Eaglesclaw Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) Testing out my tubing bender for my pixel spinner. Partially completed pixel spinner. Will go on top of my pixel tree. Still need to solder and splice joints. That is when last 2 legs will be completed. Bent 1 - 10 ft. 3/4" emt. Just under 3 ft. diameter. This will work for this year, maybe next year make it between 4 and 5 ft. I'll update the video after I get it all soldered together. Edited September 29, 2015 by Eaglesclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orville Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Reminds me of a bicycle rim. Looks great though and your tube bender seem to work very well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMurray Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Where did u get the tube bender. What is the price of something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdanna77 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Pretty cool idea. Turned out nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Where did u get the tube bender. What is the price of something like that?It came from Harbor freight and was around $180.00Pretty cool idea. Turned out nice.ThanksReminds me of a bicycle rim. Looks great though and your tube bender seem to work very well too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMurray Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 It came from Harbor freight and was around $180.00ThanksThanksSweet. I have a harbor freight less than 5 minutes from my house. I'll check it out. Thanks for info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Sweet. I have a harbor freight less than 5 minutes from my house. I'll check it out. Thanks for infoYour welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I have the same tubing bender. Have you noticed that as you run the tubing thru multiple times (to get the desired radius) it can slip in the dies and starts throwing the the radius off? If so, any tips for keeping it lined up. I have used mine for the CCR circles, but mainly use it for windmill arms. I bend arms in a "S" shape which requires removing the tubing and starting a radius on the opposite side. A circle is easier to correct, but multiple radiuses gets a little tougher. Nice job on the Pixel Spinner! If you are looking for inspiration on sequencing take a look at what these guys do with LED sequences on kites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECa27myJgyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O2rb9lDidc There are quite a few videos for LED kites, search youtube. Alan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) I have the same tubing bender. Have you noticed that as you run the tubing thru multiple times (to get the desired radius) it can slip in the dies and starts throwing the the radius off? If so, any tips for keeping it lined up. I have used mine for the CCR circles, but mainly use it for windmill arms. I bend arms in a "S" shape which requires removing the tubing and starting a radius on the opposite side. A circle is easier to correct, but multiple radiuses gets a little tougher. Nice job on the Pixel Spinner! If you are looking for inspiration on sequencing take a look at what these guys do with LED sequences on kites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECa27myJgyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O2rb9lDidc There are quite a few videos for LED kites, search youtube. Alan...It didn't mess with my radius any but it did try to snake a little. I just kept it upright best I could while I rolled it back and forth to straighten it. Came out very close to perfect. I think I may try to shim the center roller some and see if that helps. Edited September 30, 2015 by Eaglesclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) Finished soldering and sealing all joints. I ran it thru all test patterns on the DMX signal decoder. There are 12 legs with 14 lights on each leg. A total of 168 lights and 504 channels so only 1 universe needed. I'll take it outside tonight and video how it looks in the dark. Edited October 4, 2015 by Eaglesclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpageler Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Nicely doneThank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Night Shot. Now moving on to finish Dancing Water Fountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesclaw Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Did a test run using God Bless the USA Medley. Still some tweaking to do but overall am happy with how it's going. Took a bit to get visualizer working with the spinner but finally underway. It only gets easier from here. Edited October 19, 2015 by Eaglesclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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