Making a Chinese Rock Garden: Assemble Rake

Video Transcript

"Alright, now we're going to start off and we're going to assemble our rake so that it's got enough time to dry. So, we're going to take our wooden dowel, which I've taken here, and you're going to want to break a piece off, so I went ahead and broke a piece off here. And this is going to be the base of our rake, and this is going to be the head of our rake. So, you're going to take this flat end you have here, and your glue gun, and you're going to place a bead of glue onto that flat end, and then holding the head of your rake, just slide that right on there and push the base into the head. And just hold those two together. Give it a good ten seconds to dry. You want that to be nice and cool with that glue gun. I don't recommend using an epoxy glue. You want something that's nice and firm. And a hot glue gun is going to be your best bet when making the rake. Now, once that's on there and dry, you can start putting on your teeth. You can use toothpicks. I'm using, actually, the teeth of little plastic forks. We're going to repeat the process. You're going to put a dab of glue right on the head of your rake, and you're just going to slide that tooth into there. And you're going to hold it and allow it to dry. And repeat that process for all of your teeth going across. And then, your rake is complete. The second tooth. "