Great job. Thanks for sharing you idea/design. Well done. It would be great to see the topper and star design and attachment along with the guy wires and how they attach when the tree is up. Thanks.
Glad you liked the approach. Setup is one of my future videos. For the star I have used a floor flange with my custom made Star. I welded my own star using the same technique as my wireframe video. The star is welded to a 1/2 inch pipe that screws into the floor flange.
@@bergmannlights5149 Thank you for the reply! I look forward to seeing the detail in the Star, specifically how it attaches to the topper, which I think I understand from your description is that you have a 1/2 floor flange screwed to the topper, and from what I could see, just in front of the pole hole, which has a 1/2 pipe supporting your star. Given the topper goes up and down, with the star, do you have support wires at the top of the pole and if so is the top of the pole some distance above the star to allow for wire clearance, or do you have no support wires and the 2" square tube and lower structure is the only support for the pole?
I plan on attaching guy wires to the top of the pulley. There is a chance that the star will have some potential interferences. I plan on making an extension for the pulleys top plate which I can bolt to the top to allow the guy wires to clear the star if needed.
You should be able to do a single post, just need to make sure it is strong enough. There is a Facebook post in the xLights group with some ideas in it.
Looks great! I am with you regarding the 800 lbs of concrete in the ground. I installed a flag pole sleeve with roughly that amount of concrete to be certain my tree wouldn't tip over. The trunk of my mega tree is totally different than yours but my 1/2 ring base is supported in a similar manner. I found that I still needed to add anchors under the ring due to the strips pulling it up. You probably have a plan for that already but I thought I would mention it. Look forward to seeing more of your videos as the season approaches!
I have 4 earth anchors that I use for the base ring and will have 4 guy wires on the top. I believe that will keep everything secure. I am debating if I need to put in some small turnbuckles on the bottom of the strips. This ring is much truer than my old one. Thinking I wouldn’t need them.
@@bergmannlights5149 I used 4 earth anchors around the perimeter with heavy duty zip ties like they use for installing flexible hvac duct. I just ran the zipties over the base ring between the J bolts. If the ring is true and secured to the ground, you might get away without the turnbuckles. Another option might be to bend your brackets to an angle that would let you use J bolts in them if that doesn't mess up your spacing.
Great suggestions. If needed I can cut another piece of 1x1 angle and bolt it to the ones on the top of the ring. That way I could use the j hooks like you suggest.
Using the Pixel Paradise Pulley, how are you running your guy wires while using the Mattos topper? It would seem like your guy wires would have to be really close to the base or there is a lot of room at the top. I want my guy wires at the top so if I have to raise and lower the topper I can keep the pole supported.
At this point I am going to connect directly to the top plate. If the topper or star get in the way I will make some extensions with 1x1 angle to move the connection point away from the center.
I was looking at the same thing. I have seen other people weld tabs onto the Mattos cap and they only stick out maybe 1.5” so you may be fine. Rather than weld tabs it might be easier to cut a bigger round plate and drill holes for that top plate. I think I might buy the pixel paradise pulley and cancel my Mattos pulley and cap.
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Very impressive and well designed. Im really looking forward to all the follow on videos. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome, thank you!
Great job. Thanks for sharing you idea/design. Well done. It would be great to see the topper and star design and attachment along with the guy wires and how they attach when the tree is up. Thanks.
Glad you liked the approach. Setup is one of my future videos. For the star I have used a floor flange with my custom made Star. I welded my own star using the same technique as my wireframe video. The star is welded to a 1/2 inch pipe that screws into the floor flange.
@@bergmannlights5149 Thank you for the reply! I look forward to seeing the detail in the Star, specifically how it attaches to the topper, which I think I understand from your description is that you have a 1/2 floor flange screwed to the topper, and from what I could see, just in front of the pole hole, which has a 1/2 pipe supporting your star. Given the topper goes up and down, with the star, do you have support wires at the top of the pole and if so is the top of the pole some distance above the star to allow for wire clearance, or do you have no support wires and the 2" square tube and lower structure is the only support for the pole?
I plan on attaching guy wires to the top of the pulley. There is a chance that the star will have some potential interferences. I plan on making an extension for the pulleys top plate which I can bolt to the top to allow the guy wires to clear the star if needed.
Awesome design and setup. Really looking forward for the next videos.
Glad you liked it
I already have one sleeve in the ground...trying to design something similar but using the existing steel tube in the ground.
You should be able to do a single post, just need to make sure it is strong enough. There is a Facebook post in the xLights group with some ideas in it.
Looks great! I am with you regarding the 800 lbs of concrete in the ground. I installed a flag pole sleeve with roughly that amount of concrete to be certain my tree wouldn't tip over.
The trunk of my mega tree is totally different than yours but my 1/2 ring base is supported in a similar manner. I found that I still needed to add anchors under the ring due to the strips pulling it up. You probably have a plan for that already but I thought I would mention it. Look forward to seeing more of your videos as the season approaches!
I have 4 earth anchors that I use for the base ring and will have 4 guy wires on the top. I believe that will keep everything secure. I am debating if I need to put in some small turnbuckles on the bottom of the strips. This ring is much truer than my old one. Thinking I wouldn’t need them.
@@bergmannlights5149 I used 4 earth anchors around the perimeter with heavy duty zip ties like they use for installing flexible hvac duct. I just ran the zipties over the base ring between the J bolts. If the ring is true and secured to the ground, you might get away without the turnbuckles. Another option might be to bend your brackets to an angle that would let you use J bolts in them if that doesn't mess up your spacing.
Great suggestions. If needed I can cut another piece of 1x1 angle and bolt it to the ones on the top of the ring. That way I could use the j hooks like you suggest.
I always enjoy your videos! You have some very bright ideas!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoy them.
What size are the Mattos carabiner. I might do a stainless version instead
They are rated for 150 lbs
Using the Pixel Paradise Pulley, how are you running your guy wires while using the Mattos topper? It would seem like your guy wires would have to be really close to the base or there is a lot of room at the top. I want my guy wires at the top so if I have to raise and lower the topper I can keep the pole supported.
At this point I am going to connect directly to the top plate. If the topper or star get in the way I will make some extensions with 1x1 angle to move the connection point away from the center.
I was looking at the same thing. I have seen other people weld tabs onto the Mattos cap and they only stick out maybe 1.5” so you may be fine. Rather than weld tabs it might be easier to cut a bigger round plate and drill holes for that top plate. I think I might buy the pixel paradise pulley and cancel my Mattos pulley and cap.
HF ATV electric bench. Would work for 40 bucks
I have thought about using one of the HF electric wenches