I have had a number of questions about how I went about making the roof lines and mounting them to tile.
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Making the Roof Lines
The short version: Lots of conduit. And lots of drilling.
The roof lines are 12mm front holes drilled at 3″ / 75mm spacing in 25mm conduit. On the back, a larger 18mm hole facilitates the insertion of the pixel.
This was done by making a jig to hold the conduit without rotation, ensuring the lines were straight and not twisting around the conduit.
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It was marked at the 75mm centres, and the first hole drilled through with a 12mm step bit, front and back. This was then inserted onto the jigs locating pin.
Finally a 3mm drill was used to pilot hole from the front, and out the back for each pixel position. These were then enlarged with a step bit to 12mm (front) and 18mm (back). All in all, lots of drilling.
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Mounting the Roof Lines
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