Modelling Hobby

In a general sense, the craft consisting prototyping, using various manuals, which have the function of acting as a "model" for industrial production. These models are typically used to obtain a mold. The figure of the craftsman modeler is disappearing, replaced by machines that can be provided a numerical model from a CAD system.

  

Modelling  Hobby

The models in a common sense, is also a building consisting hobby and eventually direct (dynamic modeling) miniature reproductions of machines, people or buildings. Originally from the practice of certain craftsmen of centuries past, especially furniture, to build small-scale examples of their products, and to show them to your customers without actually building them before receiving the order.

The modelling as a hobby can be divided into:

Dynamic:

• Scale models that move and direct remote control as aircraft and vehicles. Here fans seeking maneuver in the most skilful the model and achieve maximum control develop the device.

Static:

• Scale Models in great detail whose purpose is to observe them without moving. For amateur or professional plastic modelling each model represents a "museum piece" creating their own private collections that can have various themes: historical warmongering, civil engineering, science fiction, etc.. Here fans seeking to represent the most realistic level possible of the original model. By the latter is incorrect to consider as toys static scale models

Rookery Modelling :

The main rookery modelling as a hobby and the most common models are:

• Model Railway: Trains with movement to realistically detailed scenarios
• Aeromodelling: Aircraft and other devices capable of flight by a remotely controlled motor
• Automodelling: Vehicles and other ground motion artifacts by a remotely controlled motor
• Marine Modelling: Boats and other navigation devices capable of remote controlled motorized water
• Amateur Rocketry: Rocket launch capable

Static or static models:

• Civil and military aviation propeller planes, jets, helicopters and other artifacts
• Military vehicles, tanks and various weapons
• Naval and civilian models as sail boats, aircraft carriers, destroyers, patrol, merchant ships and submarines
• Civil and racing cars

Electric Trains : Power and Control Systems

Traditional Control

Since the beginning of the electric trains, the train speed is controlled by varying the voltage present on the track, of which the motors of the same take their supply. There are two main systems: The Call of two lanes, DC, and three-lane, alternating current.

The two-lane system and feeds a DC locomotives and wagons for one lane and returns on the other. Lanes have therefore polarity. Varying this polarity is achieved reverse the direction of travel.

Three rail system uses alternating current fed by the traffic lanes on one side and has a third central rail, including for return. Since the alternating current has no constant polarity to reverse the direction of movement is sent to the locomotive an overvoltage of approximately 20 to 24 volts which activates a mechanical or electronic mechanism for investment.

The locomotives of two lanes and three lanes are not compatible. The cars can be, according to the following rules:

Wagons with three lanes making way making two work if the wheels are isolated and do not carry any power outlet for lights, etc..

The cars of two lanes in three ways always work, but if they are equipped with lighting, it will not work.

Electronic control

A mid-90s, began to popularize based control systems in electronics and now has gone to using microcontrollers. This system has been largely standardized by the NMRA (North American Model Railways Association, or American association model railroad). Standardized systems receive the generic name of DCC (Digital Command Control). The system requires that the locomotives are installed an electronic circuit capable of driving the motor or accessories (lights, smoke generators, etc.) According to the digital commands received by the satellite by electronic circuits. The circuit is called locomotive decoder, and the installing operation is often called "scanning".

DCC systems also exist in two-and three lanes. Unlike traditional systems, the type of current flowing through the pathway may be the same in both cases. Actually systems two and three traditional lanes each had its advantages in the way of moving the compositions of different modes on the same circuit. Digital systems take individual control by microcomputer, regardless of the power system.

Regarding traditional control system, DCC control has the following advantages:

• You can control independently several locomotives on the same track, very close to each other.
• Locomotives and wagons can keep your headlights and other accessories while in detention, and its intensity does not vary with speed.
• You can also control other accessories such as turnouts, hookers, etc..
• Allows other gaming possibilities as functional cranes and other electrical accessories powered by the same source as the railroad.

The drawbacks of the system to the traditional DCC are:

• Need to digitize all locomotives, something especially difficult to locomotives old or smaller scales.
• Increased complexity for understanding its operation and for operation.

Electric Train Hobby

The electric train is a miniature railway which serves as a toy for children and as a hobby for the elderly. Its origins date back to the late nineteenth century in line with the appearance of ingenious toys apply innovative technologies, which are designed a small train made of sheet iron and driven by an electric motor.

It must be remembered that the railway had become not only the basic media at the time, but in a vehicle that evoked passionate adventures and stories to adults and children.

SCALES: 

At the initial scale of the invention was called "1" and the second scale, smaller, "0", which represents 1/48 of the natural scale.

After the Second World War in Germany scarce iron, so that manufacturers of electric trains, which had emerged some time, they had at their disposal sufficient feedstock to resume production and increase it as the expected market demand. That's how we created a new scale, the size was exactly half of the scale "0", and was called "H0" (German Halb = half). This scale has remained until today as the most popular among all existing, allowing manufacture locomotives, wagons and accessories with all kinds of detail, without occupying much space train.

There are also smaller scales, but in those cases you lose detail in the elements making up the railroad. The advantage of the small scales is that fit in the same space more rails.

On the other hand, are made large scale railways again, like the beginning, with which fans get a very detailed reproduction of locomotives and wagons. Some of the brands that manufacture these scales trains have weather-proof models, allowing circuits and riding trains to circulate outdoor even when it rains.

Constructions Hobby : How to build a wooden house

How to build a wooden house

 

Constructions Hobby : How to build a wooden house 

Wood is a natural material with the timeless beauty. Easy to shape, versatile when specially treated, resistant to the ravages of time. Even today, in some countries is used for the construction of housing; perhaps have changed the materials, but the guidelines are always the same. In this guide, we see how to build a wooden house for children.

Those of us who, as a child, has not dreamed at least once to have a small house, where we can take refuge and play in peace? Today, this type of game has become fashionable is no accident for sale we can find many models of houses, constructed using different materials. It comes in cardboard, plastic and fabric, but for all those who juggle a bit with the DIY, the greatest satisfaction is definitely the one to build it with his own hands.

Let us see what are the steps to take to achieve it.

To achieve this cabin, the boards to be used more indicated are interlocking: in this way, when you go to build the windows, you will not need to create the frame for support, as a push and two screws on each side will suffice to keep them joined together. Other material: wood screws 6 mm, mounting brackets, 5 square 5 x 5, with relative jigsaw blades wood.

First step will be to find a quiet place where to build the house should not be too secluded, in order to keep an eye on the kids while they play.

Identified the place, we trace the land boundaries for the construction With the help of a pickaxe dig into the ground the sides of a square (the ideal measure could be 1.50 x 1.50) At the four sides of the square of the prepared holes, where they will then planted the support posts of the structure The application hole should be about 50 cm so that, once positioned the mast, be sure and steady throughout the hotel and takes well anchored to the ground Make sure that the poles are well straight, to avoid compromising the building during assembly (to do this, help you with a level) Before planting the supports into the ground, have the foresight to pass a coat of liquid tar in the part that will be placed in the ground, for prevent moisture from ruining Let us now assemble the walls Pinned the axis length of 1.50 to 15 cm in height from pole to pole on the back of the house, so close them to fully realize the windows on the sides, nailed boards whole up to a certain height Cut the remaining depending on the size of the window you want to accomplish other two axes to close them and attach them to the roof.

Before closing the fourth and final wall, we place on the ground floor of the house. For this you can use a sheet of plywood with a thickness of 4-5 cm. If you prefer, you can lie down on a piece of plastic material resistant to moisture. We arrived at the assembly of the roof. Take two strips with a thickness of 4 cm, cut sides to Spizzo and with the help of brackets secure them together. Again with the aid of brackets apply them on the front of the cabin. Repeat the process in the same manner, but this time arrange them in the back. For the covering of the roof matches the front of the house sbordando strips of 5 cm from the structure, nailed to the boards in a vertical leaving overhang length of 15 cm. Completed the construction of the roof we can even think to close the fourth wall, or one where the door will be placed. Place a square of wood about half of the revenue, and with the help of special brackets fasten both the bottom than at the top. With the metro, take the measurement from the quadriletto the support pole, cut the boards to size and inchiodatele.

To complete the closure, can choose whether to create a wooden door or to apply a curtain in cotton. Now the whole structure is finished, nothing remains but to pass one or more coats of protective varnish for wood and let dry.

How to build a shed wooden door

How to build a shed  wooden door

How to build a shed door wooden tools

Building a cabin is very useful to protect the gear and to give an appearance of order and cleanliness in our garden. It 's very simple build it then do not panic. Below I show you some instructions to achieve it with ease and in no time.

Constructed seven panels that will serve: to the floor, four walls and two panels for the tetto.Questi panels are constructed with joists fir 4 cm × 4 which are nailed to the beads by 14 mm or 20. I recommend you use the common beads from attic that can be easily found already 'pronte.L' inner gap between the frame and the beads can 'be used as a venue for laying the insulation.

How to build a shed door wooden tools

First, decide the measures of the wooden house (if the long side of over 3 meters and 'best that the frame is metal). If the side of the floor coincides with or exceeds 3 mt. and 'preferable to divide the same into two panels. For frames, stick to these simple rules: the floor, two of the four walls and pitched roof must be rectangular, while the other two sides must have the shape and the seat so that you can support the roof slopes.

Drill the holes for doors and windows's front and rear frames practiced right and left three through holes that come out on the beads, while, in the frames which form the sides, practiced the same holes in coincidence of the first on the side of the joist always right and left.

These holes serve to unite the frames by means of through bolts At this point impregnated panels of a color of your choice

Lay the panel on the ground floor and see to to level it. If you have opted for a floor with two panels to Provide accoppiarli.Prendete the rear end panel and side panel, add them at an angle by means of bolts through the holes that you have prepared earlier.

How to build a shed door wooden tools

Repeat with the other panels until the closure of the house. Your house and 'mounted. Next fit inside, using nails or screws, the roof panels with the door panel and the rear. nailed or screwed to the walls pavimento.Tagliate by the use of a cutter of the towel bitumen slated 80 mm more 'long roof panel.

Provide then to pierce through the nails short with large head. Started the operation of laying of the cloth always from the most 'low roof. Continue the operation until it covers the entire house. Ultimate work nailing the roof profiles and the profiles at the four corners of the house. The house is ready.

Weaving Hobby : Make a Little House for Dolls

How to make a little house for dolls

 Make a Little House for Dolls

The little house for dolls is a traditional toy, as old as the dolls that girls and Roman blinds already cradling in her arms. A miniature house has something magical for children. And to arouse his charm, the cottage must be accurate in all its details, both inside and with regard to outdoor decoration. The house is characterized by a rather sharp triangular wall, home to the second floor and an overhang of the first floor on the ground floor, supported by corbels. It has the advantage of being picturesque, decorative and easy to build. In this guide, we will see how to build a house for dolls.

Structure. 

This little house for dolls is made with a plywood 9 mm thick (for the external walls, the support and the roof). The bottom and interior partitions are made of plywood 6 mm thick. This realization is, above all, an exercise in tracing cutting the plywood. All the parts that form the house are glued with glue Acetovinylic reinforced with nails round head. The finish of the facade requires the use of pieces of wood to be glued on the front to represent the same support brackets of the boss, the floorboards and window frames. Use small moldings of pine or balsa wood. The glasses are made of Plexiglas and cut with the cutter. Pay close attention to detail, to the chimney, flue are small strips of white wood, cut and pasted, and the staircase, the steps of which are made up of chopsticks with a triangular section, glued on a tablet of plywood. Cutting pattern. Made a path accurately and precisely with a graduated ruler and a pencil. The shaped cuts are made with a jig saw blade from thin. Instead of the jigsaw, you could also use a hacksaw to saw.

Ground floor. 

The partitions are assembled on the bottom and the base using glue and reinforced with nails round head. The chimney flue is simply glued on the bottom with the glue Acetovinylic. Attacked and boarded the partitions on the bottom and on the media. When nailing, be careful not to fessurare the exposed face of the plywood. Planted in the center of the nail edge (it is best to smooth out the tip with a hammer). The first-floor walls are glued and nailed on the floor and on the bottom. Resting on the walls and the ceiling, at the same time, installed the central partition, which supports it. The walls, the partition, the ceiling are nailed and glued in the same way. The walls are nailed from below, under the overhang. The ceiling, nailed on the outside walls and on the bottom, in order to keep the center position the central partition. Roof and stairs. To increase the robustness of the angle of the roof, fit three corner brackets and a ceiling. The scale is formed by a tablet of plywood 4 mm on which will paste the steps. Place the gabled roof on the front wall of the fund, with reinforcing rods to the three triangular corners. The edges of the ceiling must be cut at an angle. For scale, the steps cut from a rod of triangular shape.

Front upper and lower face Glue and nail the pieces on the top of the façade. Cut angled edges before assembling them at the same level on the opposite side The front can be removed to allow you to discover the interior of the house Because of the projection, the upper part must include a part of the walls, floors and roof Assemble these pieces as suggested previously, so that they fit to the opposite part The lower part of the facade is fixed under the overhang Try to center it with precision cut in the bottom to accommodate the uprights The lower part of the facade is glued and nailed on top and reinforced with wooden brackets designed to represent the shelves of overhang Cut them down in order to accommodate the uprights of wood.

Finishes. 

The walls between the windows of the façade are painted white. Leave space for gluing so that the glue will hold. The rods of pine or balsa intended to represent the coating of wood are cut into the right size and glued. Paint the facades and the roof with non-toxic colors. Glue the Plexiglas and paint the squares. Also paint the tiles, the fireplace and the door. Cut and paste the woodwork before decorating the interior.

Weaving Hobby :Create Objects in Timber-Woven

How to create objects in timber-woven

How to create objects in timber-woven

Weaving of simple wood veneers, you can create many different objects. From the booth to the baskets, the boxes, the trays. From the children's room to the kitchen, these creations can decorate your home.

The wood veneers, the thickness of a millimeter, are flexible and practical, as well as easy to weave by hand, without the need to use tools. You can find in any store "do it yourself", or in shops timber. They are found in sheets of 30 cm wide and about 2 feet long.

First derived from your sheet of veneer strips. Select the width according to the objects that you need to perform more subtle texture for a more "dense" or for smaller items, larger for larger objects, such as boxes or booths for children's games. Cut them out with the aid of a hobby knife and a metal line.

Use a wooden floor as the base in a corner Attach two strips, in a manner perpendicular to each other, and lock it with a clamp.

Begin to weave together all the strips, passing them once above and one below the other strips When you have finished braiding, remove the work from the plan.

Trimmed the ends with the large paper scissors, or with a hacksaw for veneers. At this point you can use your mat to create objects. To realize a tray, for example, glue the mat cut to a taper on a panel in masonite. Cut four strips of the length of the edges of the panel and intagliateli so that they can slide and paste in the panel. Create the handles to be able to carry, then smoothed all the edges with sandpaper.

If you want to build a screen, create a frame by screwing and gluing together the strips, leaving them extend down to about 20 inches for the feet. Cut a strip of mat of appropriate size and simply mount it on the frame. Engaged between them the two frames with the hinges.

Another very practical idea is to use the mats to create placemats for American breakfast. Create a frame with the strips of wood and smussatene carefully so that the edges do not risk graffiarvi. Incollatevi the side of the mat below, cutting out any excess.

Weaving Hobby : How to Bind A Lid Wicker

How to Bind A Lid Wicker

How to Bind A Lid Wicker

This guide will teach you how to weave the threads with a wicker cover, which can be used for example to turn a simple basket in a basket, or place it over your fruit bowl because this is always cool and dry. In this case the handle is made with a piece of cork, but will be well also a knob of wood or a simple braided rope.

For the base of the lid, use eight uprights midollino of 60 cm. Open a corner helping you with a punch. Take these 4 pieces putting parallel and 4 others over them, at right angles. League around the cross obtained a weft yarn, pulling it well. Immerse so this part in a basin of water until the uprights will not become flexible. With a knitting needle push the plot towards the center after every round.

After 2 cm of interweaving three-wire, 16 appunti sci uprights wicker of 30 cm. Allargali with an awl. He still works for 2 cm with two strands of rattan, (if you want you can also use one of different colors to create a decoration), continuing to weave with three wires. Now you need to turn up the posts. To do this operation, during the processing with three wires, controls the size of the diameter of the lid, and when this will be wider than the edge of two turns, bends the uprights to the limit of the plot. Curve uprights and piegali right angle upwards.

To weave the edge, cut the three strands of plot and cominciane a new one with two wires each riser passes behind another on his left

Increase with an awl and push the pillar to the outside Tick the peaks of wicker with a pair of scissors Finally you have to make the handle: two pieces of knotted rope and thread the two peaks through the piece of cork Enlarge the plot with the awl and pass him the rope with a crochet hook, tying the two ends inside.

Basket Weaving Hobby

Basket Weaving Hobby

Basket Weaving Hobby

How to change the weft threads in baskets 

The baskets are very ancient art and belongs to several cultures, both Western and Eastern. In this guide I will explain how to change the weft threads while you are weaving an object. In this way, you can either change color to create decorative effects details, or even give greater dynamism to the whole changing material.

Steps:

When you see that the raffia begins to shrink more than the main plot, you have to cut the two tails to 5 inches apart. Provide then wrap a wire around a new mast and lavoralo together to queues that you previously cut. Do not include interweaving the old wires that are located inside of the work. Then changes the color of the weft thread main following the same procedure, but only on the initial upright.

If you want to get another effect, much more particularly, which is to move to weave from two to three weft yarns, add the thread indicated by the letter C in the drawing below to the right of the A and B wires to the initial upright. To do instead the inverse operation, ie switch from three to two strands of straw, dropping one of the wires inside the drum, cut and continue your braiding using two wires.

To change the color instead of the weft thread when you're already changing the wire, you will need to pay more attention because it is not an easy work begins by wrapping the wire around the pole of the new color initial and then rolls up the two colors together

Drop old color later in the basket and fill the newly inserted If during these grafts see that no wires are woven fine, bagnali well with warm water to soften them.

Roller Hockey Hobby

Roller Hockey Hobby

Roller Hockey Hobby

The hockey or roller hockey skate is a sport activity that is played between 2 teams and 5 players (a goalkeeper and four players), with two goals, in a field enclosed by a fence with a rounded corners or peak shape. All players, move through 4-wheel skates with a brake (parallel) and use a stick or crooked or wooden stick curved to drive a rubber ball with compressed cork.

Roller Hockey Hobby

Game components and equipment :

It is often used combined tracksuit pants with a shirt that allows comfort in motion, sometimes served underwear for comfort or clothing the team

The stick :

The characteristics of the hockey stick (including the goalkeeper), will have to comply with the following conditions:

• Extension of Chueca or "stick", measured on the outside of the curvature:

a) Maximum length 115 cm

b) Minimum length 90 cm.

• All the crooked or "sticks" must be able to pass through a ring of 5 cm in diameter. The weight of each Chueca or "stick" may not exceed 500 grams.
• The "stick", (including the goalkeeper) must be made of plastic , wood or other materials. You must have a prior approval from the International  Rink-Hockey Committee
• No "stick" can be made of metal. It authorized advertising placement adhesive tape, from the top of its curvature
• The bottom of the stick (also called "shovel") must have both sides completely flat.

The ball :

The game ball will weigh 155 grams and must be perfectly spherical, with a perimeter of 23 centimeters.

The ball should have a single predominant color, this may be variable (preferably black or orange), which will be contrasted with:

• The color of the floor of the rink.
• The color of the lines marking the rink.
• The color of the existing boards in the rink.

In all competitions "Official" permitted use "balls" officially approved by the International Rink-Hockey Committee.

In case of discrepancy between the Captains of the teams in the "culling of the ball" the arbitrators chosen which has been approved officially.

Whenever a game is broadcast on television, Organizing entity, with the approval of the International Rink-Hockey Committee, shall have the power to impose the color of the ball.

Roller Hockey Hobby

Skates :

The movement of the players is done by four-wheel skates parallel, correspondingly approved for competition. The skates are elements of leather or plastic depending on the manufacturer, it must pass a rigorous quality control to be approved.

 

Protections :

For players: they allow gloves, shin guards, elbow, shell or "egg cup" and kneepads.

To gatekeepers: helmet, gloves and guards * (are protections for legs), chest and thighs protections, elbow pads and protective collar. 

Skating Hobby

Skating Hobby

 

The skates for figure skating are usually white and the heel is wooden.
It takes place on an ice surface, whether natural or artificial. In the case of artificial surface, are used indoors called flags or ice palaces may have bleachers to accommodate various sports competitions skating specialties. In recent times the calls are becoming popular tracks "synthetic ice". An area in which you can skate like any other, but that is not ice, but polyethylene, a type of durable plastic. Since the advent of synthetic ice (also called ecological ice) in the 60s, its evolution has been dramatic, even to reach a 95% similarity with conventional ice. In addition, its use is rampant among many domestic courts, where power consumption is a major handicap. In this sense, the English Federation of Skating (National Ice Skating Association of UK) approved and recommends these tracks for use. Among the advantages of synthetic ice rinks is that assembly and maintenance are very cheap, as it requires no power consumption, to which must be added that talk of a 100% recyclable material.

Develops various ground surfaces, generally of asphalt, concrete, terrazzo floors, which in turn may have a surface layer of plastic material whereby the game becomes a game really difficult (polyurethane), (resin) synthetic, etc.). The skating (wheel) can develop in specific locations, such as tracks or circuits, or in unspecified locations enabled for the occasion (as with streets and roads in the distance events).

Roller skates can be of two types: the classic, also known as quad, which has four wheels arranged in pairs in two axes, and the (inline skate), which has a provision similar to ice skates, replacing the a guide blade for holding a variable number of wheels (three to five) placed one after the other. These wheels have a diameter varying between 43 and 110 mm, may be the case of guides designed to accommodate various sized wheels. In the early (2000) used a variant of clap skates that is currently unused.

Coin and Billetophilie Hobby _The History

Coin/ Numismatics

Numismatics (ancient Greek: νομισματική) is the scientific study of money and its history in all its forms. Although the coin is often categorized as studying coins, the discipline also includes a very large part of the study of the means of payment used to pay debts and the exchange of goods.

The Exonumia is the study of objects such as token coins and medals, and other objects used in place of legal currency or commemorations. The billetophilie is the study of paper money or banknotes. Scripophily is the study and collection of shares and bonds. Numismatics is an ancient discipline that dates back as far as Julius Caesar, often credited with writing the first book on numismatics. It can include the study of various aspects of coins, including history, geography, economics, metallurgy, use and manufacturing processes.

The 10 euro (10 €) is the second euro banknote in order of increasing value. Put into circulation in 2002, it is used by 332 million people in the 22 countries using the euro as the single currency (including 20 countries that have formally adopted).

It is the second smallest euro ticket, measuring 127 of 67 millimeters and red. It is a Romanesque arch on the front and a Romanesque architecture on the back (between the eleventh and twelfth century) bridge.

The 10 euro has many safety features, such as a watermark, ink ultraviolet, a hologram and micro-printing, which certify its authenticity. In March 2012, there were about 1.96 billion tickets 10 euros in circulation in the euro area.

Did you know?

Mount Burgess _ Ten Dollar Mountain

• Mount Burgess is called Ten Dollar Mountain because it has already been on the Canadian currency?
• the euro is the second currency in the world for transactions?
• the Gold Maple Leaf is the official gold coin of Canada?

Agriculture Hobby : Chinese Elm and Maple webbed

Agriculture Hobby :

Chinese Elm and Maple webbed

Chinese elm :

Chinese Elm

The Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) belongs to the genus Ulmus. This is an easy to use in the practice of bonsai, thanks to its strength which enables it to tolerate some kind of maintenance errors. The Chinese elm is also often recommended, as well as the Ficus retusa, for beginners.

Exposure :

Subtropical tree, he can spend the whole year in, provided you have a very good brightness and pass hiverdans an unheated room. However after a few years the tree may be exhausted. That is why it is recommended to go out during the summer and then let all year round outdoors. During the winter months it can be useful to protect the root ball of the gel with bubble wrap and leaves and place the tree in a cold greenhouse. Ensure all the same that the temperature does not fall below -5 ° C. In a few years, it will lose its leaves and acclimated in the fall.

Repotting :

Period potting extends from April to June The Chinese elm especially appreciate the akadama as substrate. Pruning about a third. Accompany potting a structure size to balance the root portion and the aerial part.

Note :

Allow the substrate surface between waterings in light rain. Spray the foliage occasionally if the bonsai is indoors.

Maple webbed

Maple webbed

The webbed or smooth Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is a maple native species of maple in Japan, Korea and northeast China. It belongs to the section Palmata classification of maple and is divided into three subspecies distinguishable by the shape of their leaves:

Small tree with leaves of 5 to 10 cm with 5-7 lobes, the top with a very sharp point and elongated, the margin of the sheets is double-toothed gear and. fruits have wings almost aligned. There exist more in 1000 cultivars listed

3 Maple subspecies webbed: from left to right, standard Acer palmatum, and amoenum matsumurae. The last Dissectum is a designation that subspecies. There are cultivars with red or green leaves in all subspecies.

• Acer palmatum palmatum
• Acer palmatum amoenum recognizable by its rounded lobes.
• Acer palmatum matsumurae recognizable to the depth of her slender lobes.


Description :
It is a monoecious tree of variable size (5-12 m), some cultivars grow less and look like small shrubs.

Maple webbed

Culture and use :

The Japanese Maple is widely grown by the Japanese, but it is also very popular with gardeners around the world. Due to a high degree of polymorphism, there are nearly a thousand cultivars of different subspecies with significant differences in the shape and color of the leaves, the texture and color of bark and size. Some varieties are often used for bonsai. In Japan, celebrates its transition to autumn colors (koyo) during demonstrations called Momijigari.

Bonsai as a hobby

Bonsai as a hobby

Bonsai as a hobby  

The most important factor that threads through human life is the average time that used by us. Time slicing and multi-tasking are not only to be efficient server features a local area network, but of every human being. Schedule time between tasks is what gives us the peace of mind you seek. Energizing We are the tasks that are at the center of our hearts, pulling on his chain to go ahead with the ups and downs of everyday life.

Hobby for anyone however busy or involved in critical services is an essential need that more often bypass. This is the enjoyment it gives us pleasure we seek. It is a hobby that can vary from a recipe for friends or family or gardening tends to absorb our negative or frustrations of our monotonous routines. We are filled with rejuvenating enthusiasm to keep fighting in life. Bonsai is an art by replicating nature creating miniature trees. It is a unique hobby and takes years just to get out of the brand.

Watering bonsai

Watering is an important step for the survival and development of bonsai it is outside, inside or orangery. The excess or lack of water is fatal.

No frequency is established, but an observation of the substrate and the tree can detect the right time.

Bonsai as a hobby 

Generic method

For watering bonsai, we often speak of "drench". Unrelated to a bowl or pot is put inside. It is watered by sprinkling (with a watering can with apple) from the top of the tree so that the water runs off the leaves before reaching the pot, and then flows through the drainage holes.

This method allows the cleaning of various leaves and prevents infestations (mites inside) harmful to the tree. Water only the substrate if the tree is in bloom. Avoid watering in full sun and too thoroughly.

Watering type substrate "soil" and equivalent bit draining

This type of substrate becomes hydrophobic when it lacks a bit of moisture. If it is kept constantly moist, the roots rot and the tree dies.

For mid-season (spring / fall) generic watering is usually sufficient. For summer, the dry soil quickly.

It should rehydrate putting the pot in a bowl and fill it without pour water on the ground, but around the bush. The water should flush the outer rim. Rehydration is finished when the water rises naturally into the pot. Take it out and drain. Resume normal watering until the next rehydration necessary. This method takes time. For a tree, it should, but as the number increases, the run time explodes.

Choose a draining substrate is important for the quality of irrigation and tree growth.

For example, 20 medium bonsai  (20-30cm high) in 100% compost requires two hours of watering. 40 same size bonsai in one-drained (pozzolan 90% + 10% soil) requires an hour.

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