chris03852 0 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Ok silly question but is there really a need to cut and combine 2 cages, why not just use a single one. http://christmasinkent.com/HowToMinis.htm Before I drive myself nuts any opinion out there thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tfischer 17 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 We just used single cages: www.plymouthlights.com/ropetrees.htm With mini's, wrapping a cage or easel tightly will not result in a round tree, which others have tried to fix with various solutions, including the one you link to (others have used chicken wire, etc). With the rope light we used, the rope stays pretty round even though the underlying structure isn't. And lots of people just don't worry about the "pyramid" shape and consider that part of the design aesthetic. -Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris in Ct 0 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I wrapped mine with lighted garland I bought from Walmart on clearance after Christmas last year . Not only does it make it look perfectly roundthey look great day or night. At Lowe's they have 60' of non lit garland for something like $6that would work great combined with a few strings of minis. Your total costwould be roughly $10 each maybe less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nycousin 0 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 The one thing that I have been doing is making tomato cage trees. I use two, but haven't cut any before. If I can borrow some bolt cutters I might try it. But putting two together and alternating where the parallel braces are makes the tree more round. The garland does work well as was stated to make it more round, but it really isn't bad with it if you use two. I believe from the road it would look fine. I also make coat hanger trees. They need garland though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DownTown 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I used 2 tomato cages for each mini tree to give it added roundness, but most importantly, more strength. I found that many of the cages that I bought had welds that would break upon handling, so I doubled them up, offsetting the vertical wires to help keep everything rounder. I made about 3 cuts per tree, one on each of the bottom 3 rings. Then I used wire ties to hold everything together good and strong. D.T. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peggy13 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I made several one year and tied off the stakes that go into the ground. I also wrapped garland on them with the lights and they looked adorable. Due to storage I gave them away though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chris03852 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 thanks for all the input, i did 2 trees tonight, didn't cut them just double them up and I am happy with the results going to do 7 more 36 inch and 4 48 inch trees Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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