nutz4lights
Full time elf
Hey all,
So in order to make my megatree easy to put up and take down, I decided to zip tie the square flat back pixels to 20 foot (6 meter) lengths of PVC schedule 40 pipe (painted black). I used the 3/4" (19mm) diameter stuff. Basically I bring out two of these at a time (the two are connected to each other at top of the tree, so they have to be installed in pairs). Since this is my first year, I had to figure out how to store the poles... I have reasonably high ceilings in my garage (around 3 meter), so I figured I would try the ceilings... considering the fact that my other hobby is some pretty serious woodworking and that I have built in dust collection ducting in my garage and lumber racks & storage on most of the walls, the ceiling had to be the trick... and even it was going to be tight.
Now, I also love Unistrut (Superstrut at the big box stores here in the U.S.). I figured I could make four custom multitiered bracket things that would hang from the ceiling ever XX feet or meters and then put the pipes up there. I got to work and I'm really happy with the way it came out, so I figured I would post some pics...
Enjoy,
-Louie
So in order to make my megatree easy to put up and take down, I decided to zip tie the square flat back pixels to 20 foot (6 meter) lengths of PVC schedule 40 pipe (painted black). I used the 3/4" (19mm) diameter stuff. Basically I bring out two of these at a time (the two are connected to each other at top of the tree, so they have to be installed in pairs). Since this is my first year, I had to figure out how to store the poles... I have reasonably high ceilings in my garage (around 3 meter), so I figured I would try the ceilings... considering the fact that my other hobby is some pretty serious woodworking and that I have built in dust collection ducting in my garage and lumber racks & storage on most of the walls, the ceiling had to be the trick... and even it was going to be tight.
Now, I also love Unistrut (Superstrut at the big box stores here in the U.S.). I figured I could make four custom multitiered bracket things that would hang from the ceiling ever XX feet or meters and then put the pipes up there. I got to work and I'm really happy with the way it came out, so I figured I would post some pics...
Enjoy,
-Louie