Thank you so much for doing this. I have never thought of using the crosses to make one leg longer for sloped yards, thank you so much!!! No more stacking rocks or left over wood LoL 🤣

Awesome video. Im so glad I came across this. You’re a genius. I made these tress every year for my garden and it would take me 7 hours to make three trees. This is time savings. Thanks for sharing this.

You rock!! Thank you very much for sharing user modifications for simpler-to-make trees. I wish you were my neighbor!

This is great I appreciate this video with all these various options. Planning for next year!

Love this! I did a smaller version using a tomato cage and 14' 12" 8" wire wreath frame from dollar tree for my front porch🌲

Thanks for posting this I love getting new ideas

This is awesome! I've been searching for an easy method for making a conical frame and I believe this will work! Thanks for posting!

Great job man. I was thinking of using pex and the hoola hoop is the answer I never thought about.

So cool! I love this idea 💡 ❤

I just made one of these tonight. Did the one with pex on the bottom but used your top cap method. Only other thing I added was a led light sphere on top from Lowes. Looks fantastic with the muiltifunction lights.

Thank you Hope we have a merrier Christmas!

You did an excellent job. If I can gather everything needed. I'm going to make one. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas and Happy New year. 2022

Wow!!!!!!! That’s really cool!!! Thank you so much for the tutorial ... I will be trying this ... I hope I’ll be able to 😁😁😁😁

Thank you again, for a great video

You are so talented!!!

Great process improvement tips you use in your video over your previous video. I myself was thinking you could use heat shrink on the screws that wires wrap around. For cutting PVC I either use a hand PVC cutter or a chop saw, especially the latter if I am trying to get uniform cuts on straight pipes.

Thanks for the ideas... I will have to do this next year.

Nice video/ I have been looking for a easy process to make some different size 🌲/. Thank YOU

Nice, really good ideas👌🙋‍♂️

I made my own outdoor Christmas tree decorations by using upside-down metal tomato cages. I turned the cages upside-down, wrapped the 3 loose legs together (teepee-style) and then wrapped pine garland around the frame. In the front yard, they look like real Christmas trees.

With the top cap method, you could use an end cap like for the legs, screwed to the top and insert a short piece of pipe to add a Star, or Angel, or any other type of ornament. Just be sure to drill a hole to drain out any water that might get in. With the teepee style, you could just use one of the legs.

I made a PvC tree using a square base. similar to the pyramids. I made the base using 8 pieces of PvC. 4 elbows and four tees. Each side was made of 2 pieces of PvC with a tee in the middle..PVC pipe was then pushed into the tees then joined at the top giving the teepee shape. I didn't use glue or screws just tapped the pieces into the fittings. wrapped it with Garland, added lights and decorations and voila!

@ghostplyr6346

Жыл бұрын

I know this was 10 months ago but it sounds interesting. Would like to see how that turned out.

Thank you for idea !!

Thank you so much.

You could use a 4 way or Cross-Tee for the top with Elbows - 4 side legs instead of just 3 legs for a nice neat top with less work.

Well done sir....

Lovin it

I hate to blow your video up (I'm working on Christmas decorations this weekend), but I have to give you props. My family has been working with pvc doing underground utilities for three generations and I've never seen anyone cut a piece of pipe with hedge clippers like that. lol!

New to your channel enjoyed the crafts ❤

Wow 😳 good video 😍🙌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I love at 4:24 you almost kept your hand in place when drilling those screws in and and then moved. In my mind I could hear you thinking... This might not be the best hand placement. lol!

I was thinking along similar lines but didn't say anything earlier because I knew you'd reach the same conclusion. PEX is great, but there's a trade-off of stability for cost and convenience. I also thought about suggesting a compact bender or ring roller (check the many Harbor Freight reviews on KZread), but that's going in the opposite direction from plastics: Metal is more durable, but you're going to spend a lot more money and/or time, although there are a lot of options if you have the imagination and willingness to try things like rebar or aluminum conduit tubing or garden edging as a starting point. I don't like PVC because of the environmental impact, but it's easy to work with because it's flexible (but not too flexible), comes in so many sizes, and someone makes a fitting for every purpose imaginable. If you don't see what you need at the hardware store, look up PVC furniture; they carry three-way connectors for corners, odd angles that aren't just 90/45/22.5, etc. Also, you might look up Spider Joints (see Spider Hill Prop Works), which are great for making custom poseable characters with 1" PVC instead of being limited to standard fittings. As for cutting PVC, ratcheting cutters are a good investment and even the small ones will do up to 1.25". They also work on PEX or garden hoses or whatever. I even used them to make clean cuts on pipe insulation instead of struggling with scissors. I suppose you could prune with them too, but I don't want you to put your shears out of a job.

@ghostofautumnwood6379

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the insightful comments. I recently purchased a pvc pipe heating gizmo from pvcbendit.com but haven't tried it yet. It's a snake-shaped heating element that you insert inside the pipe to soften the plastic until it's flexible like rubber. If it works, I'll make a demonstration video--but for something other than Christmas trees.

Gracias x su idea no tengo arbolito .aprendi algo util.

I think I like the first idea better . 👍

Cool idea, all it's missing is a Christmas star.

think if the hoop is more towards the bottom you can use a yard staple and mount it to the ground to stable it more..?

Instead of using PVC piping could you use broom handles for the three legs of the tree with a hoola hoop ring and then secure the hoop at the bottom with duct tape and the tie wraps and do this for the top of the tree too, use tie wraps to secure?? You could also put a Star on top by securing the star to each leg with a tie wrap to keep the star in place??

Wow genio

How many lights did you use for one tree good job look great thanks bill

@ghostofautumnwood6379

8 ай бұрын

You need about 100 feet of lights.

These are awesome! Can they be made without the use of a drill? Can the hoop at the bottom be zip tied/ glued in place with E600 or liquid nails? I really want to make these this Christmas!

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

I'd try using the black Gorilla brand duct tape. That stuff is super tough and sticky. You could cut off pieces of the tape, then tear those pieces into thinner strips, winding them X-style around where the hoops cross the legs or in a circle where the three sides intersect at the top. It might not last more than a season, but you can redo the tape next year. I doubt that adhesives like Liquid Nail would stick well to plastic, especially since the points of contact are so small. Good luck. Let us know what you try.

@janetannerevans2320

8 ай бұрын

you can poke holes in pvc with hot nails.

I think spray painting the frame green would be extra cool.

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

I spray paint the all-pvc trees I make either green or black. Green looks better but Home Depot sells an inexpensive but good quality black.

Just as I thought I was finished with my light show… I find something else to add.

How tall did you make this one ? I got the hula hoop , but not sure how long to cut the 1/2" pipe. I have 108 feet of lights to go onto this tree frame I'm building .....would a 6 foot tree be good?

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

All mine had 6-ft. sides.

If u have any more suggestions please let me know/ easier the better for me thx

How long would be piece for the bottom ring be cut using the PEX water pipe ?

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

The trees I make by heat bending PVC pipe have a bottom ring that's about 44 inches in circumference. But you can use whatever size you want to get a taller, skinnier tree or a squatter, fatter tree.

Great Idea! How many lights did it take for the tree?

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

For six-foot sides, I used about 100 feet of lights.

How big are the hoopla hoops you’re using?

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

This is what I ordered in 2020: www.walmart.com/ip/36-Standard-Hula-Hoops-12-Pack/29131920 .

Could u add stakes at the bottom to stake into ground for more support

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 ай бұрын

I set up 30 trees along a long driveway. I used two or three sturdy tent stakes for each tree, attaching the ring on the tree to the tent stakes with thin strands of wire. None of the trees blew over.

@michaeldobis651

2 ай бұрын

@@ghostofautumnwood6379 oh so u dont put pegs in the tp tree shape to ground it into place from strong wind that's what I was trying to figure out

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 ай бұрын

@@michaeldobis651 Correct.

So what if you were to just take the smaller trees and add longer pieces of PVC pipe and just drop down another layer of lights had an even larger Christmas tree? Honestly think that might be better so you don’t have to worry about getting a huge ladder.

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

Two tiers? The half-inch pipe has a fair amount of flex. You might be better off using 3/4 inch pipe. I use 3/4 for the all-pvc trees I make using the heat-bending process.

@C4ptainRedbeard

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghostofautumnwood6379 yeah, like having a process to just add more so one doesn’t have to necessarily make a whole new tree for a bigger one

How many strings of lights did you use?

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

I used roughly 100 feet of lights for a tree with 6-foot sides.

How far apart do you put the Screws

@ghostofautumnwood6379

2 жыл бұрын

You can put as many as you want. I used 12 screws around my rings to loop wires.

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Que hermoso pero todo en inglés cuánto sería de manguera

What size PVC should the legs be? I was thinking about 6 or 8 feet tall legs

@ghostofautumnwood6379

Жыл бұрын

Mine were 6 feet, requiring about 100 feet of lights.

@cougrr68

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostofautumnwood6379 what size PVC for legs

@ghostofautumnwood6379

Жыл бұрын

@@cougrr68 Do you mean the circumference of the pipe? I use 3/4 inch PVC for the trees I make for myself, but in this video I think I used 1/2 inch. It kinda depends on what you're going to use for the circle around the bottom. As one would expect, 3/4 inch makes a more rigid tree.

@cougrr68

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostofautumnwood6379 my light strands were 21’, so I bought 1/2” pvc cut to 7’ 4” and made a teepee. Drilled holes 4” from end and zip tied. Bought 10’ section of pex and used a pvc connector. This 10’ section makes a roughly 39” diameter circle

HOW MANY LIGHTS TO USE?? HOW LONG A STRAND?? GREAT IDEA, BUT NEED THE LENGTH

@ghostofautumnwood6379

Жыл бұрын

100 feet of lights for a tree with 6-ft. sides.

The idea is to save money right? Cause all that material looks expensive.

@heard3879

7 ай бұрын

I used to see hulahoops at Dollar Tree

que cosa mas horrorosa