godman Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I'm Building a 16 CCR tree and was wondering what the narrowest width that anyone has used at the base. I know most go 10"-14" wide at the base but I'm limited on room (but I still want a 16 tree, not 12) and was thinking about going to 8"Has anyone done 8" or less at the base? If so, can you share how it turned out and the best viewing distance. Someone suggested anything less that 10" could be blurry?I thought 8" or so would be a better resolution but before I start building my aluminum Frame (thanks for the plans Frank) I want to make sure on the distance, Thoughts? Suggestions (beside a 12 string tree ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Anything from 2014 is total distance at the bottom of 7.5 feet. 6 inch spacing at the bottom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godman Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Doug excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightzilla Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 My mind was made up last summer when I started thinking of a ccr tree to have 6" spaces between ribbons. After you run a ccr Matrix with 3.5" spacing between ribbons for two years & how well the animated characters & texting looks, well I wanted the ccr tree to have (in my opinion) better resolution.....so 6" spacing should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 The width on my 12 string tree is about 9.5 feet. For 2015 I am going to a 16 string tree. I will get the additional four strings in part by making the base a little bit wider and a little bit closer together. Total width will be about 10 feet or maybe a little bit wider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Mine is 11 feet at the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixnight Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) My tree is 8 feet at the base, see pictures of tree frame at http://thehousewithlights.website/index.html on the picture section click on Christmas 2014 Edited May 23, 2015 by mixnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primvip Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 My tree is 8 feet at the base, see pictures of tree frame at http://thehousewithlights.website/index.html on the picture section click on Christmas 2014how well does the CCRs stay to the string? I like the frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixnight Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Each ccr is attached to each string by small zip ties along the strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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