Winter wonderland… I think the plans for the tree & the decor All came together Beautifully. I’m going to try & make it out of Foam board & cardboard instead of Wood.
Please send me a pic when you complete it...would like to see how you made yours. Thanks for watching the video. I'm surprised it's still making it's rounds on UA-cam ;)
Thanks for your great video. My husband is getting supplies tomorrow to build one for me. I am so excited about it! I haven't displayed my village for years - What a wonderful idea. Your wife did a great job decorating it.
Thanks for pointing that out! As soon as i saw that part of the video, that the first thing that I thought of. I think that it was in the late 60s or so that they door thing the door to a true size.
This is so beautiful! I was about to give away my Christmas Village Collection that I've had for over 25 year until I saw your video. Thank you so much!
Hi there. I'm just a lil gal who fell in love with woodworking recently and I just happen to owe a few power tools, jigsaw, circular saw, a power drill and a bunch of different size screws. I've spent about an hour watching videos on UA-cam before I clicked on your video, the ones I watched weren't too helpful so I was ready to head to the store in search of a ladder bookshelf to display my Christmas village this year. Now I'll be heading to my local Home Depot and Lowe's for the supplies you've mentioned. I don't usually leave comments or anything on here, but I did this time because I wanted to thank you so much for your amazing tutorial, which is very clear and super informative. You made me feel less unsure and intimidated.. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Have a beautiful blessed day! ☺
I have wanted to have one of these for quite some time now. These instructions are very clear. I always thought people actually used an artificial tree and built it into it. I am excited for my husband to do this for me. Thank you 💕
Ran into a snag with the 2x6. Cutting it at 24" sticks out from the bottom of the base. Is it supposed to stick out? Thinking of cutting them to 19" and maybe taper down at 10". At 19" it won't stick out of bottom disk. Don't know let me see how it turns out. Thanks for the video.
My husband built mine this year. I have really enjoyed decorating it. But I didn't add snow but I'm going to try tonight. You did a great job explaining it. I wish my husband had seen these instructions first, it may have been easier on him.
Thank you so much. I had fun building this...sort of drew the plans as I went along. One thing I have found out about the spray snow....it's a little messy when you're taking it apart to store.
I had mines made, now I'm ready to decorate. Thanks for the tutorial. Simply beautiful. I plan to put power plugs on each layer so to be able to light up the houses as well. Also drilling small holes around the layers ends for tiebacks to attach garlands. I'm inspired with your model.
Thank you Esther. Glad you liked the design, and by all means, modify it to suit your needs. I'm always happy to hear how someone has added to the design. Happy Fall!!!
Shop class with Billy Bob Thornton😂 I’m here for it! Cannot wait to build me one this week. Thank you so much for the very clear tutorial for someone who has to go buy herself a jigsaw to make it!
So glad I found your video. Really well done. My grandson (7) loves his village collection. He borrows my folding table each year. This year he gets a display tree! He will flip. Thank you.
You are welcome. Thank you for watching. Hope you and your grandson enjoy the tree. Our grand daughters are coming over tonight to help put ours back up.
Have you thought of using PVC piping for the center and using thick dowels rods for the supports under the wooden plates? You could drill the holes through the PVC pipes to to insert the thick dowel rods through to a half way point, thus making it easier to assemble and breakdown. Still use the same method for the base that you demonstrated. It would be so heavy with using the 4x4, plus you would be able to break it down and store it until next year. The pvc pipe can be purchase in 4” or 6” widths and in large lengths. You can also purchase dowel rods or wooden closet rods to run through the center of the pvc pipe to stabilize it even more, again maybe drilling a hole through the pvc pipe and the rod to inset a metal pin in it to hold in place and easy to remove and disassemble. These are just thoughts I had as I want to build this too. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Hey Susan. Thanks so much for the ideas on the tree. To be honest...this was built "on the fly" one Saturday morning. My wife said she would like to have one....and WHAMMO! I really like the idea of the PVC pipe for the center. I can see using maybe a 4 inch schedule 40 pipe. It would definitely be lighter than the 4x4 I use. Instead of the wooden dowels, I might use shelf brackets....those small metal brackets bent in a 90 degree angle....and screw them to the PVC pipe. While I read your ideas, my mind was whirring away building another one. Thank you again for sending me your thoughts. Don't be surprised if you see them in another video ;) Merry Christmas!!!
you seem like a really likeable dude. For me who does woodworking on an amateur level, on the side, for my wife. this video is perfect. Thank you for such excellent instructions.
This tutorial was absolutely amazing! Very clear, to the point step by step instructions and i loved it. It turned out beautiful and thanks for sharing.
Bless your heart for sharing how to put this beautiful tree for the Christmas village. 🎄 together. There's another person on youtube with a similar tree (cindy) and she won't share anything other than stating she used plywood and a fake tree. Wishing you all a wonderful, safe and healthy holiday season 😊
I built a 6 level tree and cut all the circles out of a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood with a 36" base decreasing by 5"s on each level. Saves the cost of a sheet of plywood in 2021...lol. Same 4 x 4 center post also.
I think you did an outstanding job I wanna do one next year. Not a criticism but a suggestion how about putting the base of the tree on a rotating disc so we can see the tree rotate. 🎄🎊🎉👌🏼👍🏻
We had thought about that, but didn't have the electrical tools for that. I would suggest putting felt pads on the bottom of the legs. Makes moving it around when you're decorating it a little easier on a hardwood floor.
I am pleased to have found your video and instructions. It was enough for me to make one almost identical to yours! Would love to send you a picture of ours we just finished decorating for this year but don’t know how to send one to you. Thank you for your work and inspiration!
Hi Kelly, used your description for building an advence Calender. It is awesome. Can I send you a picture of it? Many thanks for your great idea. Stefan
This great, I'm making one for my wife and i got a lot of your good Ideas,i was trying to use a round pole but square is much more stable, thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love this I had thought about going this route before I put my Christmas village up on the dining room table which we never use but I wasn’t sure how to change the sizes of the disc and so forth so your video has really helped with that but quick question I’m wondering if and how I would go about making the lights for each individual house how I would run that down the pole and so forth I thought about taking some thing to wrap around the pole to hide all of the extension cords for the houses the Christmas village is my fathers he had a massive one he passed away at the beginning of this year so I really wanted to have some thing of his in our home for Christmas
I'm so sorry to hear about your father. I lost mine in 94. Still miss him. To help you on your question about the lights...I've used a strand of Christmas tree lights to illuminate our houses. The old fashioned lights with the screw in bulbs works best. With those you can put a bulb where you want it and not light the entire strand. Hope that helps.
Yes you can. Someone had suggested using those metal shelf brackets to hold the disk's in place instead of the wooden pieces I made. That will really help in putting the tree up an taking it down.
Just wanted to let you you know that I got my tree all finished last night and because of your video it turned out 100 times been then I could imagined! I did end up using bolts and nuts to the base so the screws wouldn't waller out over time when I take it apart every time!!
Great tutorial. I'm done cutting everything. Just have to put it together. Do the 2x6 stick out of the 36" disc? Also can you confirm on the 2x6 that it is 19 and not 9 where the taper starts? I did at 19 and the angle doesn't look like yours. Thanks
Thank you so much. I appreciate it so much your the only video I found that explain which such detail. I better get to work. I think I can make it. Again thanks a bunch. Which I could give you dome homemade Christmas tamales for this.
You are most welcome. And, I'll look for tamales under the tree this year :) Thanks for watching and commenting. P.S. You have plenty of time...I built this one in a few hours.
You're welcome Melanie! I used a drill and a jig saw. You might be able to rent those at Home Depot or, check around where you live for a tool rental store.
Wow, it's been in my "wish list" for a few years. I asked a guy to do it and he quoted me $350 😔 So, this year I decided to do myself! I was looking for instructions and thanks to you 🙏, now I know what to do. I love your tip on how to measure each circle and the center. Love it. One question if I might. I would like the bottom at 42", how many sheets of plywood do you think I might need. Thank you for such clear explanation and tips. Be safe and have a wonderful healthy Holiday Season 🎄
Thank you very much for this. I have a lovely Christmas Village set I usually spread over my sideboards but wanted the tree ever since I saw the image that went around Facebook last year. Covid is going to stop me getting the supplies this year but with your wonderful tutorial, I'll be able to take my time through the summer making it. Your instructions are spot on thank you. Can I just ask how you store it please? Do you just unscrew and take it apart each year? Would that make the screw holes weak over time? Best wishes Karen
Hello Karen. Thanks for taking time to watch and comment. Yes, I just take it apart and store it flat. If you'd like, you could place some blocks of wood between the discs to keep them from touching each other. As far as the screw holes weakening, they shouldn't weaken by using them once or twice a year.
Hey Jennifer. You can use the metal brackets as long as they are long enough to support the weight of the disk and whatever you're putting on it. Thanks for the question!
I'm going to put mine under the "snow". May cut a sheet to lay on top of each disk, then sprinkle the snow on top of that. Instead of attaching the lights to the underside of each disk, you could just lay them on the top of each disk (where your houses will be) and run the wire own the post to the bottom. You can hide the wire behind the post.
Hello Paul. We store ours in an outbuilding on our property. You could make it collapsable, but it would weigh a ton when you tried to move it. As soon as I can slow down a little, I want to build a lighter version. Thanks for watching, and for the question.
Never ask the wife's opinion in the middle of the build because she'll throw a Monkey wrench in the middle, now she wants another shelf and I have to figure out how to fit it proportionally and aesthetically in between, man I tell ya!
We wanted to make the shelves removable and adjustable so we added a metal adjustable shelf strip channel on the four sides to mount shelf brackets and made the center square bigger to accommodate it
Thank you so much for the guidelines. Very clear. I wondered if you have ever thought of making this in a way that you could take it apart easily for storage. Also how many houses does this hold. I actually got 35 beautiful houses that a neighbor was throwing away so my daughters in laws are interested in having one too
I am so sorry that I'm just seeing your reply. UA-cam doesn't do that great of a job notifying me when someone comments on my videos. To answer your questions....I do want to build another that is easier to take apart and store. I had thought of making the disc's out of thinner plywood and making them to hinge where they could be folded in half for storage. I also do some welding and thought of fabricating a metal stand. That would be as strong but very light. As far as houses, I'm not really sure. I guess it would depend on the size of the houses. The ones we uses are fairly large...and we can put around 25 or so and have room for more. Again, so sorry for the late reply. Hope this answered your questions.
I just reverse assembly and store it in a stack. I really want to come up with a more portable way of storing...but it would involve metal fabrication, and that isn't something a lot of people are able to do.
Yes it can. You may want to "modify" your build just a little. If I had to do it over....I would have painted the wood instead of using spray snow. Cleaner to handle when taking apart and storing.
The 2x2's can be whatever you'd feel comfortable with. They do need to be long enough to keep the disc they are supporting from "tipping". I realized I was sort of foggy describing the base....The length of the 2x6 was inches. Measure 19 from the top side that will be against the post...then taper it down to the end. I'm sorry about that glitch.
Winter wonderland… I think the plans for the tree & the decor All came together Beautifully.
I’m going to try & make it out of Foam board & cardboard instead of Wood.
Please send me a pic when you complete it...would like to see how you made yours. Thanks for watching the video. I'm surprised it's still making it's rounds on UA-cam ;)
You did such a great job and explained it very well! Thank you!!!
Thank you!
Instructions were very simple and easy to follow. My wife is very happy with and loved this . Thank you for posting.
You're very welcome Jeremy. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas!
Thanks for your great video. My husband is getting supplies tomorrow to build one for me. I am so excited about it! I haven't displayed my village for years - What a wonderful idea. Your wife did a great job decorating it.
Thanks Sylvia! Hope the instructions are easy enough to follow. Tell him to adjust or modify as he needs to. Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!
Looks awesome.. Don't forget the 4x4 isn't actually 4x4.. measure your post before cutting plywood.. you don't wanna cut your center holes to big
Thats true. Thanks for catching that.
Thanks for pointing that out! As soon as i saw that part of the video, that the first thing that I thought of. I think that it was in the late 60s or so that they door thing the door to a true size.
Thanks for the help. Had to make a slimmer profile so left off 36 inch shelf and narrowed stand.
Adapt and overcome ;) Glad I could help. Merry Christmas!
This is so beautiful! I was about to give away my Christmas Village Collection that I've had for over 25 year until I saw your video. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome. We had about decided to sell our village...until we built this.
Hi there. I'm just a lil gal who fell in love with woodworking recently and I just happen to owe a few power tools, jigsaw, circular saw, a power drill and a bunch of different size screws. I've spent about an hour watching videos on UA-cam before I clicked on your video, the ones I watched weren't too helpful so I was ready to head to the store in search of a ladder bookshelf to display my Christmas village this year. Now I'll be heading to my local Home Depot and Lowe's for the supplies you've mentioned. I don't usually leave comments or anything on here, but I did this time because I wanted to thank you so much for your amazing tutorial, which is very clear and super informative. You made me feel less unsure and intimidated.. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Have a beautiful blessed day! ☺
Hey Konstance. SO glad the video helped you. Don't ever let anyone, or anything keep you from trying something new. It's how I learned to weld :)
I have wanted to have one of these for quite some time now. These instructions are very clear. I always thought people actually used an artificial tree and built it into it. I am excited for my husband to do this for me. Thank you 💕
You're welcome Brenda. Hope you enjoy it.
Ran into a snag with the 2x6. Cutting it at 24" sticks out from the bottom of the base. Is it supposed to stick out?
Thinking of cutting them to 19" and maybe taper down at 10". At 19" it won't stick out of bottom disk. Don't know let me see how it turns out. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for the amazing instructions! I have wanted one for several years but wasn't sure how to go about it. Merry Christmas and Thanks again!!
You are welcome Shelli. Hope the instructions were easy to follow. Merry Christmas!
Beautiful ❤️, thank you for sharing,good explanation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻hugs From Houston Texas 🤠
You are more than Welcome! Merry Christmas from Alabama!
This is just beautiful. I made one but your instructions are so much better than what I did. I wish I had looked for you last year.
Thank you Becky, I appreciate the comment. Merry Christmas!
My husband built mine this year. I have really enjoyed decorating it. But I didn't add snow but I'm going to try tonight. You did a great job explaining it. I wish my husband had seen these instructions first, it may have been easier on him.
Thank you so much. I had fun building this...sort of drew the plans as I went along. One thing I have found out about the spray snow....it's a little messy when you're taking it apart to store.
I had mines made, now I'm ready to decorate. Thanks for the tutorial. Simply beautiful. I plan to put power plugs on each layer so to be able to light up the houses as well. Also drilling small holes around the layers ends for tiebacks to attach garlands. I'm inspired with your model.
Thank you Esther. Glad you liked the design, and by all means, modify it to suit your needs. I'm always happy to hear how someone has added to the design. Happy Fall!!!
Shop class with Billy Bob Thornton😂 I’m here for it! Cannot wait to build me one this week. Thank you so much for the very clear tutorial for someone who has to go buy herself a jigsaw to make it!
Good luck! Please send a pic when you're finished. Merry Christmas, and thanks for commenting!
Great instructions, now I’m ready to surprise my wife on Christmas. 👍🏻👌🏼
Thanks Jonnathan! Hope she like it.
So glad I found your video. Really well done. My grandson (7) loves his village collection. He borrows my folding table each year. This year he gets a display tree! He will flip. Thank you.
You are welcome. Thank you for watching. Hope you and your grandson enjoy the tree. Our grand daughters are coming over tonight to help put ours back up.
Awesome job! Building mine right while my wife is out of town. Thank y’all and Merry Christmas!
Have you thought of using PVC piping for the center and using thick dowels rods for the supports under the wooden plates? You could drill the holes through the PVC pipes to to insert the thick dowel rods through to a half way point, thus making it easier to assemble and breakdown. Still use the same method for the base that you demonstrated. It would be so heavy with using the 4x4, plus you would be able to break it down and store it until next year. The pvc pipe can be purchase in 4” or 6” widths and in large lengths. You can also purchase dowel rods or wooden closet rods to run through the center of the pvc pipe to stabilize it even more, again maybe drilling a hole through the pvc pipe and the rod to inset a metal pin in it to hold in place and easy to remove and disassemble. These are just thoughts I had as I want to build this too. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Hey Susan. Thanks so much for the ideas on the tree. To be honest...this was built "on the fly" one Saturday morning. My wife said she would like to have one....and WHAMMO! I really like the idea of the PVC pipe for the center. I can see using maybe a 4 inch schedule 40 pipe. It would definitely be lighter than the 4x4 I use. Instead of the wooden dowels, I might use shelf brackets....those small metal brackets bent in a 90 degree angle....and screw them to the PVC pipe. While I read your ideas, my mind was whirring away building another one. Thank you again for sending me your thoughts. Don't be surprised if you see them in another video ;) Merry Christmas!!!
Great idea!!
Watching this was so much easier than trying to follow those plans I actually paid for. As a visual learner this is exactly what I needed.
You are very welcome Daniel. Glad the video helped. Thank you for watching and the kind comment.
you seem like a really likeable dude. For me who does woodworking on an amateur level, on the side, for my wife. this video is perfect. Thank you for such excellent instructions.
Thanks for the compliment Mike. Hope the video was fairly straight forward.
This tutorial was absolutely amazing! Very clear, to the point step by step instructions and i loved it. It turned out beautiful and thanks for sharing.
Thank you Grace. Merry Christmas!
Now I know how to do it for my village. Thank you. Very good instructions.
You're very welcome. Thank so much for watching the video and taking time to comment.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's incredibly helpful.
You're most welcome. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Thanks for the breakdown!! The National Lampoons Christmas vacation reference had me cracking up at the end!!! 🤣🤣
We all have a little Griswold in us at this time of year ;)
You are very crafty. Thanks for sharing this. you deserve 5 STAR
Thank you have not used these in a few years just did not know how to display them. But with your help got it done. Wish I knew how to add a picture
You're very welcome. It was the same here. We had our village for about 20 years, and had not displayed it in years. Now, it's back every Christmas.
Same here sir we'll be doing this every year from now on thank you so much
Hi, I’m wanting to build one of these for my grandchildren. Thank you for the easy to follow steps, I’ll be sure to copy your design
You're welcome Paul. We had fun building ours, and will use it again this year. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
That is amazing sir I am about to try to build it myself.. Looks like I will have to cut my 4×4 at 6'. Hopefully it still works out
This looks so great!
I love this christmas-village-tree🥰
I am sending greetings from Germany 👍
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas from Alabama, USA!
Beautiful. I will definitely be building this.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your build.
It looks really beautiful jaw dropping one ❤️👌🏻
Thank you very much!
Bless your heart for sharing how to put this beautiful tree for the Christmas village. 🎄 together. There's another person on youtube with a similar tree (cindy) and she won't share anything other than stating she used plywood and a fake tree. Wishing you all a wonderful, safe and healthy holiday season 😊
Thank you for the kind comment. Hope you have a great holiday season as well.
Loved this! Wanting to build my Grandma one and this helps a lot!
Thank you! Good luck with your tree.
omg yes! I need to build this. Wonderful!
Thank you!
Finished mine.and came out excellent. Thank you again.
Congratulations! Can you send me a pic? kcmeacham3@gmail.com
I think you did an absolutely wonderful job I've been trying for a year to get one made and now I can go by this thank you so much.
Thanks Roxanne. There may be an easier way out there to build one....I was building as I went. Thanks for watching!
Great, complete, and easy to follow instructions! Thank you so much. I'm in the middle of building it now.
Started mine today. Gives me enough time if i need to re do it again. Thank you!
Good luck Alex. Hope it turns out okay.
Thankyou for explaining how to make it I'm thinking of doing one yours is absolutely stunnning
Thank you Christine!
Extremely informative. This is exactly what I’m wanting to do. Thankfully, my husband can build anything! I’ll be using your tutorial! Thank you!
You're very welcome. Please feel free to modify it as you go. Thanks for watching!
You did such a great job explaining this! Thank you!
You're welcome Eva. Thanks for watching.
This the best video ever explain all thanks
You're very welcome!
Th for sharing very nice
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. Merry Christmas!
Great how to! the wife "saw a picture somewhere" & I magically had a project to build thanks saved me a lot of time & swearing
I did all of that for you ;)
@@kelly806 I know it's not true but ill take it
absolutely beautiful, im going to try it myself. real good instruction. well done
Thank you very much!
Finished 2 weeks ago, its beautiful. Ive sent you a picture on the email you posted on another comment. Thank you.
@@cressharper1691 Thanks Cress! Glad it turned out good for you. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for this! God bless you and Merry Christmas
❤️Simply. Awesome.
Thank you!
Very impressed and beautiful, I would like to build one for my daughter. Thanks for sharing from Toronto.
You are very welcome! Thanks for the comment.
Perfect instructional video, thank you so very much
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thank you good so informative Sir much appreciated. Blessings
You're welcome Ebony. Thanks for the kind words. Have a blessed day.
I built a 6 level tree and cut all the circles out of a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood with a 36" base decreasing by 5"s on each level. Saves the cost of a sheet of plywood in 2021...lol. Same 4 x 4 center post also.
This year, I want Santa to bring me lumber :)
@@kelly806 I quoted a customer $120 for a 6 level tree and she was good with that.
@@everchevy Thats a very good price in today's lumber market.
I think you did an outstanding job I wanna do one next year. Not a criticism but a suggestion how about putting the base of the tree on a rotating disc so we can see the tree rotate. 🎄🎊🎉👌🏼👍🏻
We had thought about that, but didn't have the electrical tools for that. I would suggest putting felt pads on the bottom of the legs. Makes moving it around when you're decorating it a little easier on a hardwood floor.
I am pleased to have found your video and instructions. It was enough for me to make one almost identical to yours! Would love to send you a picture of ours we just finished decorating for this year but don’t know how to send one to you. Thank you for your work and inspiration!
You are very welcome! Thank you so much for the comments. You can send me a picture at: kcmeacham3@gmail.com. I would love to see it. Merry Christmas!
Hi Kelly, used your description for building an advence Calender. It is awesome. Can I send you a picture of it?
Many thanks for your great idea.
Stefan
Thank for explaining it in such detail
You're welcome. Hope it helped.
This great, I'm making one for my wife and i got a lot of your good Ideas,i was trying to use a round pole but square is much more stable, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Rene. I'd like to see it when you're finished.
@@kelly806 you got it man, I'll post some pics, thanks again!
@@ReneMartinez-kl5lg Looking forward to seeing them!
I absolutely love this I had thought about going this route before I put my Christmas village up on the dining room table which we never use but I wasn’t sure how to change the sizes of the disc and so forth so your video has really helped with that but quick question I’m wondering if and how I would go about making the lights for each individual house how I would run that down the pole and so forth I thought about taking some thing to wrap around the pole to hide all of the extension cords for the houses the Christmas village is my fathers he had a massive one he passed away at the beginning of this year so I really wanted to have some thing of his in our home for Christmas
I'm so sorry to hear about your father. I lost mine in 94. Still miss him. To help you on your question about the lights...I've used a strand of Christmas tree lights to illuminate our houses. The old fashioned lights with the screw in bulbs works best. With those you can put a bulb where you want it and not light the entire strand. Hope that helps.
This is exactly what iv been drawning in my head for over a year! It's gorgeous! Can you take this apart after each time? So I can move it myself!
Yes you can. Someone had suggested using those metal shelf brackets to hold the disk's in place instead of the wooden pieces I made. That will really help in putting the tree up an taking it down.
@@kelly806 great thank you so much!
@@haleyreeves7192 You're very welcome.
Just wanted to let you you know that I got my tree all finished last night and because of your video it turned out 100 times been then I could imagined! I did end up using bolts and nuts to the base so the screws wouldn't waller out over time when I take it apart every time!!
@@haleyreeves7192 Congrats!!!! Hope you get many years of enjoyment from the tree. I'm pulling ours out of storage tomorrow,,,wish me luck.
Thank you, this tutorial was amazing! I'll be building one this year. :)
You're welcome. Good luck!
Great tutorial. I'm done cutting everything. Just have to put it together. Do the 2x6 stick out of the 36" disc? Also can you confirm on the 2x6 that it is 19 and not 9 where the taper starts? I did at 19 and the angle doesn't look like yours. Thanks
Good catch on the 2x6. I watched the video, and I was wrong on that measurement. It is 9 and not 19. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Wow…glad I checked back for the comments as I had the same concern as I was marking the 2x6 and getting ready to cut! 9 makes much better sense!
Thank you so much. I appreciate it so much your the only video I found that explain which such detail. I better get to work. I think I can make it. Again thanks a bunch. Which I could give you dome homemade Christmas tamales for this.
You are most welcome. And, I'll look for tamales under the tree this year :) Thanks for watching and commenting. P.S. You have plenty of time...I built this one in a few hours.
I am building my post hollow and adding a receptacle at each disk.
Great idea. Could you send me a pic when you're finished? My e-mail is : kcmeacham3@gmail.com.
Thanks for the advice
You're welcome. Merry Christmas!
I love it, thank you for sharing. I wanted to do it myself but I don’t know what tools needed to build this? I have no tools at the moment.
You're welcome Melanie! I used a drill and a jig saw. You might be able to rent those at Home Depot or, check around where you live for a tool rental store.
This is awesome , thanks so much!
You're welcome! Merry Christmas!
Wow, it's been in my "wish list" for a few years. I asked a guy to do it and he quoted me $350 😔
So, this year I decided to do myself! I was looking for instructions and thanks to you 🙏, now I know what to do.
I love your tip on how to measure each circle and the center. Love it.
One question if I might. I would like the bottom at 42", how many sheets of plywood do you think I might need.
Thank you for such clear explanation and tips.
Be safe and have a wonderful healthy Holiday Season 🎄
You're very welcome! You'd probably need extra sheet just to be on the safe side. Good luck building your tree.
There's plans on Etsy that are super easy to follow. Thanks for your video.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Mr. Meacham.
You are very welcome Rumel.
Thank you very much for this. I have a lovely Christmas Village set I usually spread over my sideboards but wanted the tree ever since I saw the image that went around Facebook last year.
Covid is going to stop me getting the supplies this year but with your wonderful tutorial, I'll be able to take my time through the summer making it.
Your instructions are spot on thank you.
Can I just ask how you store it please? Do you just unscrew and take it apart each year?
Would that make the screw holes weak over time?
Best wishes
Karen
Hello Karen. Thanks for taking time to watch and comment. Yes, I just take it apart and store it flat. If you'd like, you could place some blocks of wood between the discs to keep them from touching each other. As far as the screw holes weakening, they shouldn't weaken by using them once or twice a year.
Thank you!
You're most welcome.
For the support of the disks...would you recommend the 2x2 or would metal L brackets work?
Hey Jennifer. You can use the metal brackets as long as they are long enough to support the weight of the disk and whatever you're putting on it. Thanks for the question!
thanks sorry for your lost as well I thought about the light strand to use to light up the houses but wondering how I would hide all the wires
I'm going to put mine under the "snow". May cut a sheet to lay on top of each disk, then sprinkle the snow on top of that. Instead of attaching the lights to the underside of each disk, you could just lay them on the top of each disk (where your houses will be) and run the wire own the post to the bottom. You can hide the wire behind the post.
When you do a welded version, please post!
I sure will. I'll more than likely attempt a welded tree when it gets warmer outdoors :) Thanks for watching!
This is great but how on earth so you store it? Isn’t there a way to make it collapsible?
Hello Paul. We store ours in an outbuilding on our property. You could make it collapsable, but it would weigh a ton when you tried to move it. As soon as I can slow down a little, I want to build a lighter version. Thanks for watching, and for the question.
When showing how to do the 36" circle once you have the squre why don't go from corner to corner to find the centre
You can, if you have a 36" square, but this is the way I chose to find the center.
Thank you thank you
You are welcome Debbie. Merry Christmas!
Never ask the wife's opinion in the middle of the build because she'll throw a Monkey wrench in the middle, now she wants another shelf and I have to figure out how to fit it proportionally and aesthetically in between, man I tell ya!
You should have built this after she went to bed.
holy cow!
:)
Love it
Thanks!
What size screws do you use?
I used 2-1/2 to 3 inch deck screws.
We wanted to make the shelves removable and adjustable so we added a metal adjustable shelf strip channel on the four sides to mount shelf brackets and made the center square bigger to accommodate it
Thats a great idea. I like to hear how folks have improved this design. Merry Christmas from Alabama!
Can it be disassemble and reassemble to put away in storage or do you leave it up all year round?
Yes. We put ours together with deck screws so it can be taken apart and stored.
Thank you so much for the guidelines. Very clear. I wondered if you have ever thought of making this in a way that you could take it apart easily for storage. Also how many houses does this hold. I actually got 35 beautiful houses that a neighbor was throwing away so my daughters in laws are interested in having one too
I am so sorry that I'm just seeing your reply. UA-cam doesn't do that great of a job notifying me when someone comments on my videos. To answer your questions....I do want to build another that is easier to take apart and store. I had thought of making the disc's out of thinner plywood and making them to hinge where they could be folded in half for storage. I also do some welding and thought of fabricating a metal stand. That would be as strong but very light. As far as houses, I'm not really sure. I guess it would depend on the size of the houses. The ones we uses are fairly large...and we can put around 25 or so and have room for more. Again, so sorry for the late reply. Hope this answered your questions.
How do you disassemble to put away for the year?
I just reverse assembly and store it in a stack. I really want to come up with a more portable way of storing...but it would involve metal fabrication, and that isn't something a lot of people are able to do.
Hi, can this be made to be able to dismantle after using for storage? Thank you!
Yes it can. You may want to "modify" your build just a little. If I had to do it over....I would have painted the wood instead of using spray snow. Cleaner to handle when taking apart and storing.
What size are ur boards
The plywood disc's are 5/8" plywood, the base is 2x6 pine, and the smaller pieces that hold the disc's are 2x2"
Great instructional. Did you use a jigsaw or router to cut the disks?
I used a jigsaw.
Kelly Meacham ok thanks!
@@tomjohnson9007 You're very welcome.
I love your idea but I do not have the tools to build it. wish I could afford to order one from you and ship to me in Indiana.
The material doesn't cost much...shipping might get you though. I think it weighs close to 50 pounds.
Kelly, how long are the 2x2's? And will you please check your measurements for the base? I'm confused.
The 2x2's can be whatever you'd feel comfortable with. They do need to be long enough to keep the disc they are supporting from "tipping". I realized I was sort of foggy describing the base....The length of the 2x6 was inches. Measure 19 from the top side that will be against the post...then taper it down to the end. I'm sorry about that glitch.
I followed his directions and it turned out so beautiful I wish I could send a picture!
@@donnalittle3443 Thanks Donna.
Las medidas son en centímetros o pulgadas??
Pulgadas.
Where are you located?
Alabama.
Thank you for the ideas. Very informative. You did an outstanding job. Building mine ask I send this message.
Thank you very much! Good luck with your tree. Merry Christmas!