Part of my issue i that the lights are up on the roof in trunking so taking my soldering gear up there isnt really an option. Perhaps for next year i will buy a 100pk of those three way pixel connectors
last year i made a bunch of these for eve and roof linings, they turned out really well and nice and neat. I held the ones on the eves with magnets and i did window and roof linings that i held on with vecro.
I also made a jig that allowed for even spacing and drilled them out with a step drill...
As i said, i can easily fit some magnets i got from ebay inside and also run an additional power injection wire in there
I then 3d printed some straight joiners and also some corner joiners
I purchased this trunking from Bunnings https://www.bunnings.com.au/deta-25-x-16mm-trunking_p4330856 I then drilled holes along its length with a 4m length of trunking taking 50 leds perfectly. I pushed the LEDs out through the holes and the plastic is the right thickness to catch on the...
Mainly just making the backing from 2mm acrylic mostly so its weather proof i think. Looking around at other ideas for inspiration perhaps for some leaping arches and how to do the outline of the roof, walls and windows
Interesting as i was thinking of something similar but cut on my laser cutter. Last year was the first time i brought any pixels and had a crack at making anything like this and routed one from MDF on my CNC router. It was to be mounted in an area with lots of protection so i wasn't concerned...