rainyoregonchristmas Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Pic of my arch: http://sdrv.ms/Qs3vLRSo, what do you all think of my leaping arch. It is 4'10" high and 9'8" across. I outfitted it with 800 white LED's and 8 channels. I love it because it is held together with setscrews and breaks down into 4-4 foot sections. It's also light enough I can easily move it with one hand. Can you believe I found this thing in a dumpster at work. It was part of an old sales display, too bad I missed the rest of it. The great thing is I paid about $5 for it in scrap weight. Talk about a find. Only bad part is if I want more than one arch I'm gonna need a few days to fabricate them. I also won't go to the extremes on design that was done on this item.I should also say to those who saw my post about my future mega tree, I am changing my design. I will no longer be attempting to use the pipe with the 1/2" side walls, you're right, I couldn't lift that thing safely. I will instead be using another pipe from my metal supply that has 1/4" sidewalls. I am still putting a sleeve into a sub-grade concrete footing. I will also, as was suggested put the controller just a few feet off the ground instead of at the top. 15 dollar store cords are cheaper than a dropped controller or broken arm. Lastly I will secure it with 1/4" cable guy wires, procured with all the necessary hardware for $5 at a garage sale this weekend. I figure my total out of pocket for this tree will be only about $40.-RainyOregonChristmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmydatoolman Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Wow! That is a great arch, and has lots of posabilies beyond being an arch. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Pic of my arch: http://sdrv.ms/Qs3vLRSo, what do you all think of my leaping arch. It is 4'10" high and 9'8" across. I outfitted it with 800 white LED's and 8 channels. I love it because it is held together with setscrews and breaks down into 4-4 foot sections. It's also light enough I can easily move it with one hand. Can you believe I found this thing in a dumpster at work. It was part of an old sales display, too bad I missed the rest of it. The great thing is I paid about $5 for it in scrap weight. Talk about a find. Only bad part is if I want more than one arch I'm gonna need a few days to fabricate them. I also won't go to the extremes on design that was done on this item.15 dollar store cords are cheaper than a dropped controller or broken arm. -RainyOregonChristmasVery nice. Big too. I found this earlier this year and bought 2: http://store.winterlandinc.com/5-Leaping-Arch-Frame--No-lights-_p_6761.html Going to use these for my Rainbow Pixels arches. Quite a bit more than what you paid and quite a bit smaller, but its another option for the future.http://www.christmaslightshow.com/Spt2-Wire-Plugs-and-Sockets-for-Christmas-outdoor-decorations.html Check this out for extension cords. 250' for about $40. HD and Lowes sells black like this, same length for about $70. One roll and a couple of bags of vampire plugs and you can make 250' of extension cords.Yep a dropped controller or a broken arm would not be good for the Holidays. Kudos for changing your plan.Happy Lighting, Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyoregonchristmas Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 15 dollar store cords are cheaper than a dropped controller or broken arm. Seems I forgot the hyphen. I meant "15 cords that cost only $1 from the dollar store." If a lot of people like these frames, I just might have to go into production making something similar. I've already started making custom wire frames, what's one more thing... It really is a nice size, the outside radius is just inches short of 16 feet, perfect for marking it off into 8 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldavis1969 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 As for Vampire plugs Home depot has both male and female in stock again.Malehttp://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100652709/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=14-330&storeId=10051100 count for $45.98Femalehttp://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100652717/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=14-331&storeId=10051100 count for $45.98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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