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I have an excellent presenter to nominate for the “my first year”. Where are you at Mark G.?

@Skymaster can you please point me to where the model is downloaded for the tree from the project?

@Skymaster I have already asked Advatek for a donation. They have confirmed a PixLite E4-S Mk3 controller and an Advatek Lighting hoodie. They were interested to know what exposure opportunities they had? I said they'd get a mention, likely logo on the prize page (aka powerpoint page) and would...

What I do is rotate the shutters so the floods reflect off the shutter panels and limit the light passing into the rooms. It's not perfect but it's a lot better than if they were shining to the inside roof! The room on the left with 5 windows is the master bedroom. Sometimes it can be a bit...

Photos I dug up of each year we put a show on.

I'm intereted to know if anyone has 1 or 2 inch spacing solutions for a permanent fixing gutter solution. I know there is a 2" vendor in the US that makes something but I am interested in what is made or available locally in Australia.

How are people attaching the top connector plate to their poles? I bought the Piptree 64 hole plate but can't work out how to mount to the pole (std 32mm gal fence pipe from bunnings.

Just an update after a lot of thought based on the advice above and more research. I have changed to 1" spacing which reduces height, loads etc. so will make everything less risky but also improve the visual appearance with audience being 4m-10m away. Thank you for your input.

Hey gurus, I've bitten the bullet and started work on a mega tree to replace the poor effort I made in the past. The plan is 180 degrees, 32 strands, 100 pixels/strand, 2" spacing. I have the logic sorted and the hardware side is where I need advice/help. It will be 5m high. I have the top...