm.how long are those secondary arms?How many of these are you going to have?Can't wait to see them in action!!!!there will only be one this year. but it is easy to make.from the male connector to the first split is a 12' piece of pipe. going to have 5 arms. if the weight is too much, am going to cut it in the middle. cut a section off and put a y spliter in its place. than use the piece i cut off to add to the y piece.if you look at the sequences I sent you. it's the big thing on the upper right hand corner is this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: if you look at the sequences I sent you. it's the big thing on the upper right hand corner is this thing.will check it out when I go to lunch in 10 minutes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Showalter Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 jimswinder wrote:Mark Showalter wrote: Before I found my snowflakes at Winterland I thought of making my own out of PVC...nice...what size PVC were you going to use?I think you could use any size depending on how big (and heavy) you wanted to make the snowflake and how large of a light you were going to use. I had planned on using rope light so I was going to go with 1/2 inch pvc and zip ties. I needed 7 of them and when I did the math for the cost of elbows and tees it didn't make sense to make my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I have a feeling that long of an arm with that many lights on them might bend a little on you. Have you thought of any ways to keep that from happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: here's what i've built.12x12 steel plate. with 3/16 steel pieces as walls. than 1 1/2 female coupler. all shaped in an octagon shape. there is 4 hole drilled in it. top 2 are for hoisting and the bottom 2 are for the legs.the pvc arms has a 1 1/2 male connector. each pvc arms stands about 15' tall with 1,000 m5 white. with 5 channels for the motions. the arms are built, but not with the lights yet.octagon = 8 sidespentagon = 5 sidesMikeH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Dan C wrote: I have a feeling that long of an arm with that many lights on them might bend a little on you. Have you thought of any ways to keep that from happening?yes, I did. filling the tubes with spray foam.MikeH wrote: evan.a wrote: here's what i've built.12x12 steel plate. with 3/16 steel pieces as walls. than 1 1/2 female coupler. all shaped in an octagon shape. there is 4 hole drilled in it. top 2 are for hoisting and the bottom 2 are for the legs.the pvc arms has a 1 1/2 male connector. each pvc arms stands about 15' tall with 1,000 m5 white. with 5 channels for the motions. the arms are built, but not with the lights yet.octagon = 8 sidespentagon = 5 sidesMikeHwife blurted the shape. she said octagon. your right Mike, pentagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: Dan C wrote: I have a feeling that long of an arm with that many lights on them might bend a little on you. Have you thought of any ways to keep that from happening?yes, I did. filling the tubes with spray foam.My Mini Trees are set on 1-1/2 Conduit that I have going into sleeves cemented in the ground...and hooked to the top are my "streamers" which exert a lot of pull on them...I thought if I filled them with concrete they would not bend...they still bent!! LOLHad to "pull them back" using 3/16" wire rope anchored the opposite way of the "streamer" pull!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 evan.a wrote: Dan C wrote: I have a feeling that long of an arm with that many lights on them might bend a little on you. Have you thought of any ways to keep that from happening?yes, I did. filling the tubes with spray foam.MikeH wrote: evan.a wrote: here's what i've built.12x12 steel plate. with 3/16 steel pieces as walls. than 1 1/2 female coupler. all shaped in an octagon shape. there is 4 hole drilled in it. top 2 are for hoisting and the bottom 2 are for the legs.the pvc arms has a 1 1/2 male connector. each pvc arms stands about 15' tall with 1,000 m5 white. with 5 channels for the motions. the arms are built, but not with the lights yet.octagon = 8 sidespentagon = 5 sidesMikeHwife blurted the shape. she said octagon. your right Mike, pentagon.I haven't listened to my wife in years....in one ear and out the other. Just nod from time to time. LOLMikeH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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