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IzzyG
Shohin
Yea, lowest local fabricator was quoting me 2500-3600 because of the custom sizing ;(
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Shohin
Cleaned out the last of the whorls on my $18 Costco azalea. Next spring it goes in some kanuma.
shohin_branches
Chumono
Potted up my rooted Ficus microcarpa 'green island' cuttings. There are still more in various jars around my house from the last time I trimmed up my trees.
I'm a compulsive propagator.
I'm a compulsive propagator.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Did not have enough accent plants. So when I was at a befriended potters house yesterday, I picked up some pots. Today, early morning, I put the first of several together: 
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Amazing trees.
PaulH
Omono
removed a bunch of branches and wired this two trunk lodgepole pine I collected in 2020.
Ruddigger
Omono
Wired out my azaleas.
Jbyrd8228
Seedling
So I'm new here and new to bonsai. I'm a few months in to my journey and I love it so far. I have been watching Mr. Peter Chan to try to get some basic knowledge. Anyway I got a Sergeant Juniper from a store and decide it was time to do my first from scratch bonsai. Don't know how I did but would like some feed back Please. I know that it is going to be a while before it fills in and I get what I hope for out of it.
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Ruddigger
Omono
Added some shari.
Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
Collected this massive Viburnum. Left it in the shade to recover. 
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Informal club workshop. I got advice on treating/fixing/hiding squirrel bites.
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Maiden69
Masterpiece
Retail would be more than that depending on the fabricator... I have sourced 18 ga 304 ss #8 which is mirror polished at around $1500 for a 4'x10' sheet. That bench guessing it is 2'x6' with 2' height will take 1 sheet not including the side pieces, if it is 18"x6' and 2' tall then one sheet could be made to work, but the round sides will throw off the material. So, $1500 not counting around 2-4 hrs to weld, and consumables... I used to charge $100 an hour plus materials, add overhead and you'll be looking at at least $2000 not counting the need to buy extra sheets for the shape. If they made them out of #4 stainless brushed polished, the 4x10 would be around $800 nowadays. Which would bring the price down. Buying 14 will bring the material price down a good bit.
@IzzyG where did you go? Overseas or a kitchen stainless fabricator? I stopped doing side jobs because the welding labor here pays dirt... There are guys who are trained to do the edge welding for stainless countertops at restaurants and structural work that are paid less than $25 an hour. I would never accept that for any alloy welding, stainless, aluminum, CrMo, titanium... Overseas with the right contacts would be the way to go IMO.
Today I chopped some extensions (I don't think they qualified as sacrifices yet) on two of the small JBP. And exposed root, and one that I still don't know which way to go, but I feel I will have to move into a pot if I decide to keep it as shohin. I think I am going to try to compress it a little more
And I am still not sure what to do with the mop or predator/alien nana in my JBP bed. It is in a colander, not on a pouch. Just sitting on top of the mulch. I think the humidity from the mulch water evaporating is helping it grow extra fast this year. Probably stake that long runner into something interesting and let it grow for a few more years.
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Did some pruning.
Took some branches off of this sacrifice leader on my Sitka spruce. Mostly to stop the low branches from getting shaded out.
Removed some whorls off this tiny JBP
Chopped a couple inches off of my lodgepole pine. To change the direction.
Took some branches off of this sacrifice leader on my Sitka spruce. Mostly to stop the low branches from getting shaded out.
Removed some whorls off this tiny JBP
Chopped a couple inches off of my lodgepole pine. To change the direction.
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bdmatt
Mame
Light pruning on a massive olive. Pictures don't do it justice.
IzzyG
Shohin
Yep overseas. I have another project going on so hitched a ride on the freight to keep costs low.
Uncrated and moved a bunch more benches. Not sure how I would redesign them since the current skeletal and wrap design still has each bench weighing like 170lbs each. The skid steer is able to move them but not nimble enough to get to the back of the structure so used the trusty old wagon.
