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Photo 2 is the start of the new project. “Squire” cutter on the right, both of which, The basic carving, to get the “threads”
I had first thought to make some rough I used briefly to remove mass timber, are of wood along the length of the stand,
cuts with the bandsaw but the timber was shown in Photo 6. I should mention that was achieved using the Samurai and mini
too hard for my 14”, 1.5 hp machine, so I this project is being done entirely from Arbortech cutters. The mini Arbortech
started with two particular tools. First was a rough mental concept and developing cutter is about one third the thickness of the
a Samurai cutter mounted to an Arbortech progressively. There is no organized plan. Samurai cutter, so it is possible to get finer
mini grinder shaft and the second was an My very limited experience with the two detail both with curves and undercutting.
Arbortech Industrial cutter mounted to a previous root wood stands was a help. They are fairly aggressive cutters so care is
standard angle grinder. Because there is so much wood to remove needed. After that, it is down to the small
Photo 3 shows the Samurai cutter on to create these things, it seems prudent to Dremel use cutters and small Riffler type
the right with the Industrial cutter in use the easiest way to do it, depending on files. See Photo 9.
the middle. On the left in the photo is a the part of the stand to be worked on. To In working all this out, I had decided
Arbortech Mini Grinder that I used later open up hollows I use a drill, making holes on a particular front for the stand but
when I needed a thinner cutter than either as close as possible to each other so that I obviously to make it more usable, I had to
of the others. The industrial cutter is very can then use other bits to remove the wood pay attention to the reverse view as well,
fast and aggressive and you need gloves and connecting the holes to open up a larger to allow the stand to be used for a right or
other body cover when using this because space. See Photos 7 and 8 to get the idea. left direction bonsai. The basic shape of the
the waste timber shoots back with such I fixed the work piece in a vice or clamped platform is oval.
force that it stings and damages your skin. to a table when using the larger, more The larger cutters were used to remove
The first step for me was to remove all the aggressive cutters. When getting down to large amounts of wood where needed but
rough outer wood and get a basic outline the finer carving work with the small bits most of the work was done with the variety
shape as you see in Photos 4 and 5. An in a Dremel flex shaft, I worked mostly with of cutters and burrs shown in Photo 10
Arbortech Planer cutter on the left and a the work piece freehand. used in a Dremel flexible shaft. All of these

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