Neander grafting

3/18/05, 7:37 PM #1

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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Neander grafting

bill tindall

>Helped out at a tree grafting class. To get a good graft the joining twigs are sliced at about 30 degrees to the twig axis (scarf joint).(there are other cuts made to lock the scarf, and tape to hold it all together) These cuts must be flat or the twigs will not make a good joint. Unless I practice some I tend to slice these cuts less than flat. Block plane to the rescue! My little wooden block plane planed the angled cut nice and flat and the wood sole does not leave anything on the cut that would interfer with the cells joining.

Re: Neander grafting

3/18/05, 8:15 PM #2

Eric Hedberg
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Or whoda thought *LINK*

Eric Hedberg

>the green thumbs at the Lee Valley gardening branch would come up with this. Wait a minute..... that looks familiar:-) Eric

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=10254&cat=2,42706,40719&ap=1

Re: Neander grafting

3/18/05, 10:17 PM #3

William Duffield, on the Cohansey
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William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>I got one of those. What Rob needs to do is place their new pencil sharpener that you attach to your eggbeater or evilectric dril,l right next to the Plugger in both of their catalogs. It's a lot easier to carry around to the garden or a jobsite than a traditional pencil sharpener.

You have to watch out for the Plugger (not a a problem in trees, but in furniture), because it is really easy to go right through a door or face frame with it and out the finished side :^( It helps to grind some off the end of the bit. Also, I prefer using regular dowels to their (appropriately named) leadless pencils, because the cedar they're made from is a bit soft for holding screws well. Also, I prefer a VixBit for drilling the new screw hole, even though it takes another step, because it automatically aligns the screw with the hinge.

Neander grafting

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