Making Fake Palm Trees - Revisited! - Tiki Carving

D demerara Member Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Posts: 10	D demerara Posted posted on Sat, Jan 28, 2006 5:53 PM Thanks for all the tips, folks! Those pictures look great. I'm not sure about getting that bark here in Canada; shipping might be pretty expensive. If I'm successful with this current batch maybe I'll work on some that are a bit fancier, like those beauties you've put together. For what it's worth, I cut the 2x4s this afternoon (it was 13 C here today - that's about 55 F, virtually unheard of in these parts), and used them to construct the bases tonight. Tomorrow I hope to attach the ABS drainpipe sections, and that'll be all the "hard" parts done. Still not sure what to do about the foliage. Real fake foliage (there's an oxymoron for you!) is expensive, and I'd need a lot of it. My current thought is to dye some burlap green and attach it by wrapping it around a wire frame made from an old coat hanger. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks for all the tips, folks! Those pictures look great. I'm not sure about getting that bark here in Canada; shipping might be pretty expensive. If I'm successful with this current batch maybe I'll work on some that are a bit fancier, like those beauties you've put together.

For what it's worth, I cut the 2x4s this afternoon (it was 13 C here today - that's about 55 F, virtually unheard of in these parts), and used them to construct the bases tonight. Tomorrow I hope to attach the ABS drainpipe sections, and that'll be all the "hard" parts done.

Still not sure what to do about the foliage. Real fake foliage (there's an oxymoron for you!) is expensive, and I'd need a lot of it. My current thought is to dye some burlap green and attach it by wrapping it around a wire frame made from an old coat hanger. We'll see how it goes.

Post #211155 by demerara on Sat, Jan 28, 2006 5:53 PM