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fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:20 pm
by scottart
Here is a fun project for your ASpire designers.
Find a tree with a scar in the bark.
Take a picture of the scar, and measure the width and height of the scar.
Drag the picture into Aspire and trace the edge of the scar so you have a scar shaped line drawing in node editing.
Drag the drawing to the correct dimensions.
Create a fairy castle or Gnome door to fit the shape.
Carve it.
Install it in the tree.
Happy grand kids and wife..
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:50 am
by Rcnewcomb
Very cool!
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:43 am
by mtylerfl
Yes! VERY cool!
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:00 am
by ozymax
What a great idea.
I have the perfect tree to try it out.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:47 am
by scottart
ok, share any pictures of trees you carve in please..
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:58 pm
by CarveOne
Yes, that is a really neat idea. Using Aspire is certainly easier than pulling up the tree, laying it on your CNCRP CNC machine to carve the original wood inside the scar, then replanting the tree.
CarveOne
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:37 pm
by mtylerfl
CarveOne wrote:... certainly easier than pulling up the tree, laying it on your CNCRP CNC machine to carve the original wood inside the scar, then replanting the tree.
CarveOne
I hope you're not speaking from experience!
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:51 am
by CarveOne
Michael, no, haven't tried it so far ...
My big machine is 12 feet long and with the 3" square steel box tube frame it can probably support the weight. It is Z axis height challenged with only 8 inches of travel and 6 inches clearance under the Z axis assembly. Maybe one day I'll need to build something like a one piece Paradise box quilt chest from a large walnut tree and "upgrade the machine yet again".
CarveOne
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:18 pm
by mtylerfl
If anyone can do it, you certainly can!
We already know you can make a guitar out of anything! So I wouldn't be surprised if you actually did Carve a tree.
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:55 pm
by CarveOne
Ok, how about a "live edge" base fiddle body?
CarveOne
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:59 pm
by Phil
Wonderful.
Phil
fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:31 pm
by Bobtail Farm
splendid.
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:11 pm
by MarkJohnston
What an amazing idea!!!
So many great ideas on this forum so little time to do them.
Mark
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:08 am
by ScottV
That's a cool idea. Great job.
Scott
Re: fixing a tree with a fairy castle
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 8:49 am
by RebeccaJ
Hey Scott,
This is awesome! What a neat idea!
Thanks for sharing!