scubado Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 1. I converted my house flood lights into landscape lights. The main housing is made from a used fuser roller from a production copier. The lens is made from 1/2" acrylic, three layers thick. Both pieces are turned on my metal lathe. The led pictured is a 20W rgb. A night shot of it in action is pointless, all you see is a colored spot in a pitch black picture. It's a bit bright for a camera to capture it well, even turned down. Even in normal landscape mode I'm running at about 10%, but plenty bright for a show! I have six of these currently. 2. I lined the perimeter of my garage door with R, G and B leds mounted in 1/2" pvc pipe sliced in half. Every 1/3 bulb in each color is a channel for a total of 9 channels. Once the wiring was completed and tested, the channel was filled with silicon and then silicone to the garage. http://s329.photobucket.com/user/scubado65/library/New%20Elements?sort=3&page=1
jimswinder Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Did you just use a table saw to cut PVC in half? Were you able to get it cut in half pretty equally?
shfr26 Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Did you just use a table saw to cut PVC in half? Were you able to get it cut in half pretty equally? Not saying Jim did it this way but, if you make a u shaped jig out of 1x or 2x and anchor the pipe in it, you then can just run it through the saw. Just a thought.
dougd Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 I have cut 3/4 pvc in half on a table saw and hit it just about perfect.
scubado Posted September 1, 2013 Author Posted September 1, 2013 Did you just use a table saw to cut PVC in half? Were you able to get it cut in half pretty equally?Yes and yes. Using the print on the pipe helps to not accidentally turn the pipe while ripping it. Eyeball the print to make sure it's straight first.
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