navykidd02 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Jerry, so I loved your tree so much I decided to sequence it then build it. YEAH well my show goes live in 5 days and was able to finish one but the wrapping just isnt right. I did the 4" spacing on the screws but the spiral just doesnt look good. ANY tips would help how you did the spiral. I have one more to go. I was breaking down your video and it looks like you have about 26 screws in the uprights. I only have 22. What spacing is on your tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb721 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 navykidd02 wrote: Jerry, so I loved your tree so much I decided to sequence it then build it. YEAH well my show goes live in 5 days and was able to finish one but the wrapping just isnt right. I did the 4" spacing on the screws but the spiral just doesnt look good. ANY tips would help how you did the spiral. I have one more to go. I was breaking down your video and it looks like you have about 26 screws in the uprights. I only have 22. What spacing is on your tree.If you like the way the spiral looked in my youtube vids then here is what my spacing was, I have 3" spacing on the top uprights and 4.5" on the bottom uprights.Hope it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navykidd02 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Thanks Jerry, That helped alot. Still had some wrapping issues but I this wrap much better then the other. My wife and mother said they look the same but to the trained eye I hate the other one. So for now it is gonna have to do. Thanks alot I put up pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Bailey Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 jerryb721 wrote:Just went out and measured the distance, I have 3" spacing on the top uprights and 4.5" on the bottom uprights.Thanks so much, 100 ct lights fits perfect doubled.-Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Now I just need to find my interior light strings that are still in the attic. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulahey Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 How would this method work for a 12' tree? or even up to a 20' tree? Would it take too much PVC and not be worth it? Other methods cheaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevikester Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Dulahey wrote: How would this method work for a 12' tree? or even up to a 20' tree? Would it take too much PVC and not be worth it? Other methods cheaper?I would think larger trees, you would want to go with steel cables(guy wires) and use a couple of PVC rings for support...someone on the form did a nice tutorial on that...he actually used a pully system on a 20 footer, and you string the lights in increments..and then crank it up a bit, sttring some more, and then crank some more...etc...which is my project for next year...I have a 20 foot normal with 96 strings, but I want a 20 ft spiral on the other side to compliment it...my wife is already gaspin at this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KX6D Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 scubado wrote: Good eye for catching that! You gotta be careful of the pics you post around here, you never know what someone will take notice of, such as the mower or purple panties...:shock:How many people scrolled back up looking for the purple panties?! Be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbirdruss Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Looks great! I have decided that 2 spiral trees will be my main addition for next year...Oh and 8 more minitrees...and maybe some snowflakes for the House facade...did I mention taking over my neighbors house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Just a suggestion...I would use 3/4" PVC for anything bigger than 7ft.I was also thinking that if you make the middle ring pieces 5" instead of 4", you should be able to make a little bit larger top ring and use T fittings in between the 45's. That would eliminate screwing the caps into the top ring.Not sure if that will work or not. I had some extra t fittings and made a top ring, but didn't work very well with the current setup.I would have tried it, but I had already glued the rings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb721 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 David Rise wrote: Just a suggestion...I would use 3/4" PVC for anything bigger than 7ft.I was also thinking that if you make the middle ring pieces 5" instead of 4", you should be able to make a little bit larger top ring and use T fittings in between the 45's. That would eliminate screwing the caps into the top ring.Not sure if that will work or not. I had some extra t fittings and made a top ring, but didn't work very well with the current setup.I would have tried it, but I had already glued the rings...I tried the T fitting first but it made the tree not as tapered as I wanted, but it would have been good.I would try that set up making the tree 8 ft or so but you may need to adjust the base diameter and center support Diameter.As for height I'm not sure I would try this PVC tree much larger than 9 ft. and agree with thevikester for the big trees.On a side note,Merry Christmas to all here at LOR forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevikester Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 KX6D wrote: scubado wrote: Good eye for catching that! You gotta be careful of the pics you post around here, you never know what someone will take notice of, such as the mower or purple panties...:shock:How many people scrolled back up looking for the purple panties?! Be honest!I'm guilty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H1 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 thevikester wrote: KX6D wrote: scubado wrote: Good eye for catching that! You gotta be careful of the pics you post around here, you never know what someone will take notice of, such as the mower or purple panties...:shock:How many people scrolled back up looking for the purple panties?! Be honest!I'm guiltyI think I actually found them.......ooops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Well folks. Here it is in action.I'm going to redo it and make 2 of them 8ft for next year.My 105 count lights have over a foot left after 2 complete wraps.During next year, I'm going to try and wrap 8 more strings going the other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 That's really only 8 channels. I like it. My. Hoa is going to hate me next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbirdruss Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Just completed the dry fit for my first Spiral Tree for 2012. So far this has been one of the easiest projects I have done. Spent about 3 hours so far including shopping for the parts, cutting peices and fitting everything together. I am not sure that I am actually going to glue the pvc. It seems to stay together well now and I think once the lights are wrapped around it, it should be completely stable. This will give me options for storage and moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imawlkr2 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 OK I am working on mine for this year and have a problem. Light spacing. I have 100ct incan lights that are 20.6ft long. I am folding them in half, but can't get them to work on the tree. I have tried the 3"/4.5", 4", and even 6" spacing down the tubes. The 6" gets me the closest to the ground, but the strand stops about 12" from the ground. Any help? What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reitan_family Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Would someone take a "screen shot" of the LOR programming for me please. I want to make sure that this is just on-off or is some fading involved? I have several tree's,arches,ect but I too am going to give this a shot. Thanks for the reading enjoyment again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb721 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I can only speak for myself. But I use chase, on and off, fades shimmer, etc.PM me and I send you a couple sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb721 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 imawlkr2 wrote: OK I am working on mine for this year and have a problem. Light spacing. I have 100ct incan lights that are 20.6ft long. I am folding them in half, but can't get them to work on the tree. I have tried the 3"/4.5", 4", and even 6" spacing down the tubes. The 6" gets me the closest to the ground, but the strand stops about 12" from the ground. Any help? What am I doing wrong?I set mine at 3" for the top half and 5" on the bottom half. With this I was able to fold a 100 incan mini strand in half and it went top to bottom two wraps. Last year I did it different because I switched to 100 strand LED which were longer and folded them in thirds, wrapping it around only 1.5 times.I got my measurement from just hooking the strand at top and wrapped it around twice, then marked where each strand touched, measured and put the same marks on all uprights. it was only a fluke that I was able to fold the strand in half, it wasn't planned that way.Hope that helps a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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