LED Megatree Build

A quick walkthrough of how I built my megatree
Thanks to all the guys from DrZzs Discord for the help on the design
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[@MichaelHaggard]

Nice build. Definitely going to copy some of your ideas. Thank you for sharing.

[@darzoom]

I wonder where you got the concrete in the 5gallon bucket idea. LOL

[@justinzdesign]

A long list of great people that started with you!

[@kennethnimmo6334]

Is there a parts list available? Love the design!

[@justinzdesign]

This is what I have from when I did my home depot run, some of the items are "generic" as I pieced it together when there 5 Gallon Bucket 2x8x10 Pressure Treated 4 bolts (1/2" x 6") 8 nuts (1/2") 8 washers (1/2") 2" x 2 foot long pvc sleeve 2 bags of fence post concrete 1.5" rigid conduit Flanges for topper (to conduit and to emt) 4 Bolts (1/4" x 1.5" 4 Nuts (1/4") 8 Washers (1/4”) Reducers for flange to topper pole Bolt/nut to lock in pole to sleeve

[@comiser]

Do you have a link for the sliver reducer?

[@lauramcdougal3952]

Are those 80# bags of concrete?

[@justinzdesign]

I think they were

[@lauramcdougal3952]

Is the star made from Delrin?

[@justinzdesign]

3d printed using PETG

[@brownk2]

How did you wire up the strings. Did you do one long chain, split them to 8 chains, do 16 individual lines, or some other combination. Is your controller at the tree or do you run it to a central location? If it is a central location how long is your run? I built one last year and I am trying to improve my design, totally using a lot of your construction ideas. Fantastic video!

[@justinzdesign]

I have it wired as 8 ports, 100 up and 100 down and then another port for the star. Controller is a K8 plus smart receiver that is specific to the tree and mounted to the pole

[@jaredwilson6214]

Great video. What was the height on your main pole?

[@justinzdesign]

I think I cut off about 14 inches off so it comes to 8 feet 10 inches. I put up the full 10 foot pole first then measured to see how much to cut

[@brevardcountylights4848]

What size J bolts?

[@justinzdesign]

Got the ones from YPS with the topper: yourpixelstore.com/product/j-bolts-1-4-20-x-2-5-16-pack-of-16/

[@MHL1528]

What's the diameter of the tree and how many pixels per string?

[@justinzdesign]

At the bottom about 40 inches, 16 strings of 100 pixels at 1 inch spacing

[@daniellangdon5514]

How you are you attaching the strips at the bottom and are you just muscling up the pipe with everything on the topper then attaching the bottoms?

[@justinzdesign]

Lifting up the pipe with the topper, then ladder to hang the strips, at the bottom they are attached with bungee balls and I ended up adding screws with a washer to keep everything spaced out

[@stevehornick6918]

Great Job! What controller are you using? How much do you think you have into it. I want to build one.

[@justinzdesign]

Running off a kulp k8 plus a smart receiver. Probably close to $1000 when adding up all the bits and pieces

[@AaronZaffle]

how did the 3d printed star hold up? I have thought about doing the 3d printed start but figured it wouldnt hold up to the elements. What type of filament did you use. thanks

[@justinzdesign]

Worked out fine, held up to the wind storms and winter weather. It's printed in PETG, I've sold a few and know others that have used it and the only one I know that broke was when a full 20 megatree fell over

[@blackdave8525]

Hi was these 12v or 5v pixels ? did you use a dig quad on these and how many power injections and how many power supplies did you use and what amp power supply .

[@justinzdesign]

12v with no power injection running at 70% brightness for testing. Running a k8 now but I did test all the LEDs with a quad previously and it worked. All running on one 29 amp power supply

[@blackdave8525]

@@justinzdesign great job and thanks for getting back to me on this .