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38 Bonsai basics

Additional tools

If you want to create deadwood features or do more detailed work,
a number of electric- or hand-carving tools and heavy-duty cutters
are available to help you perform more dramatic transformations.

Carving tools
It is often a challenge to create a natural-
looking deadwood feature: to get the best results,
use a combination of power and hand tools for
carving. Be careful when using power tools, and
always follow the grain to avoid leaving any
tool marks or telltale signs of
CARVING BITS
human intervention.

ROTARY TOOL A powerful
motor with a flexible shaft
helps you carve with speed
and flexibility. The
adaptable heads
allow you to
use a range
of bits

CHISELS Useful to remove or split wood,
they allow you to work in the direction of CARVING BITS
the grain to create a more natural finish
Available in different
sizes and shapes, bits
allow rapid or delicate
removal of wood
SCALPEL Specialized carving tool
designed for working on bonsai

KNIVES and other specialty carving
ROTARY TOOL A small tools allow you to remove wood in a
handheld rotary tool controlled and natural way
makes a good, inexpensive
starting point for carving
projects, although larger
bits are not compatible