this years Pine ball

[babybear]

One of my new models this year  Mounted it up today  Its sitting on a 21 foot pole.  Wrote a quick sequence to make sure was working just fine.    https://youtu.be/OSSY2F6ccMw

[RandyS]

Looks great!  (I had to look because I wasn't sure what a 'pine ball' was........lol)

[MrChristmas2000]

Is that Boscoyo pixel strip going up the pole?

[babybear]

The center hub is a 3 inch tall steel pipe with 25 stubs welded off. then 25  x 32inch pex with 10 nodes inside each. the pole is 21 feet tall with 2 Boscoyo strips side by side 

[MrChristmas2000]

I like your strip tension method.

I used a fishing ball to make a similar ball out of incans a long time ago but are now thinking about changing them to pixels next year for July 4th and Christmas.

[babybear]

I use that tension method on my Mega trees.  I heard the fishing balls would often break. that's why I went steel.  Here in Rochester with the extreme cold and high winds, plastic does not hold up too well. 

[MrChristmas2000]

I never had problems with wind but steel would certainly take care of that.

I don't know how to weld so making a steel one is out for me. Yours looks pretty sturdy for sure.

Did you use pixels or strips inside your tubes?

[babybear]

I used pixel bullets. Thinking strips would need to be doubled up for a front and back. as pixels would only have a little dark where the wires pass. I'm using 3/4 pex A little tight but works fine