After reading webbers post and site, the twisty tree was kind of an accident.
I wonder if you could make your current M-Tree with major slack in lights and twist the base......
As long as top doesn't spin, why wouldn't it work?
Granted, this is coming from a guy who has never built his own M-tree....
but I have done the twist ![Kiss :-*](http://diylightanimation.com/Smileys/default/kiss.gif)