Cheap stars?

[Myles]

[align=left]Hello, I was wondering of someone has a cheap way of building standard 5 Pt. stars[/align]
[align=left]Something that does not involve welders.[/align]
[align=left]Thanks,[/align]
[align=left]Myles[/align]

[Guest Don Gillespie]

Myles wrote:

[align=left]Hello, I was wondering of someone has a cheap way of building standard 5 Pt. stars[/align]

[align=left]Something that does not involve welders.[/align]

[align=left]Thanks,[/align]

[align=left]Myles[/align]

Are you handy with wood?? you can use 1x2's and screw them together on the flat paint it black attach lights to it and use it not the best but will work in a pinch

[lightzilla]

Don Gillespie wrote:

Myles wrote:

Are you handy with wood?? you can use 1x2's and screw them together on the flat paint it black attach lights to it and use it not the best but will work in a pinch

Yes or drill holes in the wood and then put the lights in. Will look cleaner, neater.

[JBullard]

Or make them out of Coro -cheaper then wood, no weather issues

[wallleyes]

Myles wrote:

[align=left]Hello, I was wondering of someone has a cheap way of building standard 5 Pt. stars[/align]

[align=left]Something that does not involve welders.[/align]

[align=left]Thanks,[/align]

[align=left]Myles[/align]

Heres how i made my 3 foot star for my mega tree.Go to your local ace hardware or i think walmart also sells these.They are about a 3/8 diameter plastic stake.$1 and some change each.Take your 5 pieces and lay them on the floor to make a sraight line.Leave about 1/4-3/8 space between each one.Now take a roll of duct tape and tape them all together leaving the space between each one.Then just fold them into the star and tape the last ends together.Very light weight and very inexpensive to do.They last about 5+years before the duct tape wears out.Then all you have to do is retape them.If your going to make a four sided star for a mega tree i found that when making my second set for the star it was easier to only tape 3 pieces together before putting it together.I used rope light and tie strapped it around the star.Looks great up there 23 foot in the air and has survived 50 mph winds and over a foot of heavy wet snow.

[Myles]

wallleyes wrote:

Myles wrote:

[align=left]Hello, I was wondering of someone has a cheap way of building standard 5 Pt. stars[/align]



[align=left]Something that does not involve welders.[/align]



[align=left]Thanks,[/align]



[align=left]Myles[/align]

Heres how i made my 3 foot star for my mega tree.Go to your local ace hardware or i think walmart also sells these.They are about a 3/8 diameter plastic stake.$1 and some change each.Take your 5 pieces and lay them on the floor to make a sraight line.Leave about 1/4-3/8 space between each one.Now take a roll of duct tape and tape them all together leaving the space between each one.Then just fold them into the star and tape the last ends together.Very light weight and very inexpensive to do.They last about 5+years before the duct tape wears out.Then all you have to do is retape them.If your going to make a four sided star for a mega tree i found that when making my second set for the star it was easier to only tape 3 pieces together before putting it together.I used rope light and tie strapped it around the star.Looks great up there 23 foot in the air and has survived 50 mph winds and over a foot of heavy wet snow.

Do you mean something like these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Ys86tIMCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[wallleyes]

yes

Heres a picture of my star mounted on my mega tree

[Myles]

wallleyes wrote:

yes

Heres a picture of my star mounted on my mega tree

Ok, what was the total cost?

[wallleyes]

under $30

[Myles]

Ok, i'll try it!

[Linda McDonald]

We built ours out of PVC pipe. I found the directions somewhere on the internet. The "how to" pictures are not mine and I can't remember where I found them, so I apologize for not giving credit to the originator. Here's the text I copied:

"Each pipe is 24 inches long, the pipe is notched so the pipe overlaps flat, zip tied the pipes together. A five point star all points should be 72 degrees apart. Line up inner points starting at 36 degrees 108 degrees."

We used 60 ct mini dome LED lights. My DH drilled 60 holes (12 on each point). We used white vinyl electrical tape to secure the lights. I believe he made the back side of the hole bigger than the front. We mounted this to the roof using a "L" bookshelf bracket. I plan on having him make more of these for next year.

Cost: PVC pipe - .98, lights - $5.99, Shelf Bracket - $1.18. Total cost = $8.15.

100 8" cable ties - $5.21, 66 feet of white vinyl electrical tape - $1.97





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[David Spangler]

For the five point star here is the formula on how long to make the pvc pieces for different size stars.

L = the length of each PVC piece.

R = the length of rope light, in inches, you want to use.

L=R*.262

I found this on the web and haven't used it yet but it sounds good.