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Software => Nutcracker: RGB Effects Builder => Topic started by: smeighan on August 01, 2014,
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2014 PROJECT, Spiral North Poles
Dave Pitts and I are making 20 each of the Coroplast Pixel Spiral North Pole display elements that Ben (HelenaGuy) created. The method of making them is described here
http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?32747-How-to-make-a-Pixel-Spiral-North-Pole (http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?32747-How-to-make-a-Pixel-Spiral-North-Pole)
Here is a video of them in action: https://vimeo.com/94304351 (https://vimeo.com/94304351)
(http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/NorthPole.PNG)
Ben made 7, dpitts and myself will make 40. First we need to cutout 440 4" disks from plywood and drill a 1 1/2" hole in each.
it takes 11 disks per pole
440 4" disks
440 1 1/2" holes added into each disk
cut 9 of the 11 disks in half and then glue to a 36" long 1" PVC pipe
Each pole uses 48 pixels from the 150 pixel ws2811 12v flex strip. you get 3 poles per 5m strip. So we need 14 ws2811 flex strips, each cut into thirds.
I dont like plywood to be bare in my display elements so i am dipping them in KillZ primer.
Now you get the title, doughnuts for our light display.
(http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/20140730_233820_resized.jpg)
2013 PROJECT, Yard Borders
Last year I made 200' of yard borders using the method that dave pitts designed and richm refined.
You can see the borders in this video https://vimeo.com/83551946 (https://vimeo.com/83551946)
Instructions how to build yard borders are located here http://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php/topic,67.0.html (http://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php/topic,67.0.html)
(http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/Yard_Borders.JPG)
2012 PROJECT, 9' Nutcrackers
3 years ago my big project was two 9' tall Nutcrackers made from Home depot supplies.
Instructions for those are here: http://www.meighan.net/build_your_own_nutcrackers/index.html (http://www.meighan.net/build_your_own_nutcrackers/index.html)
(http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/Nutcrackers_At_Church.JPG)
When I get time, i am also working Papgayo, Single Strand, Custom Models, Bugs for xLights/Nutcracker
thanks
Sean
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Pretty neat, they look good.
(looking forward to those single strand updates!)
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dave and i continue on our project of making 40 Northpoles out of plywood and coroplast.
i needed to cut 120 4" squares of 1/2" osb
440 squares of 1/4" plywood.
This is what that looks like
(http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/squares.png)
Since i need to cut the squares into 4" circles with a 1 1/2" hole in the middle, it gave me an excuse to get a band saw.
Ha! I just needed an excuse. Saw was on sale for $136. It works very well. 16" blade.
http://www.amazon.com/POWERTEC-BS900-Band-Saw-9-Inch/dp/B00367WB0G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1407389162&sr=8-3&keywords=bandsaw+powertec (http://www.amazon.com/POWERTEC-BS900-Band-Saw-9-Inch/dp/B00367WB0G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1407389162&sr=8-3&keywords=bandsaw+powertec)
work progresses
sean