Fuse a pine

[Dumper]

Hi all

i am planning to buy a few radiata pine trees with a trunk size of 2cm wide. is it still possible to fuse 3 pines together?

John

[Jamie]

yes it will still be possible to fuse them, you just may find it a little hard to wrap/braid them together with the trunk size, normally they are planned from a younger age and grown on, and on, and on!

you have to remember that with three 2cm trunks you will get about a 4cm trunk, so heavy wiring, raffia, and spine wires (where you run the wire up the trunk vertically to strengthen and hold the bending) will be needed, a straight trunk with braided trunks might not look right, it will be better suited to a informal upright!

jamie

[Dumper]

Thanks jamie for your advice.

i haven't have time to go and collect the pine. but once i do i'll post the progression on it.

[lindsay farr]

They have to be grown with vigor to fuse John. If you embed wire in the assembled trunks the fusing will be speedy.
Cheers
Lindsay

[Dumper]

hey Lindsay.

thanks for the advise. once i get those pines i'll come down to show you what i have in mind.

btw. i've send the film to convert to digital format. will have it ready by tomorrow evening.

[Dumper]

ok.... i can't wait to explain lindsay.

here's a sketch on what i have in mind....
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