DIY - How To Build LED Arches for Halloween/Christmas & Other Holidays

[@rachellepowell6404]

Fantastic tutorial. You, sir, have my gratitude and repsect!

[@canalemersonmendes2023]

Good evening, I'm from Brazil, I made some Christmas LEDs, but your work is fantastic, I would like to set up a project like yours, these effects are incredible, could you make your project available, which LED string is the controller, which programs and codes you used, Thank you

[@christinabuggert1543]

Love the new Arches!

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

Thanks!

[@michaels5167]

Specs on the 2" HDPE? Where did you get it?

[@bitstrike]

Arches are my first led project. How are you controlling the lights to get the chasing or leaping? Would you into specifics on the controller and power supplies used?

[@supergirl2997]

what is the length of your pipe for one arch?

[@timmccabe8673]

Where did you acquire the tubing? McMaster -Carr?

[@mixitupb96]

Surprised you needed an L bracket even after clamping the hdpe to the rebar cap. Was that L bracket just screwed into the hdpe? Would this setup work for 16 ft arches or would I need some type of center supports? Thanks for the video!

[@johnrusch8137]

what size clear shrink tube did you use? I don't see it in list of materials

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

I believe it’s 3/8. If u get 1/2 you can add more clear hot glue if it’s still to big

[@johnrusch8137]

@@BostickFamilyLightShow thx

[@mas11ful]

Ho did you make the bend in the arch? I bought some from McMaster Carr and the stress on the bend was too much and after a while, they all broke in the middle of the bend.

[@tbaine]

What did you use for a base with your 1 inch pex. The rebar caps are way to big for 1 inch tube.??

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

i used normal rebar caps and a hole saw to drill them out

[@justin.wollenburg]

Hey Kyle, what did you use for your defuser channel?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

Hey Justin, we used amzn.to/3gcHa6Z for the diffuser. We bought them for our original outlines before we switched from strips over to pixels

[@johnrusch8137]

Do you have to inject power at the both ends of the arch? Using 5 volt strips I was wondering about getting dim after 150 leds

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

I did, general rule of thumb is every 100 pixels, but I didn’t want to add it in the middle of the strip

[@fighterpil0tjj]

Is the HDPE 2” outer diameter or inner diameter?

[@TheJaguar221]

Hey Kyle, where did you get your HDPE tubing?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

I bought it from the Michigan mini. I can try to find out where they sourced it

[@garyslater7620]

We bought the same tubing. I didn't go to the mini but I bought it from the same person. He had a bulk purchase and got it from Hudson Extrusions in Pennsylvania. They have a large minimum order requirement so it was too expensive for most of us. We pooled our orders together and met the minimum order which was nice. There was another person who picked up and delivered the order. We split the cost on one roll and the delivery person got a roll for (free) :) (gas and time)

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

@@garyslater7620 thanks for letting us know where it came from!

[@ducebigalow8834]

Is there a way to use bullets to get the same effect instead of strip?

[@texasmike7994]

You could possibly use square pixels instead, but may have to put tension on the string to prevent it from flipping over

[@Johnsyoutube304]

How long did you cut the tubing to make those arches?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

about 8.5 feet

[@patrickg8444]

Great tutorial! Were these LED Strips easily added to typical light controllers (Falcon, HinxPix, etc) or did you need to use a separate controller?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

They work with any of the main controllers you mentioned. But with the invention of seed/pebble pixels I would use those instead

[@NYBwilk]

Will pvc work for arches

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

ya it can it has to be thin walled PVC

[@darrentubeify]

What are the benefits of using HDPE instead of PEX?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

I could not find 2" PEX locally. They both seem similar, but i wanted a thicker arch

[@fuegoygraciaTX]

Where did you get your 2” HDPE pipe from?

[@BostickFamilyLightShow]

I bought it at a Michigan Mini, i am not sure where it was sourced.

[@rayhasil]

What is Michigan Mini? I live in Michigan but can't figure out what Michigan Mini is.Thank you in advance! HDPE is proving very difficult to find within driving distance! @@BostickFamilyLightShow