griffinrl In reply to Frost-kj [2010-11-30 22:16:09 +0000 UTC]

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Frost-kj In reply to griffinrl [2010-11-30 22:24:54 +0000 UTC]

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griffinrl In reply to Frost-kj [2010-12-01 13:46:16 +0000 UTC]

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Frost-kj In reply to griffinrl [2010-12-01 20:59:06 +0000 UTC]

Ah cool. You've just put all sort of sand, wood filter, plaster ideas into my head! Thanks. Am making skimmed plaster bowls, based on a 'desert' idea... think I'll try out some new materials. But I do have a question? Tell me if it's trade secrets but, how did you wrap the wire? Was it all by hand.

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griffinrl In reply to Frost-kj [2010-12-01 22:05:40 +0000 UTC]

No trade secrets. Yes it's all by hand. I have an old piece of wood with a couple of nails that I use to wrap a coil of wire. I take the coil off the nails and secure the coil with the tag end of my wire. Then I cut the coil so that I end up with a bundle of wire. If you make a 3" coil of wire you'll end up with a 6" bundle when you cut it. So by varying the size of your coils (the distance between the nails) you make trees of different sizes. I usually make about 35-35 turns of wire around the nails for my coil. Then you get to wrappin'!

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Frost-kj In reply to griffinrl [2010-12-03 14:13:56 +0000 UTC]

Ah lolz, I'm not sure I got all that, not sure what the difference between bundle and coil. Although I'll admit I did just envision you wrapping it round and round something, securing, and taking off at the end. I understand now, much more complicated!

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griffinrl In reply to Frost-kj [2010-12-03 16:18:21 +0000 UTC]

I'll put up some construction photos this weekend to show what I mean.

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Frost-kj In reply to griffinrl [2010-12-04 17:28:45 +0000 UTC]

That would be really interesting. I look forwards to having a look

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