Bethlehem Star

[Wayne J]

I made this star last year to use as my topper for my Mega tree. It was made from 1/4" tubing and is 32 1/2" tall. I attached 4 strings of 50ct mini's to it, but rope light would work well also.


This video was taken before I sat down and straightened all 200 lights and tweaked the routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdGhOVnOqYM

I have attached the .dxf and a pdf if you would like to make one.

[nirad68]

nice, I was looking for something like that. Thanks for the plans as well.

[kmc123]

Looks FANTASTIC!!! (As all of your work does!)

[rstehle]

Amen to that!!!!

[XmasInGalt]

Wayne,

That's cool! I've been looking to do a star on top of my tree but hadn't decided how to do it until now. Thanks!

[Jeffrey]

Just wanted to thank you for the template Wayne. Makes my job a whole lot easier this week.

[rstehle]

Yeah Wayne, thanks for the Template! I wanted a star that was a bit larger than the one you posted, so I simply doubled the dimensions and came up with one that is 66" tall. It is made of 1/4" hot rolled, and reinforced with 3/4" tubular stock. I'm going to put it on the roof above my display. (The two holes in the center of the upright are to attach the SSR enclosure) It's kind of hard to make out too much detail as it is painted white, but I think it turned out pretty good!

[Wayne J]

No problem guys! Glad to help.

rstehle... that looks awesome!!! Can't wait to see the lights on it.

[Jeffrey]

Just about finished mine tonight. It's not made out of steel, but I think it came out pretty good.
http://www.mainelights.org/BethlehemStar/

Only thing left to do is straighten out some of the lights with a little squirt of hot-glue in the light holes.

-Jeff

[Wayne J]

Yes, it did! Very nice work!! Where will it be placed in the display?