maverickheath
Mame
Ok guys my gf has got me a tool set and and dam there's a lot of tools can you help and tell me what they àre and use for?? I know the pruning scissors wire snips brush and the rake oh and the root prick
new bonsai tool help
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
That's the best tool!
Lol.
Nice set! You have more tools than many people here!
When I got my concave cutter....I made a goal to NOT use it.....cuz I need stuff to grow!
Keep em clean!
Sorce
whfarro
Chumono
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TG1QN3W/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_OiKiwb0E42E42
Welcome.
This is a short vid on bonsai tools
You'll find you will likely only use a few...Concave Cutter, pruning scissors, wire cutter, root rake...
Good luck.
Welcome.
This is a short vid on bonsai tools
You'll find you will likely only use a few...Concave Cutter, pruning scissors, wire cutter, root rake...
Good luck.
jk_lewis
Masterpiece
Starting from the left, then upper to lower:
1. wire cutters
2. jin pliers
3. knob;root cutter
4. concave cutter #1 (may be a round knob cutter)
5. large handled shears (almost useless for bonsai - OK for ikebana
6. concave cutter #2
7. soil rake
8. root hook
9. leaf cutter (for lack of a better name - also not too useful)
10 oil can for tools
11 branch/trunk bender (small)
12 whisk broom
13 slightly more useful shears for small branches
14 long handled scissors for work deeper into the tree
15 trunk splitter/root cutter - heavy duty
16 assorted small samples of wire - probably copper
You probably won't use most of these. I don't see any tweezers, tho fingers usually do just as well. And don't forget the most vital tool, the lowly chopstick.
You have a pretty nice gf. Hang on to her.
1. wire cutters
2. jin pliers
3. knob;root cutter
4. concave cutter #1 (may be a round knob cutter)
5. large handled shears (almost useless for bonsai - OK for ikebana
6. concave cutter #2
7. soil rake
8. root hook
9. leaf cutter (for lack of a better name - also not too useful)
10 oil can for tools
11 branch/trunk bender (small)
12 whisk broom
13 slightly more useful shears for small branches
14 long handled scissors for work deeper into the tree
15 trunk splitter/root cutter - heavy duty
16 assorted small samples of wire - probably copper
You probably won't use most of these. I don't see any tweezers, tho fingers usually do just as well. And don't forget the most vital tool, the lowly chopstick.
You have a pretty nice gf. Hang on to her.
DougB
Chumono
The best and most often tool is missing. A chop stick.
Nice set. Just learn the few basic tools and gradually add the more sophisticated ones.
Nice set. Just learn the few basic tools and gradually add the more sophisticated ones.
maverickheath
Mame
Thanks guys.
Whfarro that video didn't work
Whfarro that video didn't work
Cypress187
Masterpiece
Very cool, i should find me a girlfriend also.
Nice set.
It is missing four things I use often:
1) straight heavy duty tweezers. I use these for pulling needles, general clean up because they can reach inside the canopy without disturbing the branches, and for tweeking (detail positioning small wired branches), and various other tasks where they can reach and fingers cannot. I use these so much, I have 4 pairs! When I'm pulling JBP needles, the serrations can get clogged with pine sap, and they don't work so good. Rather than stopping work to clean them, I set the first pair aside to clean later, and use another pair. When done, I clean them all at once.
2) Bent tip tweezers. I use these for repotting. They're excellent for scraping old soil off the top of the root ball, and treading out feeder roots with minimal damage. Pull from the trunk out. Being bent, they don't grab and pull roots like a root hook does. Indispensable for potting.
3) Chopsticks. Very useful for all kinds of things. I save the ones they give you at Chinese Resaurants.
4). ARS scissors. These are inexpensive at around $25. I think ARS markets them as "grape cutters". There are two kinds: 4a) straight ones. Everyday scissors for cutting small branches, twigs, and buds. Easily sharpened. 4b) "bent" ones. These offset the handle a bit. Extremely useful when repotting to cut the bottoms of rootballs. You want the bottom of the rootball flat, and smooth. These allow you to trim it flat without your fingers getting in the way.
By the way, that wire looks useless. It's appears to be non-annealed copper. It will be very stiff. You want to use soft annealed copper in larger spools.
But, as I said, this is an excellent kit to start with and add to.
The girlfriend is a keeper!
It is missing four things I use often:
1) straight heavy duty tweezers. I use these for pulling needles, general clean up because they can reach inside the canopy without disturbing the branches, and for tweeking (detail positioning small wired branches), and various other tasks where they can reach and fingers cannot. I use these so much, I have 4 pairs! When I'm pulling JBP needles, the serrations can get clogged with pine sap, and they don't work so good. Rather than stopping work to clean them, I set the first pair aside to clean later, and use another pair. When done, I clean them all at once.
2) Bent tip tweezers. I use these for repotting. They're excellent for scraping old soil off the top of the root ball, and treading out feeder roots with minimal damage. Pull from the trunk out. Being bent, they don't grab and pull roots like a root hook does. Indispensable for potting.
3) Chopsticks. Very useful for all kinds of things. I save the ones they give you at Chinese Resaurants.
4). ARS scissors. These are inexpensive at around $25. I think ARS markets them as "grape cutters". There are two kinds: 4a) straight ones. Everyday scissors for cutting small branches, twigs, and buds. Easily sharpened. 4b) "bent" ones. These offset the handle a bit. Extremely useful when repotting to cut the bottoms of rootballs. You want the bottom of the rootball flat, and smooth. These allow you to trim it flat without your fingers getting in the way.
By the way, that wire looks useless. It's appears to be non-annealed copper. It will be very stiff. You want to use soft annealed copper in larger spools.
But, as I said, this is an excellent kit to start with and add to.
The girlfriend is a keeper!
whfarro
Chumono
Sorry, perhaps it has to do with Int'l restrictions as it works here in the States. It is one of many. A quick Google search should bring you several you can view in UK.
I'll see if I can locate another and post.
Regards,
Will
I'll see if I can locate another and post.
Regards,
Will
ghues
Omono
AdairM "The girlfriend is a keeper!"........................ditto
Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
Those tools are no good for you. Better ship them off to me!
maverickheath
Mame
Lol noooo .. Nice try
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
That girl is no good for you....
Better ship her off to me!
Sorce
Better ship her off to me!
Sorce
maverickheath
Mame
Cost to much in shipping lol
i bet that shippingcost is no match to the maintencance mine needs...
in japan they say "kane kui mushi" (money eating bug)
Leo in N E Illinois
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Nice set, most of the tools you will only use once in a while. I have over 25 trees, if I am not doing any re-potting, I often will go an entire year using only a scissors and maybe a concave cutter, some wire and the wire cutter. But on the rare occasion when you want to split a heavy branch or a trunk, the trunk splitter is ideal, and nothing else will work as well. So you have a nice, fairly complete set that even an advanced grower would be happy to have.
whfarro
Chumono
It has already been stated that his GF is way too nice for him....LOL
Giga
Masterpiece
Chopp sticks are a heavy used item, like people said, so much so that I bought stainless steal ones.
Eric Schrader
Chumono
Maverick - sorry to be a nay-sayer but I just wanted to advise that one of my students bought what is very likely the same set as what you have there. He has since had to replace most of the tools since the steel is not properly hardened. He bent the pliers while we were trying to bend a small branch, which should never happen. And the wire is useless, as Adair mentioned. The cut angle on the branch cutter makes it mostly useless also. His scissors are bent, the wire cutters work okay.
I'd return this set if I were you and start by buying a basic set including just the following:
ARS Scissors - on amazon
Straight tweezers
Pliers
Wire cutters
Branch cutters
Good luck.
I'd return this set if I were you and start by buying a basic set including just the following:
ARS Scissors - on amazon
Straight tweezers
Pliers
Wire cutters
Branch cutters
Good luck.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Better that than a damaged tree!
If you can't take em back Mav....
At least use them cautiosly while you acquire others!
Good Eye Eric Schrader!
Sorce
