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wow--interesting

OK the question is, should the teeth come together and barely bypass then the stop and handle should contact--right??

no--its fully closed in the picture and is being stopped by the cutting jaws.

It is a new Koyo masters grade 14-inch root cutter--Koyo is not the most premium but I was hoping for a usable tool. I would assume the stop has to contact at closure.

Not heard of this ever successfully being done with larch.

Nice--the apex crown calls out to me to squat down and lean more right.

No teacher designs for me--the thought repulses me. Teachers, for me, are useful for learning technique, to learn from the analysis of their works but not the submission to their imposed designs (even if it maybe superior). I think workshops based on this have to go. I think they should be based...

Hack and grow--started from something runty and has been in the garden for many years. Was set back by borers one year.

Such a cool idea! I bet it is possible. Thanks!

the thought makes me tired

It's in my growing garden and has been for years, frozen solid being its 5 below out there.

Took a shot of a large inground larch that I am thinking of digging up come spring. Please contribute with design suggestions. Some options: kill off L trunk, save L trunk reduce to lowest point, remove everything on R except 2nd lowest thick branch, throw in brush chipper...etc etc.

Sweet set-up for sure. Dormancy work is no doubt a joy.

What a great and detailed explanation. the time commitment to this tree is huge.

My understanding is the acid treatment is on crystalline rock embedded with softer rock--this is what those Japanese rocks are usually composed of. The general shaping is because of the softer rock too. The acid treatment is a super duty ultra-caustic process. It only works with rock mixes like...

What a great job cultivating this amazing tree. Can you do a brief break down your seasonal chores that have brought it to this zenith??

Keep in mind, some, and maybe many, of the Japanese rocks that are dynamic have been roughed in with tools and acid treated. Hard rocks with great shape,dynamism and detail are rare, in my experiece. I think the best choice for native rocks will be very hard lava rocks--there are great deposits...

Dedicated cold storage building. http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?9427-Winter-setup-for-Minnesota&highlight=storage+facility

Thanks--the 20-40 stuff is way too fine I will check the #1963. I also have a line on a local supply of what is called "well pack", well drillers sometimes bed well tips in the stuff--we shall see.

I will check--we have masonry places for sure.

Sand seems to be graded in various ways. Horticultural sands premium coarse size usually is listed as # 12 ( US standard mesh # 12 ( 1.70 mm). Google searches for # 2 or # 3 swimming pool sand come up empty--swimming pool sand seems to be always very fine at # 20(.85 mm). Locally, where I am...

I suggest blowing off the asian pottery thing and it's whole gammit of baggage. Buy from the many up and coming or established bonsai potters right here where we live. I have Pots I commissioned from a local no name Potter in my town that are 30 years old, elegant and tough as nails. I have had...

Component for certain substrates used for bonsai plantings and for accents. 1mm-2.5mm

Looking for a Minnesota source for good graded filter sand. Need fine size from 1mm-2.5mm, we'll graded, usually referred to number 10 or number 14 or so.

Yes lower cut!