More photos here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8xh_vYlWT0
Rhizome Pruning Tool
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Rhizome Pruning Tool
Just Finished this afternoon. Worked great on some cedar roots. Now if I can grow enough bamboo to need it!
More photos here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8xh_vYlWT0
More photos here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8xh_vYlWT0
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David
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Re: Rhizome Pruning Tool
Hey Matt, that's awesome! Give us the specs.
David Arnold
Middle Tennessee Bamboo Farm
USDA zone 6b
Middle Tennessee Bamboo Farm
USDA zone 6b
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bambambooboo
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Re: Rhizome Pruning Tool
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Re: Rhizome Pruning Tool
That is one scary dude. 
David, It is made from a 1.5" scrap of some kind of tool steel from a plant that used wear resistant steel in building mining machinery. Was in my scrap pile intended to be part of a sculpture someday. It was a straight taper,the trick was heating and bending especially on the wider end. Dimensionally it is 1.5" thick around 2" at the narrow end about 4" wide at the wide end and about 6.5" where the angle cut welds to the base. Around 2' from base to tip. It may prove to be a little too long but shortening if it needs it would be easier than lengthening. I'll need to use it some more to determine if design changes will be required. The base and tip are near parallel and vertical penetration is only about 13" when level coming to me, so I think the extra length really isn't costing much leverage. Rough torch cut to bevel the leading edge may have a saw effect.
Matt
David, It is made from a 1.5" scrap of some kind of tool steel from a plant that used wear resistant steel in building mining machinery. Was in my scrap pile intended to be part of a sculpture someday. It was a straight taper,the trick was heating and bending especially on the wider end. Dimensionally it is 1.5" thick around 2" at the narrow end about 4" wide at the wide end and about 6.5" where the angle cut welds to the base. Around 2' from base to tip. It may prove to be a little too long but shortening if it needs it would be easier than lengthening. I'll need to use it some more to determine if design changes will be required. The base and tip are near parallel and vertical penetration is only about 13" when level coming to me, so I think the extra length really isn't costing much leverage. Rough torch cut to bevel the leading edge may have a saw effect.
Matt