dakotasbub Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 has anyone done this and if so how did they go about it?. I think it would create a cooler effect than a straight up and down tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2000 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Tell us more. My thought was horizontal rings going up the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotasbub Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 meaning verticle strands but rotate the bottom ring so the strands spiral down and use the channels as usual but i thought the effect would be cooler. i was thinking that you would have to put something to space the strands away from the pole so they wouldn't wrap in to the pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Check out the videos on my sight. The ones from New Years Eve were done pretty quick and only have three different patterns per song but I think you might enjoy it. The Sweet Home Alabama song has an interesting pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotasbub Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 thanks robin i do like the way that looks but that must use an obscene number of channels lol. but that spiral effect does look neat. i think i will have to try a few things to obtain that look when i start building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2000 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks Robin, it looks great. Thats exactly what I was thinking about it. Funny how most of you on here are so far ahead of the game. I guess thats why I enjoy coming to this board some much. So much knowledge so little time and money Thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 The tree has 96 sections with a total of 105 channels. There are 19,600 lights not counting the strobes. There must be a thousand different patterns with this set up and it is fun just to think of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSanta Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 UMM OMG! That is freakin awesome. I can only imagine how long it took you to make that monster!!! Let alone sequence it.Crazy...and well done!-Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybrynn Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 My father is working on a spiral megatree ... that physically is built as a series of spiral strung wires ... instead of purely vertical strings.There will be no PVC parts in the frame.I haven't been a huge fan of the idea, but he insists it will be amazing.He enjoys doing things that are technically very difficult.I sometimes wonder if it won't be a "one trick pony" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 It should not be to difficult to achieve that effect with the spiral. Mine can do a little more than just that although that is one of the neat things it can do. Honestly, though the spiral is not much different than just spinning but a bit crooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybrynn Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Robin, your display is amazing.Do you think if each spiral went around the tree say 2-3 times ... would it essentially just look like twisting tree?I noticed when you spun around the tree that maybe the top was perhaps 1/4 to 1/2 of the way ahead of where the bottom was. My fear is that if each strand goes all the way around the tree a couple times ... then it takes on a look of a 3d tree ... and you can't get the same effect when spinning around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Well aren't all mega trees 3D?I have one video somewhere that I think there are several rotations but not sure. Like I said so many different patterns hard to remember them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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