My 8m tall mega tree in testing phase

Dave H

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Gray_magic said:
here are some daytime pics of the setup

for some reason, I can't center the picture to see the whole tree. Nevertheless, the other pics and video are great.

Can you provide more info on your star
 

Trafficman

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47,000 incands on my 40 foot mega tree. Top guy's and three bottom guys. I use a tower and its easy to install every year. Sprial tree has no guys due to 16 strands anchor'ed from the top down and it to is a tower.

Jeff
 

Gray_magic

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Dave H said:
Gray_magic said:
here are some daytime pics of the setup

for some reason, I can't center the picture to see the whole tree. Nevertheless, the other pics and video are great.

Can you provide more info on your star
I will add some pics of another star I am building at the moment. The star is coro with dumb RGB strip with 6channels. Stands 1m tall.
 

924aussie

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I see you mention using clothes line and attach the strings to those. Do you have a picture of the ends you created?

I am about to do the same using a round trampoline as a base ( without the mat ) it already has holes spaced around it complete with springs and D rings . I have a printout of the mega tree created by www.magicchristmas.org where he used packing straps compared to your clothes line. Are the end connections done similar ?


Thank you

Alan
 

Gray_magic

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924aussie said:
I see you mention using clothes line and attach the strings to those. Do you have a picture of the ends you created?

I am about to do the same using a round trampoline as a base ( without the mat ) it already has holes spaced around it complete with springs and D rings . I have a printout of the mega tree created by www.magicchristmas.org where he used packing straps compared to your clothes line. Are the end connections done similar ?


Thank you

Alan
Hi Alan,
I don't have a pic off hand but I used zip ties looped through I bolts used at the base of the tree. This way I could adjust length easily. The PVC coating around the wire helps the zip tie grip so they don't done undone.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Brady.
 
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