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Dannyabear1
Sep 22, 2014Explorer
I built them 3 at a time to use all of the pipe. The post light comes from Lowes or HD, black or white, they are made to fit a 3" post. Go to a plumbing shop and buy a 20' piece of 2 1/2" pvc sch 40 pipe, the od is 2 7/8", ask to hand pick the pipe because if improperly stored outside it will be crooked or bleached on the side. Using an irwin bit drill the cross hole for a piece of 1/2" pipe for the cross bar. I put a wooden dowel inside the 1'2" pipe to strenghen it and also so the screw eyes have something to bite into. Also buy a bag of wooden balls about 1 1/2" dia. and drill socket almost all the way thru them. press onto 1/2" pipe ends. drill 1/2" hole thru 2 1/2" pipe about 2 inched from bottom for wire to exit out of the side. Buy cheap 2 conducter ext cord walmart 50' long and wire directly. The base is made from plastic drops I get from a friend of mine and are generally 1 1/2" thick and about 12-16" in diameter. Bore socket fit into the base to fit 2 1/2" pipe. On asphalt or concrete sites I just lay a spring bar on it to hold it down; on grass I use 3 tent stakes to anchor it.
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