Animated Noel Sign
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Here's a project that's easy and fun to do... It makes a very large animated sign -- nearly an entire garage door width.
Materials:
- An old mattress spring from a queen-size bed
- 9-gauge galvanized wire (Lowes)
- Rope Light
- MetalCast paint (to paint the rope light)
- Black electrical tape
- Zip ties
- 675-Plus or similar controller
Assembly:
- Dismantle the mattress to get the large spring grid frame that's the foundation for the mattress.
- Shape 3 bells out of the 9-gauge wire; weld each bell together, but keep the bells separate.
- Wrap the rope light onto the mattress frame to spell out "Noel." We decided cursive was easier than block lettering.
- Zip-tie the rope light to the frame. Use the black electrical tape to cover sections you don't want to show.
- Zip-tie rope light onto each bell.
- Zip-tie the bells to the frame - overlap how you like.
- Mount the controller, wire the 675-Plus's outputs to the bells and the "Noel" text.
- Set the 675's firmware to turn channel 1 on (for "Noel" and animate only channels 2-3-4. When the 675 is powered on, it will light and keep "Noel" on but animate the 3 bells.
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