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What measurement were your arches . They sell those 21 at 10f each .

I make my own. 1 gallon water, 1 cup Mr. bubble bubble bath, and about a cup and a half of 91% rubbing alcohol.

You can also buy those premade.

I use Light-O-Rama controllers. There is a behind the scenes page showing how my show works at Joy-O-Rama.com the controllers cost somewhere from $130 to $300 each depending on how much assembling you do yourself. And that can control 16 channels of lights.

@@RandomakerYT okay, been wanting to try something like that myself, but afraid it would cost a lung, some hands and feet.. luckily i got a big family if it comes to that 😅

@@AFatRandomDude Haha it is a bit of an expensive hobby, but you can get started with a small show for a few hundred, maybe $500 or slightly less assuming you are not planning on assembling your controller.

I do put a quick spray of silicone lubricant on before I put it together. The biggest thing is to have someone lift up the other side while you screw it together so they are perfectly parallel. If it's even a little off it will bind and be hard to screw or unscrew. Of course just put them hand tight and I did still needed to grab them with a pair of channel locks just to start loosening. Thanks for watching!

@@RandomakerYT sweet thanks. When you hand tighten, does your thread sit all the way to the bottom or does it get stuck about 3/4 of the way? I tried using silicone grease, maybe the spray is better.

@@dweckk5343 Yeah it usually doesn't go in the whole way, but most of the way in should be good enough.

You will need quite a thick pipe to get over a 3 car garage, I'm not sure if its even doable. Maybe 1 1/2 inch or even thicker? And I would do at least 3 cross pieces. If you attempt it Id love to hear how it works out!

In my show, each arch needs to be connected to a different channel on my light controller, so I run a separate extension cord to each arch. I found some strings of lights I had lying around that were almost the perfect length with only maybe a foot extra.

@@RandomakerYT Thanks. I don't have a light controller. We don't do big light shows outside our house...we do decorate inside fairly heavy. This year I was thinking of making a 20' tunnel leading into where we park the cars. Building the tunnel itself isn't an issue for me I just haven't been able to figure out how, if, I can run the lights without either running some along the ground or doubling them back over each other. I keep seeing "DIY" tunnels where they don't seem to do either of those. They must have equipment I don't have...but they never mention how they do it in the videos.

My arches we twist the lights around the pvc. I run 5 30ft driveway arches and 30 something sidewalk arches that are 20ft.

I make a "program" called a sequence on my computer that tells the lights when to turn on/off with the music. During the show my computer sends those commands over a long cable to some Light-O-Rama light controllers in my yard. Each string of lights is plugged into one of the controllers. Then the controllers receive those commands and do the work of actually turning the lights on and off and dimming. You can check out my show here joyorama.com eventually I will be adding a behind the scenes page that gives a more detailed look at exactly how my show works.

I make a "program" called a sequence on my computer that tells the lights when to turn on/off with the music. During the show my computer sends those commands over a long cable to some Light-O-Rama controllers in my yard. Each string of lights is plugged into one of the controllers. Then the controllers receive those commands and do the work of actually turning the lights on and off and dimming. You can check out my show here joyorama.com eventually I will be adding a behind the scenes page that gives a more detailed look at exactly how my show works.

We were joking about letting it up all year and throwing a tarp over it for an extended carport type thing😂

@@RandomakerYT etc escape ruclips.net/video/fpy3XhWQQfg/видео.html

They are 3D printed. Here is the file - www.thingiverse.com/thing:5547441

Other ppl just used zip ties every couple feet. I'd probably wrap the lights around in a spiral and then use the zip ties

@@sperez7527 Zip ties probably hold better than my clips, but then I would need to cut all the zip ties to take them off, where here I can just grab one end and pull and they come right down.

@@RandomakerYT I don't remove my lights. I hang the pvc with the light on my fence behind my house under the tree where there is barely any sunlight. It's one way to save time the following year.

It was a long time ago so I don't entirely remember, but I think I did.

@@RandomakerYT cool can I ask if you would let me use that tape design with credit?

@@PatricksBasicsOf course, Go ahead!

@@RandomakerYT ok thank you I just love the design so much!

You're very welcome, have fun!

Not sure about the tinning, I just did that because I didn't have a good way to hold the parts while I soldered, this way I could just tack one side and then go back and solder the joints correctly. I will say the solder joints didn't hold up very well at all, they kept falling apart. I just used copper wire as it is what I had. Steel would probably be stiffer which would be a plus, but I can't imagine solder would stick to it very well but I could be wrong.

Thanks for the advice. Soldering properly is actually quite difficult to achieve. If not done well a "cold solder" happens and the join is not strong. Stainless steel requires special flux and treatment, but galvanised steel also needs care because the zinc coating is not great for soldering. Uncoated copper wire may be best. I think the secret is to abrade the wire (to clean it and take off any surface coating), use flux, apply a really hot iron to the metal, then introduce solder and let it flow to follow the heat. Short but hot is better than cooler and longer methods, otherwise oxidation becomes a problem and the joint fails. I wonder what tips others might have out there?

If you would have looked at my other videos you would have seen that this is the only video where I copied the idea from another RUclipsr. I have a section in the video description saying that this is not my idea and there is even a link to the original video, so I'm obviously not trying to get anyone to think this is my idea. please give this guy's comment a thumbs down😀

The solder I was using is flux core solder so it has rosin flux in it already, but you might want to use some extra flux because it didn't stick too well. I may have used a flux pen a little bit, I can't remember.

I didnt, I just designed it as I went.

I measured one of the marbles I used and they are just over a half inch, so I think that could stay the same. If anything you may need to make the connectors slightly smaller.