Working on the fireworks lights project

I finally got started this week on one of my 2010 projects, fireworks lights. This isn't an original design of mine; Joel Rose on the Do It Yourself Christmas Forum is doing a very similar project and I borrowed his basic design.

First I made the hub:

Next step was to weld up the spokes.  There are eight of these with four 6.5 foot stalks each.  I made a jig on an old sheet of board so I could make each of the units match.

Here are all eight spoke units welded up and ready to go.

And here's the hub on a temporary pole with the spoke units installed.  When it's mounted properly, it will slide on the pole and be pulled up by two cables and a winch.  There will be three guy wires attached to the bottom of the hub that will be tight when it's fully raised.

Next project are the 32 sections of rope light that need prepped and installed.