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22nd January 2014, 08:58 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Christmas Trees 1
I made this one after seeing it advertised in Womens Weekly for $400:
(I've tried to attach the second part of my message after the photo but it won't let me. See next post.)
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22nd January 2014, 10:12 PM #3
Hi,
My Mrs came in waving that picture, she was outraged at the price but also said "don't you dare make one" then the next day my copy of Australian Handyman arrived with plans and instruction to make one.
RegardsHugh
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I've tried some of those 'shaved needle' Christmas trees on a smaller scale with a hand-held knife... with mixed success. If you get wood that shaves easily and straight and whose grain is EXACTLY parralelle with the edge of the timber block to begin with then its tedious but fairly straightforward. Anything else and its a recipe for going insane! I've yet to find a consistent source of wood that works here in Oz.
BTW the same sort of wood works for fan-feathering with the same provisos...that the grain lines up with the edge of the starting block and that it shaves easily and straight. For feathering it should also be well soaked.
I posted the 'how to' quite some time ago. I've put the link if any one missed it and is still interested. Its near the bottom as the conversation wandered a bit off topic so scroll down if you don't want to read the whole thing...
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f10/push-knife-110536/
PS I never did get any response from people trying it.... maybe this time around....
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