Not about arches

[Guest Don Gillespie]

Some of the videos I have seen this year are showing beside the arches there is a pole of lights that are vertical

question #1 how high is everyones pole

Question #2 how many lights do you use

I am assuming you would wrap the pole the same way you would wrap your arches I do mine in sections for easy replacement if a section goes dark what is everyone doing ??

[lightzilla]

Don Gillespie wrote:

Some of the videos I have seen this year are showing beside the arches there is a pole of lights that are vertical

question #1 how high is everyones pole

I remember a time I was out fishing sitting on my can holding my pole.

[Denis Chaput]

At my age my pole doesn't get as high as it use too:D:D. All kiddig a aside I have four poles about five high with five sections each did not wrap them as sleeves because I had them before that I dea came up

[Guest Don Gillespie]

lightzilla wrote:

Don Gillespie wrote:

Some of the videos I have seen this year are showing beside the arches there is a pole of lights that are vertical

question #1 how high is everyones pole

I remember a time I was out fishing sitting on my can holding my pole.

If anyone has a dirty mind they would hope you were sitting ona towel so your can didn't get dirty good one Scott

[lightzilla]

Denis Chaput wrote:

At my age my pole doesn't get as high as it use too:D:D. All kidding a aside I have four poles about five high with five sections each did not wrap them as sleeves because I had them before that Idea came up

The other question is.......do you want a star on top of your "Fire Sticks" or what you prefer to name them?

I used a 1.5" x 6 foot PVC pole and 35 count LED light strings and it held 8 channels on it.

I am thinking of going with 2" or 3" x 8ft PVC pipe this year with the star on top. I will be using 70 count strings......I want 6 channels for the pole & two channels for two different size stars or 5 channels for the pole & 3 channels for 3 stars.

Or I might go with 2" or 3" x 8ft PVC pipe this year with a "fire works" display at the top.

Or maybe I can do both.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

Denis Chaput wrote:

At my age my pole doesn't get as high as it use too:D:D. All kiddig a aside I have four poles about five high with five sections each did not wrap them as sleeves because I had them before that I dea came up

Even it did get as high as it used to would you still be wrapping it with 5 strings and are your strings the 100 count

[lightzilla]

Please click on the link below and watch the poles in action with the stars on top. He posted this on the Canadian forum and no doubt here too.

http://mattsonlights.com/?page_id=386

Are you going LED or regular mini lights. You could go with 100 count mini lights or 1 70 count string & 1 35 count string of LEDs for 105 count....if you buy your lights here in Alberta.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

lightzilla wrote:

Please click on the link below and watch the poles in action with the stars on top. He posted this on the Canadian forum and no doubt here too.

http://mattsonlights.com/?page_id=386

Are you going LED or regular mini lights. You could go with 100 count mini lights or 1 70 count string & 1 35 count string of LEDs for 105 count....if you buy your lights here in Alberta.

They will be wrapped in sections the same way I do my arches in 16 inch segments just in case there happens to be a string go dark I have 5 extra strings wrapped and ready for the arches so doing the fire sticks or poles the same way makes sense but thanks for the star idea I just happened to have 6 extra stars with nothing better to do but now they are going to have a new job by the way the video looks good two years ago I bought over 10,000 mini lights I cleared out all of the stores so I will wrap them with the minis for this year

[George Simmons]

My poles have 9 inches, I mean segments. 100 ct mini incandescents.

[Denis Chaput]

Don Gillespie wrote:

Denis Chaput wrote:

At my age my pole doesn't get as high as it use too:D:D. All kiddig a aside I have four poles about five high with five sections each did not wrap them as sleeves because I had them before that I dea came up

Even it did get as high as it used to would you still be wrapping it with 5 strings and are your strings the 100 count

I,m using 70ct multicolored leds wrapped on 1" pvc pipe and using I/2" pipe welded on old car rim in the center , Just slip the pvc over the 1/2" pipe. You could do the same for sleeves and have the pipe screwed into a coupling for your stand for easy storage.

[Max-Paul]

George Simmons wrote:

My poles have 9 inches, I mean segments. 100 ct mini incandescents.

Well George, I have heard of snakes that have had two heads. But cant say I have heard of a man with more than one pole that is nine inches.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

Max-Paul wrote:

George Simmons wrote:

My poles have 9 inches, I mean segments. 100 ct mini incandescents.

Well George, I have heard of snakes that have had two heads. But cant say I have heard of a man with more than one pole that is nine inches.

I can see the wording of this thread was wrong however the responses have been good, George when you say you have 9 segments how big is each segment when I wrap my arch segments I use 16 inch wraps if thats the case then your poles would be 12 feet high, many a woman would love to know you if thats the case

[Steve Constantino]

Don Gillespie wrote:

if thats the case then your poles would be 12 feet high, many a woman would love to know you if thats the case

Must be Italian!!!!

[lightzilla]

Denis Chaput wro

I,m using 70ct multicolored leds wrapped on 1" pvc pipe and using I/2" pipe welded on old car rim in the center , Just slip the pvc over the 1/2" pipe. You could do the same for sleeves and have the pipe screwed into a coupling for your stand for easy storage.

I take it that the tire rim is used for a stand. I guess that will not move.

I use those "deck blocks" with a hole in the center and I can put my pole in that hole. I believe the hole is 2" round and so a 1.5 inch x 4ft PVC pole works great and then I slide a 2" PVC pipe over that. I use these blocks for my 1/2 size mega trees. They should hold the "Bellagio poles" just fine, or "Fire Sticks", or "Leaping poles" or the "Gillespie poles" has a good ring to it or what ever name people give them.

The final product will look just fine that I am sure of.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

lightzilla wrote:

They should hold the "Bellagio poles" just fine, or "Fire Sticks", or "Leaping poles" or the "Gillespie poles" has a good ring to it or what ever name people give them.

The final product will look just fine that I am sure of.

I like the sound of these can I patenet these babies LOL

[travis p]

im not gonna say a word

[Guest Don Gillespie]

travis p wrote:

im not gonna say a word

its ok to jump in what size poles do you have?? LOL

[xmasboy]

George Simmons wrote:

My poles have 9 inches, I mean segments. 100 ct mini incandescents.

How many strands do you have per segment?

[NickByrd]

I've always wanted a pole. I only have arches. If I could straighten out one of my arches, then I would have a pole. I tried once... but it was not stiff enough. It kept falling over and I was left with arches.

[NickByrd]

Look how sad this is...

My avatar has a NICE pole, but not me.

I'll have to live vicariously through my avatar.