Taper tree arrives out of order
One can only hope it arrives on a rainy day with nothing pressing to do. The work is arduous but the rewards are great. Revlis is by far the most common case. A trained eye can spot a Revlis that is assembled out of order, from online photos. Even if assembled correctly for a listing photo, a Revlis invariably will arrive with some branches having popped out from the cardboard pallet base. The solution is a labor intensive sorting of the branches according to length. It can be exhausting work, darlings!
Coding the rod ends using incremental indicators is advisable. A number of methods can be employed to code these trees. The best solutions involve using a marker or indicator (such as a little rubber band) on the rod end that is removable or reversible.
Don’t forget to make a legend reflecting your coding.
The only known company to code their own taper trees is Carey-McFall:
