Bottle Brush Tree Making

This demonstration of making bottle brush trees using the McKenzie Brothers Timber Co tree making machine. Simple and easy to create large number of trees for you model railroad.

[@christinecaronnabeard1369]

I love this video. Thank you!

[@retrainrun]

Great video an how to! Those trees look great and the prosses is so cool with that machine. At the begining I was getting real anxious taht you were taking to long to start. But don't worrie it was my medicatin kiking in and you explanation of how the whole thing works is great and right to the point. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful idea with us all. And by the way the rocks in the background look awsome too.

[@yippersmom]

WOW!... I'll never take my little $1.00 trees for granted after this!

[@FishplateFilms]

Terrific video Arthur!, another great "how to" video! Cheers Gregg

[@captainmort]

Excellent "How To" video, Arthur.

[@johnlamb2563]

I tried this using a 16" pipe cleaner. It works great, and results in a tree trunk that looks like a tree trunk. To give it a tapered look, I singed the cloth wrapping (or whatever it is) off the pipe cleaner - about 4 inches or so, where I knew the top of the tree would be. I just singed one of the two lengths of pipe cleaner, so while the bottom of the tree included 2 pieces of full pipe cleaner, the top end of the tree included 1 length of pipe cleaner and 1 length of singed, bare wire. I then did the twisting, and it came out tapered. Finally, I singed the very top of the tree, say 1/4 inch or so.

[@UPTrainman6936]

that is sweet, nice vid, love your vids, keep up the great work

[@LindaLap]

Very cool! TFS

[@olaf99a]

Nice to see your method. I have made my on tree making machine. You can see it in my n scale vlog 64 and part 65. And I use the green paint as a glue.

[@TodaysSpecialMinis]

For those interested, the actual tutorial part starts at around 7:50. the trees came out really nice. the way it was explained it seemed like it was going to be very difficult and a lot of tedious work, but once i saw you make a couple - i was amazed at how simpe and easy it is! i've seen a couple of these tutorials - one a lady did by hand using a paper tree shape, garden twine, and floral wire. She used floral twine and twisted her trees by hand and they came out great. they were small trees though. i was thinking a machine like this might overcomplicate that simple process, but here i can see that ease, volume, and variety is the benefit - you can make multiple trees of varying sizes with this machine and, i'm assuming, it's much easier on the hands! so well done. How much is that machine you use? Or is i something that can be made as a diy project?

[@arthurhouston3]

You are welcome buy a machine and do one. Have at it.

[@TheSoo66]

Einfach gut .... Top 10 ..... Frank.

[@arthurhouston3]

Never overkill on hair spray. Have trees on layouts that were up for years so anything to keep stuff on them.

[@user-uo1wj7rn2r]

Здравствуйте хорошо у вас получается какую канат используете

[@candyyoung2675]

Thanks so much for sharing. Can you tell us what you used as a stop to make your wire not keep twisting? (the blue & silver tool)

[@arthurhouston3]

Its a piece of aluminum we clot cut in it and blue is masking tape.

[@arthurhouston3]

The scenes in the back ground will be another video soon.

[@markhayes6407]

Awesome. I will need oodles of trees for my layout and this is the ticket. I wonder how much the tool costs. Thanks for sharing this.

[@arthurhouston3]

This is the Co Web site and pictures of the new machine. www.mckenziebrotherstimberco.com/

[@opeyshop]

just talk at john last week we talk about you doing your great job on yours clinic. i enjoy them.. all you need do some more on loco detail car detail build detail scenery detail only thing i don't use when make tree " hairspray " we used dark brown for center of tree then fock them oilve green then paint the tree brown then roll the dark olive spray again and light pray brown and light coated light green who do get some video of layout running

[@paulsmith6616]

Would respraying the trees with hair spray hold all in place and protect from damage or is this overkill? Allow to dry again then place??

[@J2GXP]

Wow those look great!, how much is it for that machine?

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Safety thought while watching .Those pipe cutters are razor sharp and you leave it under your wrists and wide open next to the edge so it falls in your legs ??

[@arthurhouston3]

Really not an issue my wife cuts the rope and combos the rope out and put is boxes between wax paper. So rope cutting tool is not on table.

[@kellraquel7795]

👏👍❤

[@arthurhouston3]

Wife and DD gave me the new machine for Christmas last year. Very nice run with my battery operated drill.

[@kn56j0]

I was wondering. What gage of white would you use for an HO set? Thank you

[@arthurhouston3]

I am sure if you go to the McKensey Bros Site the people who make the devise they could comment. Going to say wire I use is about 22 gauge. you could go smaller. But remember you really do not see the wire.

[@arthurhouston3]

Google the name to get to their site. I borrowed from someone else.

[@anne-louiselasley5980]

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