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Originally Posted by Castout
I really like his big one. I hope the skills aren't lost in the family 
Surely it could be made a business. |
Grandfather is dead, I don'T built these things anymore (have not even the tools and machinery for turning wood), my father played bassoon (now retired) and had to form the wooden mouth pieces himself, my mother painted old "Bauernschränke", and kids I don't have. So much for family tradition.
Grandfather also constructed wooden stars with electric light within, to hang up, and did some clocks that were mounted on or inside wood. Later he switched to a huge, a very huge electric mini-railroad, Minitrix format.
The "feather stick" trees, Jumpy (I assume you m ean the trees I used in there), can be bought in according shops, in many sizes. It is difficult to carve them that way that the curls look equal and are of the same sizes and don't break off, I definitely recommend not to try that oneself. All the figurines are traditional work in Bavarian regions and the "Erzgebirge". So is the smoker.