Christmas Tree

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We were thinking for quite a while about a variant of christmas tree that on the one hand maintains the traditions we grew up with and on the other hand doesn't require a tree to die. I wanted it to at least have the very own esthetics of a typical tree. So a relatively popular assembly of rings hanging from the ceiling didn't feel right to me. Also many things I saw on pinterest felt just not right to me.

But then there was this one simple idea of just using rounded wood sticks to create a tree like structure sticked to me. I tried out some things and came up with a 1,5m high tree.

How to mark a straight line on a round thing
Using the two sheets with a thickness of less than 1/2 of the woods diameter
I managed to mark the lines I wanted to have so that the branches stick upwards a bit at the end
cutting many little branches
all the big branches
a simple jig to mark out the drill hole positions
holes drilled on the drill press using a defined thickness spacer to get an angle
the finally assembled branches

It took me roughly 4h to make it from scratch. Including a simple stand made from two pieces of scrap oak. It didn't receive any finish but just some sanding to remove the pencil lines and scratches. The big branches are not glued but just slide into the drilled holes tight enough. This way I can disassemble the tree for easy storage.

prior to the final assembly
finished but still naked
finally decorated

We bought some new micro LED fairy lights because traditional ones have quite thick wires that usually go unseen between the green branches of a regular tree. But for our new tree a much more light and unremarkable one looks just so much better.

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