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As a newbie and never made mini trees before .I am try to sourse the florists easels here in Ireland and the UK and not having much luck .I have seen some in the states for sale sizes 24" 27" 36" . its really between the 24" and the 27" which would you suggest . I want to get about twenty also hope they will ship to Ireland .
Do you have tomatoe cages in Ireland? It's what a lot of people use. I use three pieces of rebar stuck into the ground and wrap the lights around them.
It's a toss up. You are going to cut about 2 inches off 2 of the legs anyway so that it stands level. I used the 27".
Thanks MARK ,Thats sounds like a good idea .I was looking at the photo's of your 2007 display fantastic ,and here am I with my first 16 channels and i'm excited . I think it will be a while before I get to where you are 240 channels .
I asked when I ordered the LOR unit had they supplied anybody in Ireland before and LOR said they have only supplied once before ,so to be the second in the country to have this type of light show is great don't you think .I might start a new trend
augercreek wrote: Do you have tomatoe cages in Ireland? It's what a lot of people use. I use three pieces of rebar stuck into the ground and wrap the lights around them.
Thanks Gerald ,if I can't get these floral easels from the states ,your idea might be the way to go .
I think spreading Christmas Cheer world wide is the goal of this site.
I found out late in life that I was part Irish, and would love to get to Ireland to see your display some day and golf a few of those courses you have over there (golf - another passion of mine)
8 - 32 - 240 channels, it's all relative. Relative to the amount of time you spend sequencing!
I was just at a store ( it's a chain in the US) called Hobby Lobby. I suspect you can find them on line with a search. I picked up one of each to work with and figure out where to go, given the light strands I have to work with.
I can't believe they would not be able to ship them, and I think the 27 really will be the ticket.
The site I saw for building one suggested snipping the long leg, but I think I'll leave it to push into the ground?
I talked with one of the Graveyard Directors in my area and he set aside and gave me 12 to start with, can't beat that price. He said they usually throw them away anyway, maybe some of you should try this.
Last edited on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 09:03 pm by Streetrodder
I'll probably build 3-6 of those this summer. Most of my lights available to do so are mini's, 50 light strands, I think 6" spacing.
I can put 6 strands together on these and had done so around shrubs last year.
Is there a good number of lights to use when spinning the tree?
Sorry for the delay, just getting back from a very needed vacation. I think spinning or standing still, the amount of lights is a personal preference. On my minis, I currently have, I have 300. I am planning making 16 more for a chase sequence, and on those, I only plan 250. Some only do 200.
I suggest wrapping one first, light it up, wait for dark and see what you think.
UTB - Height and lights. Here is my dos centavos (OK I was in Mexico on vacation). The easel frames are great because they are fairly inexpensive, (although I had not thought about calling Funeral Homes for the cast offs - great idea), but once the lights are on them, they will get a lot heavier. The model so far has been on smaller (24") floral easels, 200-300 lights. Any more than that is a waste of lights IMHO, and the frames over time are going to start sagging. If you go to the tomato cage approach, you have taller trees that are a bit more stout using Wirekat's method on his site. These can take more lights, they are a bit taller than the easel trees, again, personal preference.
I am going to use 48" tomato cages from Lowes and am planning on using 600 lights (300 red and 300 green, each color on its own channel). I will add more if I need to. I will let you know how many I end up using soon.
I also recently read that you can cut off the bottom ring and can made it even shorter, and doin this allows you to stick something in the ground. Reading this gave me the thought of possibly making my mini trees in varying heights......
I have 600 mini lights (200 each, red, green, blue)on 24" easels. Each color on each tree has it own LOR channel. We have 12 mini trees in our small yard. My husband made me a turntable that I attached the easel to with mini bungee cords. It sure made the job a lot easier. I will try to post a picture of the turntable soon.
I got a hold of an old office chair which I will take off the back and try to use the seat as a turntable. I am guessing the turntable makes it so much eaiser. Do you wrap chicken wire or something to fill the empty spaces and keep the strands from sliding down?
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He said they usually throw them away anyway, maybe some of you should try this.
