@ AlexSimon – yup.. ‘designed’ by myself, modelled in 3-D during my lunchbreaks and cut and joined myself. Was a first use of my router and plung saw..festool is nice stuff!
Edit: has the way to post pictures from flickr changed? Cant seem to get it to work.
Go to the share icon which should take you to “Grab the HTML/BBCode”
Then make sure you hit the radio button “BBCode”
A old Record No.6 vice, an original ‘Made in England’, bolted down to an old guillotine base from school workshop and some solid oak worktop left over from new kitchen. It may not be the prettiest but is pretty darn stable – think it weighs about same as me…
It’s great looking at cozz’s post on a tablet as initially you just see the top of the tree. Then as you scroll up it looks like a tree in a humungous pot 😀
its a western hemlock, about 12-14 years old, bought as in pic 2, trimmed, wired, styled and potted. ABout 2 hours work for me
Wire will stay on for about a year, then be removed, the branches will then stay set in that position, trimming of new growth will be needed to maintain its shame
Ah, interesting, thanks – so can one buy trees like that to bonsai yourself?
We’ve got a lovely Japanese Maple in the garden, in a pot – it’s pretty much bonsai-ing itself nicely, but unsure what kind of care it might need. At the moment it gets none at all.
Got this welded up today – for a client in southern France, to accompany a similar dragonfly sculpture I made them about 12 years ago! (Nothing like a bit of repeat business!)
As others have said before, this is the thread that just keeps on giving! So much lovely stuff by so many really handy people.
Most recent thing I’ve done is made a nice belt from the brass fittings from a belt I bought years ago, I’ll try to remember to take some photos tomorrow, while there’s some decent daylight. Off to the pub shortly, nighty night! 😀