Making some light shields

[sockgoblin]

Mrs sockgoblin is away at the moment so Im sat on the front step with a beer ( on a 15 degrees C December evening! ) Cutting me some PVC pipe.

Making  3 or 4 light screens

detail plans are here http://www.cloudynights.com/page/articles/cat/articles/how-to/building-a-cheap-effective-light-shield-r544

 

[Charic]

Some 'T' pipe sections  in  the uprights could allow you to make 3 or 4 screens, interconnected with short sections of PVC  creating a  portable wrap around system?
Easier still, tie wrap them together!

I'm soon hoping double face my back fence to cut down the street light, but waiting to see if the newer lights (LED's) are better/worse/taller before the fencing gets installed.

[sockgoblin]

havent glued the down pipes just the angles, ts and feet. going to make some double feet to link them together...yeah

[DHEB]

On 12/7/2016 at 22:14, sockgoblin said:

 

Cute! I wonder how your project fared since I am thinking of a comparable solution for observing at home. Did you finish? Did it work? I hope so!

[sockgoblin]

yes works fine . I made 4 screens and a few double feet. So two screens fit into a shared foot. I have a couple of cuphooks in the top corners so can wrap a bungee to attache the tops.

Need to be careful when its windy so use a guy rope or weights on the feet

 

I used weed control matting as blackout , wrapped around the posts and then hotglued to itself.