caniac Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Just now, rcktpwrd said: LOL you got that right! I think we have gone through about 6000 so far! I keep a 30 gal tote full of them, various sizes (4" for pixel strips, 8" for most props, and 14" for times when 8''s is just not enough ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 1 hour ago, caniac said: I keep a 30 gal tote full of them, various sizes (4" for pixel strips, 8" for most props, and 14" for times when 8''s is just not enough ). yep - &14" are perfect for strobe strings to gutter down spouts... sparkle sparkle sparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 8 hours ago, Mega Arch said: man oh man! That's close. stay safe...…….. Let's just say we were watching it pretty closely. The fire was not burning towards us. 8 hours ago that fire was 35,000 acres with a bunch of building lost. I get demobilized Saturday so only loosing the one day for setup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 4 hours ago, k6ccc said: Let's just say we were watching it pretty closely. The fire was not burning towards us. 8 hours ago that fire was 35,000 acres with a bunch of building lost. I get demobilized Saturday so only loosing the one day for setup... Steve's son was deployed to the fire. Prayers for him and a safe return. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 We had some help in the yard today: 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Finally got some days without rain. I got the grass and bushes cut Friday and got 10 hours of setup Saturday and 10 today, I'm tired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 With two days lost (one for the fire, and one for a friends wedding - how dare he schedule his wedding on my first setup day), and a bunch of new or re-built stuff taking A LOT of time, I am running way behind. The rebuilt 24 x 100 pixel will go up tomorrow morning (it's my 9/80 schedule day off). For opening night, the new Singing faces will just be leaning against the front of the house instead of on the roof where intended, and I suspect I will only have the P10 Tune-To sign working. The P5 Tune-To sign likely won't happen until next weekend. I'm going to have a busy Thursday and Friday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I never start until December 1 so that gives me an extra week. As far behind as I am I need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Lights are hung. channel mix-ups corrected. defective strings substituted, loose connections fixed. I have the only lights in the neighborhood at this time, so no show is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 A couple very long days, but the 24 x 100 pixel tree is up and working. Damn it looks good! A couple little issues in my engineering, but nothing that can't wait until teardown. I do have one dead strip, but it was working when tested a couple weeks ago, so I am assuming that I did not get it plugged into the SanDevices E682 correctly. But too tired to haul out the big ladder this evening to check it. Gonna have to keep a watch on the power supply box as it's warm. I have a remote temperature probe in the top of the box so not too hard to keep a watch on it. May have to add some forced air ventilation in that box. That was somewhat expected however... There is now enough of the show set up to run it. A couple more things that I want to get up before opening on Friday, but none critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, k6ccc said: A couple very long days, but the 24 x 100 pixel tree is up and working. Damn it looks good! A couple little issues in my engineering, but nothing that can't wait until teardown. I do have one dead strip, but it was working when tested a couple weeks ago, so I am assuming that I did not get it plugged into the SanDevices E682 correctly. But too tired to haul out the big ladder this evening to check it. Gonna have to keep a watch on the power supply box as it's warm. I have a remote temperature probe in the top of the box so not too hard to keep a watch on it. May have to add some forced air ventilation in that box. That was somewhat expected however... There is now enough of the show set up to run it. A couple more things that I want to get up before opening on Friday, but none critical. Nice, had to push mine back to 1 Dec. SSD Samsung Evo crashed my sequencing computer. So since Thursday I am down to no useable computer since I am using the Samsung recovery tool. Strange it doesn’t work in the sequencing laptop but I can use as a usb device in desktop. This happened 2 days after MS forced update. Glad your show is up and running. had to fire Santa Clause contractor to hang my RGB outline lights. Got on CL and got some real workers. Santa Clause cost me a bunch of work, he used a 100% accurate satellite image to give me the measurements of my rakes- peaks. the problem just by looking at the satellite imagery I could tell that some measurements were not going to be close. A peak 25’ over my front door was sup to be 11’10” was only 7’7” Im just hoping the only accurate reading will be my 2 longest at 21’6”. If they are longer more pipe cutting and soldering to do. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I do almost all of it myself. My two boys help some and a friend came over today for about 6 hours. After that there was not really much where I could keep him active. He even did a Home Depot run for me to get a piece of UniStrut. He would not even let me pay him back - called it his donation to the show... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 This cold weather has been killing my enthusiasm. Today is another misty cold day where its not getting above freezing until 11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, ItsMeBobO said: This cold weather has been killing my enthusiasm. Today is another misty cold day where its not getting above freezing until 11am. All weekend, I was wearing a T-Shirt during the day. After dark, added an unbuttoned flannel shirt. Now why is it that I live in Southern California? Oh yea, the weather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 14 minutes ago, k6ccc said: All weekend, I was wearing a T-Shirt during the day. After dark, added an unbuttoned flannel shirt. Now why is it that I live in Southern California? Oh yea, the weather.... For me, this is the worst year in the last 10 for set up weather. We had snow which took two days to melt preventing work on the roof and grass. The forecast looks good for tomorrow but thursday 90% rain. I feel better knowing at least you are in setup weather nirvana 🤥. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Smoke from the 'Camp' fire is still pretty bad here. Near freezing in the A.M. and everything in the house decided to break ( Bathroom exhaust, Hydronic pump developed a weak capacitor with UPS sending the part via a side trip to Sacto from the Bay Area feeder, So lots of early AM garage trips , making sure the motor was spinning.) I am going to adjust some timings (animated only) over the next few days, as they don't look that good in real life. Stay WARM, Stay SAFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martsycart Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Where did you get the plastic mesh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 are you still going live 5pm Friday? Have Annie text the address if you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 9 hours ago, martsycart said: Where did you get the plastic mesh? Lowes or Home Depot in the garden area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcktpwrd Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 9 hours ago, caniac said: are you still going live 5pm Friday? Have Annie text the address if you are. That's the plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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