Well Halloween has come and gone and turnout was better then I expected temps were near freezing so I wasn't expecting has many TOT's has last year but when the night was over and totaled up I had 114 TOT down just 13 from last year
All in all a very good Halloween :o)
Joel
Earlswoods
First if you go to my gallery the picture titled Halloween Graveyard newspaper 2 is a picture of the finished tree
The tree is in 3 sections the bottom and middle sections are 4' tall by 3' across the top section is only 2' tall, there are 2x4's for the walls which are covered with thin luan plywood bent around the curves to make the trunkthe middle section has the face cut out of itand a red spotlight inside, there are 2 2x4's in the middle of the section to hold the 2x4's and pvc pipe for the arms. Each 2x4 slides into a small piece of plywood with a square cut out of it (picture Halloween2006 treeinsides 002-003)
Holes are cut into the top section to hold the branches just like for the arms ( I don't have pics of the arms yet will get some has I install the branches)
To set up the tree I have a platform staked to the ground so it wont tip, then I build a frame to hold the pulleys and cables for setting up the tree (the treesetup pics) Once the frame is set up the tree is buildt from the top down, the top section is raised up high enough to slide the middle section under it, top is lowered down onto the middle section and they are bolted together, cables are attached to the bottom of the biddle section and then both the top and middle section are raised high enough to put the bottom section in, and bolted together and then bolted to the platform
I hope this helps answer how it becomes a tree if not let me know and I can try to explain it better ( I hope lol)
Joel
