Post #434429 by TikiMeplus3 on Sun, Feb 15, 2009 12:57 PM

Maddogmike gave me an idea to try to revise my original idea of a palm frond. I did try what he said and wanted to see what you guys thought. Basically i kept the same design minus the outside supports and increased the cross supports or fronds. I will post a few pictures of each, let me know this is a work in progress and if you guys think its ok then onward I will go. Thanks for the help!!
My original design:

as you can tell this looks like a big leaf basically:

This is with just the cross fronds and outside ones removed.


This one is supported in the vice and you can see what it looks like from under the palm frond.

And here is a little green paint for effect.

From this point let me know if this looks good to you guys, I think I like it better than the first design and with some lights on them I think atnight will be awesome. Another thing that will be good with the 2nd design is that the wind wont catch these like the other design and no maintence except a little paint now & then.