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Almost finished pixel tree - TomP - 02-03-2017 Hi All, Thought I would share a few pics and a vid of my pixel tree and its construction, its using 12 strings of 50 WS2811 5V pixels on the ethernet controller. I wanted to try and keep everything aligned as much as possible so I could use some basic animated images and get a consistent look so I mounted the pixels in holes cross-drilled through lengths of 20mm PVC electrical conduit. Unfortunately this presented a problem as I now needed to get all the holes equally spaced (35mm centres) and in-line with each other. The only practical way to do was by making a drilling jig (below): And then drill the holes whilst pegging the other hole to keep it inline The top and base were assembled from marine ply and then painted with a matt black exterior paint finally with all the pixels added and some very blistered fingers later: Here is a youtube vid of it up and running with a few test patterns etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt28UYLfo_k RE: Almost finished pixel tree - sandy123 - 02-03-2017 Well engineered Tom. Looks good. Thought, time and effort paid off! Sandy RE: Almost finished pixel tree - TomP - 02-03-2017 Thanks Sandy. I've still got to tweak the wiring about a bit as I have a second 30A power supply and will split the load between two as if on full white I calculate that the total load would be 36A. RE: Almost finished pixel tree - paul - 04-03-2017 Love them might use some of your ideas if ok with you RE: Almost finished pixel tree - TomP - 05-03-2017 Cheers Paul, Of course always happy to help.