Laser Cut Christmas Tree

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This is the tree I designed for the UW CoMotion office. It was designed to be laser cut on an 18x24" 3mm wood sheet. Assembly instructions: Cut three of each PDF. The ornament holders (optional) are the moustache-shaped things. Those slide in horizontally to the slots and then rotate like a key. The circles with two inlets are for connecting the top and bottom pieces. There should be twelve total. The tiny one below those is for the very top of the tree. The large connecting discs (there should be nine) are for the bottom part of the "trunk" and the medium ones (six in total) go in the middle. I recommend starting with the bottom (larger pieces) of the tree. Make sure you are alternating between #1 and #2 so the garland pattern matches up. Take one bottom tree piece and slide the connecting trunk circles in starting from the bottom. Once all the slots are filled, slide another bottom tree piece into the next available slot in the connecting circle. Repeat until all six bottom pieces are installed around the center connecting circles. Then build the top half separately following the same methodology. Next, take the connecting circles with the two notches and connect one of their notches to the vertical notches on the bottom tree part. Gently slide the top piece's corresponding notches into the connectors and you're all done!