bonsairxmd
Shohin
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Nice wiring tutorial
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Very nice tutorial.
Boon recommends the "anchor" be at least 1 and 1 half turns, not just one turn.
What Colin calls the "Slingshot technique", Boon calls "Figure 3" because it's the third picture in his handout. Same technique.
And Boon would disagree with cutting the wire off! He teaches to wind it off. Using the cutters can accidently cut the wire, the wire twists when it's cut, and you can leave chunks of wire in the tree.
And finally, wire scars can heal. It depends on the species, some heal better than others, but they can heal.
Boon calls the little hook on the end a "fishhook". Same technique.
Boon recommends the "anchor" be at least 1 and 1 half turns, not just one turn.
What Colin calls the "Slingshot technique", Boon calls "Figure 3" because it's the third picture in his handout. Same technique.
And Boon would disagree with cutting the wire off! He teaches to wind it off. Using the cutters can accidently cut the wire, the wire twists when it's cut, and you can leave chunks of wire in the tree.
And finally, wire scars can heal. It depends on the species, some heal better than others, but they can heal.
Boon calls the little hook on the end a "fishhook". Same technique.
bonsairxmd
Shohin
Has anyone here tried to anneal their own copper wire?.....or just buy it from Jim?
Dav4
Drop Branch Murphy
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Mac posted several tutorials on the subject...good stuff.
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?13039-Copper-Wire-Preparation&highlight=annealing+copper
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthr...Burning-The-Wire-1&highlight=annealing+copper
Geesh--who wnats to pay 40 bucks for this?
KennedyMarx
Omono
The wiring lesson is free. He has another class about bonsai design that has a cost.
For what it's worth, Paul Pikel has a wiring video on youtube that I thought was very helpful:
[video=youtube;1TfTTcbLEHo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TfTTcbLEHo[/video]
Eric Group
Masterpiece
I got it for free??? It never asked me to pay a dime... Where did you get that it costs $40?
I was taken to a website called crafty--which sells the class/video. It was not offered free except a 51 second intro.
florida_bonsai
Yamadori
Thanks for sharing this guys. As a beginner, its nice to actually see how wiring is properly done so that when I try to do it myself i have an idea as to what I'm doing.
I know this isnt the tropical forum but since we're discussing wiring...
I've had wire on my ficus retusa for a little over a month now. I know im in south florida and they grow quickly down here (all of the foliage has grown back since a total defoliation about 4 weeks ago) but how long should I be leaving the wire on before removal? Should I just be checking for wire cutting into the branches?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Perhaps I will re-try. I registered, was accepted but still there was a fee restriction. Baa.
James H
Mame
I watched that video series over the weekend and I really liked it. It helped fill in some of the blanks that other videos and my books had left. It was worth signing up for free to watch the video series.
KennedyMarx
Omono
When I worked on trees with Adam Lavigne over the summer he advised me to let it bite in a little bit on a ficus to make sure it sets. Then the next time you wire it, wire the opposite way (crossing the old wire marks) and let it bite in a little again before taking it off. That way your branches get a gnarly appearance over time.
Kennedy,
Your video, unfortunately, is not as good as the first one. His anchors are not sufficient. The branches are a little "see saw" as Colin would describe it. If he wired a real tree like that, if he pressed down on one branch, the other branch would have moved. The solid wood model prevents that from happening.
He said, "We do not want to cross wires in any way", yet his last wiring did cross underneath the branch.
I know it's hard to wire backwards the way he was doing it so that the camera wouldn't be blocked, but he should have reviewed the video and redone it.
The prinicples he was teaching were right, the execution of the principles could have been better.
Your video, unfortunately, is not as good as the first one. His anchors are not sufficient. The branches are a little "see saw" as Colin would describe it. If he wired a real tree like that, if he pressed down on one branch, the other branch would have moved. The solid wood model prevents that from happening.
He said, "We do not want to cross wires in any way", yet his last wiring did cross underneath the branch.
I know it's hard to wire backwards the way he was doing it so that the camera wouldn't be blocked, but he should have reviewed the video and redone it.
The prinicples he was teaching were right, the execution of the principles could have been better.
