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3-Feb-2003
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More Fresh Cut Wood
Our new club will be having its first show in about a month. Actually it is a booth in the annual Wichita Garden Show which is a big deal for the city. After reading the posts by BonsaiAl on his thread of the same subject, it got me to try making some display stands myself.
Since I am not an accomplished worker in wood by any means I thought it only proper to start a new thread and not mix up my paltry attempts with Al's masterpieces. My first attempt was the stained red oak piece which measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". The next two are made from poplar and are finished with black laquer. They measure 12" x 7 1/4". They are a real bummer to photograph and I suspect for that reason they might be less desireable as show stands. On the other hand I have never been accused of being a photographer either. At any rate I had a lot of fun building them. Does anyone else have any bonsai stuff they have built themselves? It would be interesting to see some of the projects you have done.
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4-Feb-2003
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WOW! These look very good to me. I would like to see them nore closely. I would love to see those feet on the black ones. Looks like you made some great feet there.
Keep up the good work, Bonsai-al
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4-Feb-2003
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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Al:
Here are a couple of photos of the feet. Boy! It's a bitch taking a picture of all that black. All the light gets absorbed and you can't get any detail of the surfaces. At any rate I took them out in the sunlight and held them at an angle. Hope you get the idea.
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4-Feb-2003
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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Here is the second one.
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4-Feb-2003
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Al, you've got competition!
Ed, the black one out in the sunlight looks really nice. Good job! I have in the past made stuff to do with bonsai. I made a turntable from solid aluminium, all machined on CNC (computer numerical control) machines. It's a bit small really for the trees I have now, but it was great fun programming the job. I actually made 2 at the same time, gave one to my brother-in-law for xmas. Here it is:
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4-Feb-2003
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Tree herder
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Unfortunately it has gone a bit manky from being left in the rain.
Here is the inside. It probably cost GBP150.00 to make, and you can buy a plastic one for GBP6.00... why did I bother  Regards, TB
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4-Feb-2003
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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TB:
That is a beautiful piece of work! I agree that commercially it would be too costly to produce but as a "one-of-a-kind" it is a priceless piece. That's one of those things that a collector would treasure or more probably something that will be handed down in the family for generations. Good show, old bean!
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