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Post  Indo Andreas Mon May 02, 2016 11:55 am

This tree Ficus Benjamin side swept, I had for 4 years but being totally cut back a year ago and recently new styled
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Post  M. Frary Thu May 05, 2016 3:20 am

There is a free tutorial on wiring on craftsy by Colin Lewis. It's free.

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Post  Indo Andreas Thu May 05, 2016 11:14 am

M. Frary wrote:  There is a free tutorial on wiring on craftsy by Colin Lewis. It's free.
Thank you for letting me know, enlighten us what you dislike on my wiring?!

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Post  M. Frary Thu May 05, 2016 6:01 pm

What is side swept?

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Fri May 06, 2016 12:40 pm

Indo Andreas wrote:
M. Frary wrote:  There is a free tutorial on wiring on craftsy by Colin Lewis. It's free.
Thank you for letting me know, enlighten us what you dislike on my wiring?!

here is a link... i have watched it several times and my wiring still leaves something to be desired
but the only way to get really good is to wire wire wire

and then when you are sick of wiring, wire some more.

http://www.colinlewisbonsai.com/videos.html

with the right technique you can use a lot less wire...
and often times, especially with wire, less is more...
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Post  Indo Andreas Fri May 06, 2016 12:44 pm

Thank you, will watch it. I don't wire for competition, rather to get things done.

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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Fri May 06, 2016 4:19 pm

no need to be defensive (competition ???)...

if your wire budget is limitless and you dont care about how they look while wired,
then there is no need to bother with the video because you are certainly getting things done...
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Post  Indo Andreas Fri May 06, 2016 4:25 pm

I don't participate on any competition or events, but will watch it anyhow, always good to learn.

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Post  M. Frary Fri May 06, 2016 4:43 pm

I wasn't trying to be mean.
I would look into copper wire first thing. Aluminum is OK but for extreme bends and holding power copper is better. You can use smaller gage wire to do the same bend as aluminum wire. That way you don't need to use as much.
I thought my wiring was ok and getting the job done. Once I watched this video I realized I didn't know crap. I'm self taught on just about everything in bonsai. Some things I thought I knew were just plain wrong.

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Post  Indo Andreas Sat May 07, 2016 5:48 am

Try to open the tutorial, all I got is an add. Did not work out?!!

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