The video above show how to assemble an artificial
tree that comes in three or four sections that have pre-lit, hinged branches.
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| This is what a ten sided, artificial tree looks like after it has been successfully assembled. I have yet to add the top. I purchased this artificial tree from a Goodwill store, so, naturally, it did not come with directions. This tree did come with all of it's parts though: a stand, a large hoop, ten full branches that fit into one long metal trunk and a topper already assembled into one whole piece. All of these parts must be included with this kind of tree if it is to be put together properly. |
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| The individual branches look like this. Each comes with a large hook on one end. The hook is in the top right hand corner of the photo. |
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| A close up view of the ten hooks after these have been inserted at the top of the trunk's pole. |
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| Look closely, there are two sets of holes, one directly beneath the other for each hook to be inserted into. |
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| This is a side view of "how" your hooks should look after pushing them into the trunk. Remember to insert branches directly across from each other so that the tree will be equally balanced as you assemble it, especially if you don't have a second person to help you put it together. |
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| I have tightened the metal hoop at the bottom of the trunk by sliding the each metal disk towards the trunk. Do this before hooking in the branches. |
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| This pre-assembled, pre-lit, twig, Christmas tree stands in my kitchen. I usually decorate it with something natural. |
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| This is my German feather tree before I have assembled it. I keep it in it's original packing box. The stand is a hand-stenciled, hand-painted wooden block with a bored hole in the top. |
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| The feather tree is made from metal branches that are wrapped tightly with dyed, goose feathers. It is traditional to add a small paper berry at the tip of each feather tree branch as a simple embellishment. |
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| Here is the feather tree assembled. I will move it to my Welsh cupboard and decorate it with traditional glass ornaments. |
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| Natalie is assembling her artificial tree by inserting the legs into the base of her tree stand. |
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| One of her stand's legs has cracked. Don't bother to try and glue problems such as these. It is far better to wrap a cracked plastic leg with strapping tape than to use glue that won't bond the crack properly. Next year we may replace the stand altogether. |
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| With the kind of artificial tree, Natalie will need to presort the branches into piles of equal length before she begins to insert each limb into the holes provided around trunk. She will start at the bottom of the trunk, inserting the longest tree branches first as she works her way around and up the trunk. Some of artificial models come with their tips painted according to the order you must assemble them in. Unfortunately, Natalie must figure this procedure out by herself but, she is an expert after having assembled and decorated many of the trees in our home for five years. |
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| Here is a close-up view of her artificial tree's trunk. This model is by far more common than the one I purchased recently from the Goodwill. |
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| My oldest daughter is now ready to insert the individual branches by hand, into each small hole. She works her way around the trunk carefully before moving onto the next level of shorter limbs.  After stringing lights, Natalie is now ready add her ornaments. |
