bob_moody Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Hello all, I just bought a small exploding star from Michael over at 3GLightingCreations along with the appropriate lighting set.However, It seems that I have a case of the "just don't get it".There are 4 stars 12", 18", 24" and 30" and 4 packs of lights (30, 50, 60 and 70 count strings) .... A little Jethro Bodine cipherin .. and you should end up with 12" star = 3 lights per leg18" star = 5 lights per leg24" star = 6 lights per leg30" star = 7 lights per leg .. simple enough .. right ?? Well problem I am having is each of the M6 LED is 1-1/2" tip to back ...For example the 18" star needs 5 lights ... that would be 7-1/2" ... the leg is technically 7" with about 6-1/2" of open wire for a clip... I have built more wireframes than I care to count ... but for the life of me I cant make this fit .. So... I was hoping that someone had one of Michaels exploding stars.. wired up and ready to go and might have a picture of how they lit it up with M6 lights ... Appreciate y'all reading all this and for any ideas or suggestions. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godman Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Bob, I have the exact same star, the lights overlap a little, I have a couple pics but cant figure out how to upload them, If you want to send me you email address Il send them to you, Gregmrgbecker@gmail.com Edited August 29, 2014 by godman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_moody Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Greg, Thank you so very much .. my email is Bob_moodytx at yahoo dot com I appreciate you taking the time ... Bob Edited August 29, 2014 by bob_moody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godman Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_moody Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Greg, Thank you very much for the pics... They helped get me going ..I now understand the overlap your talking about. It turned out the outer 2 stars with 60 and 70 count strings were perfect ...I think if I were writing the specs on the lights .. the inner star with 30 was a bit crowded but it did fit okay .. my big change would be on the second star. I would have gone with a 40 instead of a 50 count. I think it would have looked just as good, if not better, and would set up a little nicer .. Anyway.. I wanted to say thanks .. and here is a dropbox link to my finished star. The only additional thing I did was to tie-wrap each of the bulbs. I saw in your pics where several had popped out.. Didn't want to see that when it was 20 feet in the air.https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3snfmfvbf0izmo2/AADoss6aAq891Sa8DXFq66Moa?dl=0Thank you again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godman Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 No Problem Bob, glad it helped. I had just taken the stars out of storage, a few of the lights came loose but all fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts