DiyLightAnimation
Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: lrhorer on January 18, 2017,
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I picked up a set of three of the Porcupine Balls from Cabelas for a couple of stars I will be making next year, but I can't find any suitable pipes for a reasonable price. I've looked around for PEX tubing, but I can't find any rigid PEX. The closest thing I have been able to find is clear schedule 40 PVC from pvcfittingsonline.com. First of all, for this application, translucent pipe is a much better solution than transparent, and secondly, it's still $8 for a 60 inch tube. That's over $400 for a pair of stars. I can get PEX from Home Depot for just over $0.50 / ft, but 1/2" PEX has too small an ID, and 3/4" PEX has too large an OD. Where can I get something that will work for a reasonable price?
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Think I remember reading somewhere that someone used PVC for the inner and had lights, then sandwiched it with PEX tubing? Or I coulda been dreaming too....cause I can't find it. But a thought maybe...
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I used pex from home depot (lowes works too)
I then used my table saw to create a 3" cut.
The cut allows the pex to slip into the porcupine easily.
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Check out this thread - http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=12266.0 (http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=12266.0) which is where I first came across this idea. I also used 3/4" translucency PEX from Home Depot with a saw cut at the end. Drill a 3/8" hole at the end of the saw cut so you can easily pull out the wires.