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01Dec/20

Fixing Pixels

December 1, 2020Knowledge Basejesse

The display is up! But the work is never finished. With rain, wind, and cold, various problems arise throughout the light season. The main issues is pixels that either lose a colorRead More…

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23Nov/20

Cutting New Props

November 23, 2020Knowledge Basejesse

Last year, I bought a DIY CNC machine by makermade.com. This year, I upgraded to their newer model which has allowed me to cut coroplast. Often, I get asked “where do youRead More…

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15Mar/17

Coro Train

March 15, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

I am working on a little (well kinda big) something for this year. It’s a train for my dad! The train consists of an engine (with 2 P6’s in the cab), aRead More…

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23Jan/17

Pixel Tree

January 23, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

This year, I am working on an 8′ pixel tree. As it is in a relatively open space on the church property, I am opting to go for 225° or 20 strandsRead More…

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16Jan/17

Boscoyo Snowflake Assembly and Pixel Order

January 16, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

This year I will be adding several snowflakes. So far, I have ordered two sets from Boscoyo Studio (ChromaFlakes 24″ (set) and ChromaFlakes 16″ (set)). Although the pages for these indicate thatRead More…

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16Jan/17

Putting Together Mini Trees

January 16, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

This year, I will have 5 mini trees (Medium ABS Derek’s Dalek MiniTree from Boscoyo Studio). As they will be almost against my house, I am opting to use 7 strings of 10Read More…

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13Jan/17

Procuring Pixels for 2017

January 13, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

There are always presales going on in January at various online retailers. The ones I will be looking at this year are Crockett Fantasy of Lights, DIY Led Express and HolidayCoro. The mainRead More…

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07Jan/17

2016 Videos

January 7, 2017Knowledge Basejesse

The first video is my full length show (15 minutes). I had this playing on weekends during December with 15 minutes between shows (a 5 minute animation sequence with no sound repeated 3Read More…

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18Dec/16

Holiday Light Forums

December 18, 2016Knowledge Basejesse

I wanted to provide of the various forums that I am part of. Each has its strengths and specialty which I find very useful when trying to figure out everything from RGBRead More…

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18Dec/16

Controllers and Power Injection

December 18, 2016Knowledge Basejesse

I currently use two RGB controllers: the Falcon F16v2 and AlphaPix 4 v3. Both of these controllers have performed great. The AlphaPix initially gave me some problems with random flashing, but aRead More…

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