PVC conduit star

[diyer]

I had some short lengths of 20mm conduit left over from another Christmas project and with not much to do on a cold Sunday morning I thought that I would make a new star for the house. I’ll give it a squirt of paint and cable tie pixels to it. It was cheap and easy to make and should look good when finished .

 

[ShellNZ]

Well done, looks great!!

 

[bluzervic]

can't wait to see it working

 

[cdjazman]

Looks great.

 

[the grinch]

Very clever mate looks great

 

[Heath-LightsOnTapley]

dang it... now i need a Bethlehem star

 

[videoman3857]

What did you use to glue it together ?

 

[diyer]

I used a clear adhesive that is mainly used to glue acrylic, it works as well as normal PVC glue which I had run out of.

 

[diyer]

I got the star painted on Saturday morning, the photo shows it in my paint shop...

 

[diyer]

Pixels being cable-tied on

 

[ShellNZ]

Looks awesome!!! Now go give that paint shop a clean-up lol

 

[cdjazman]

Pixels being cable-tied on

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Curious as to the distance between your pixels?

 

[diyer]

Curious as to the distance between your pixels?

85mm centres 5V 2811

 

[cdjazman]

85mm centres 5V 2811

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Excellent thanks for that. So that would put your node tips at about 50mm apart on the star?

Reason for the question is I am looking to make some spinners and I like the idea of not drilling but cable tie them as you have done.

 

[diyer]

Excellent thanks for that. So that would put your node tips at about 50mm apart on the star?

Reason for the question is I am looking to make some spinners and I like the idea of not drilling but cable tie them as you have done.

I stretched my centres to pretty much as far as they could go which is around 70mm



you will have no problems with 50mm



After I cable tied, I squeezed a little clear silicone under each node to make sure they stayed in place