So... I'm doing my own version for this year's display. I am scaling it down to 10 feet tall and combining the left and right sides to save controller channels this year, anyway. That still leaves 24 10' uprights to wrap and 8 3/4" leaping lights. I had four leaping lights last season, so I only have to do 4 additional of those.
Three weeks ago, I finally got started with the uprights. I made myself a powered wrapping rig to try to speed the process along a hair.
A $10 can opener from Big Lots provides the drive. (That motor would be way, way too many rpm... it was just the first thing I found to use as a spindle for the other end) It was easy to weld a bolt to the little gear that normally turns the can, then I drilled a hole in a quart paint can lid and used nuts and fender washers to attach it. Then a pvc bushing was screwed to that, then a flex fitting to hold the pvc piece being wrapped.
I run the stp1 and put the plugs on so it's wrapped underneath the lights. Here's one ready to begin wrapping the lights on.
As of tonight, I have 16 of the 24 2" uprights finished and ready for storage, just another 8 to go.. I think I could make one of these blindfolded by now.
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