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Title: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Chase on October 24, 2010, 09:51:03 am
Christmas Tree II

Hope I haven't posted this before.  My memory isn't what it used to be.

This is one of my latest schwibbogen.  I call it ?Christmas Tree II?.  See the three pics; light placement and pasties, detail shot, and in a dim room with lights on.  It measures about 18? high and 12? wide.  Cut from 1/8? baltic birch with an  oak base. 

I designed this schwibbogen from an actual scwib produced by RATAGS Holzdesign in Germany. 

Hope you enjoy.  As always, comments are welcome.

Whadathink?

Submitted by Chase

PS Did I mention my memory isn't what it used to be?
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: newfie on October 24, 2010, 10:06:52 am
pretty nice christmas tree Chase.thanks for sharing.
Todd
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Judy Hunter on October 24, 2010, 10:16:19 am
That is really beautiful! I like that a lot.  Memory??  what memory?
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: GrayBeard on October 24, 2010, 10:25:17 am
That is Beautiful, Chase...
How much space between the front and back or the two sides?
What did you use for the spacer and is there one at the top also?

Very Special... but I would never get it done for this year.
Would like to try a similar one over the winter (taking my time) for next year!
Maybe one for each of my three children's families...

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: scrollgirl on October 24, 2010, 10:57:55 am
This is quite beautiful!  I love the concept of it all. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Sheila ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Russ C on October 24, 2010, 10:59:27 am
Awesome job, it is beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us.  8)
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Chase on October 24, 2010, 12:11:40 pm
That is Beautiful, Chase...
How much space between the front and back or the two sides?
What did you use for the spacer and is there one at the top also?

Very Special... but I would never get it done for this year.
Would like to try a similar one over the winter (taking my time) for next year!
Maybe one for each of my three children's families...

~~~GB~~~

The spacer at the bottom is 3/4 MDF and a few (3 I think) 3/4" long dowels.

cs
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: hackergranny on October 24, 2010, 01:59:11 pm
So nice Chase thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: MadHatter on October 24, 2010, 02:33:53 pm
nice job !!
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: GrayBeard on October 24, 2010, 09:03:44 pm
Chase...where do I find patterns for this and similar items?

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: boxmaker on October 24, 2010, 10:21:17 pm
Chase, It is beautiful, very nicely done.

                                                       Mark
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Dawie on October 24, 2010, 11:50:01 pm
Super Chase! Where do you get your lights from? I have made two now, but with no lighting as the special lighting is so expensive I would never make any money on it if I wanted to sell. Or could I just use ordinary xmas lighting?
David
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Dawie on October 24, 2010, 11:51:45 pm
Chase...where do I find patterns for this and similar items?

~~~GB~~~
GB I know that Sue Mey has several on her site, I also bought two books a while back from bol.com they are in german though and when searching you need to use schwibbogen.
David
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Chase on October 25, 2010, 09:40:16 am
Chase...where do I find patterns for this and similar items?

~~~GB~~~

This one was derived from an actual schwib we bought.  I guess that means I can't sell it.  Volker Arnold is another source besides Sue Mey.  Also both scrolling mags have schwib patterns from time to time.

Chase
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Chase on October 25, 2010, 10:55:13 am
Super Chase! Where do you get your lights from? I have made two now, but with no lighting as the special lighting is so expensive I would never make any money on it if I wanted to sell. Or could I just use ordinary xmas lighting?
David


I got my last batch from here:

http://factorydirectcraft.com/index.php

Do a search on something like "white wire, 10 light, mini-light," etc.  There are  a lot of vendors, just have to search.

After C'mas they are on sale.  I buy 10 strings at a time.  Sometimes for less than $2 per string.

Chase
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Dawie on October 25, 2010, 01:27:13 pm
Thanks Chase, something to look into.
David
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Lejon on October 27, 2010, 04:57:12 pm
GB
You might want to check out http://woodyoubelieveshop.blogspot.com/
Its the web sit for Volker Arnold patterns.
Lejon
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Dawie on October 27, 2010, 05:15:55 pm
Nice site Lejon.
David
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: mrsn on October 28, 2010, 10:42:23 pm
Beautiful Christmas Tree.
I found lights in a craft store in the flower arranging section. They are intended for making a lighted boquet of flowers. I had asked a sales lady if they had small strings of lights and she told me no, but I found them anyway.
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Dawie on October 30, 2010, 08:10:23 am
That's another place I could look into then, thanks mrsn.
David
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Rick on October 30, 2010, 05:31:25 pm
Hi Chase,

Nice to see your new Schwib..  I haven't done one yet this year, but I sure am going to try.  Time is running out fast though, we are going home to NY for the holidays, will be there for about two months starting Nov. 14, can't wait to get home again.  The only sad thing about the trip is that I have no saw in my NY apartment, but, OH WELL.
Thanks for the tip on the light string site, be well.

Rick
Title: Re: Christmas Tree II--A Schwibbogen
Post by: Marshall on November 03, 2010, 04:34:12 am
Someone just looking at this and didn't know much about woodworking really wouldn't know how much work went into this , impressive job ..........