My new bonsai tool arrived today

[BillsBayou]

I had a fevered dream where I was styling a rotted stump. When I woke up, I ordered this from Amazon.

 

[crab apple]

What in the world is it?

 

[HENDO]

I don't know what that is... but I like it.

 

[Dav4]

I actually remember this from a movie... I think it was "Saw II".

 

[brentwood]

What the holy hell is that? I want one.

 

[TrevorLarsen]

Looks like a jack for spreading branches ect.

 

[BillsBayou]

What in the world is it?

I don't know what that is... but I like it.

Looks like a jack for spreading branches ect.

It is indeed used to spread things apart.

What the holy hell is that? I want one.

Tool lust is real.

I actually remember this from a movie... I think it was "Saw II".

Very likely found in a Saw movie. It’s a rib-spreader used in cardiothorasic surgery.

If I can, I’ll try to utilize it for a style I’m trying this weekend. If I have a survival rate higher than 25% I’ll be surprised.

 

[RJG2]

If I have a survival rate higher than 25% I’ll be surprised.

I hope the survival rate is higher for their intended use!

 

[doctorater]

Please post pics of this monstrosity in use.
(On a tree please, not someone's chest)

 

[BillsBayou]

Please post pics of this monstrosity in use.
(On a tree please, not someone's chest)

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's Law

"Murphy was an optimist." - Unknown

“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.” - German Field Marshal Moltke the Elder

"It's never a failure if you learn." - Bill Butler

I spent a week thinking about how to approach this operation. Even so: Drill bit got stuck; drill started smoking; rib spreader bent; adjustment handle broke off; blood was on everything; and the trunk cracked clear through. This will not be my last attempt at this. The trunk has been packed with damp sphagnum moss and wrapped with vet-wrap. There might be something to be done with this tree, but likely not my original intent.

 

[HENDO]

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's Law

"Murphy was an optimist." - Unknown

“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.” - German Field Marshal Moltke the Elder

"It's never a failure if you learn." - Bill Butler

I spent a week thinking about how to approach this operation. Even so: Drill bit got stuck; drill started smoking; rib spreader bent; adjustment handle broke off; blood was on everything; and the trunk cracked clear through. This will not be my last attempt at this. The trunk has been packed with damp sphagnum moss and wrapped with vet-wrap. There might be something to be done with this tree, but likely not my original intent.

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Pretty much a scene from a gory bonsai horror film.

 

[Cajunrider]

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's Law

"Murphy was an optimist." - Unknown

“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.” - German Field Marshal Moltke the Elder

"It's never a failure if you learn." - Bill Butler

I spent a week thinking about how to approach this operation. Even so: Drill bit got stuck; drill started smoking; rib spreader bent; adjustment handle broke off; blood was on everything; and the trunk cracked clear through. This will not be my last attempt at this. The trunk has been packed with damp sphagnum moss and wrapped with vet-wrap. There might be something to be done with this tree, but likely not my original intent.

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Pray tell what you are attempting. Anytime there is an attempt to spread things, I wanna join the fun.

 

[TrevorLarsen]

Pray tell what you are attempting. Anytime there is an attempt to spread things, I wanna join the fun.

Let’s keep it clean okay. this is a family friendly site! LOL

 

[Srt8madness]

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's Law

"Murphy was an optimist." - Unknown

“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.” - German Field Marshal Moltke the Elder

"It's never a failure if you learn." - Bill Butler

I spent a week thinking about how to approach this operation. Even so: Drill bit got stuck; drill started smoking; rib spreader bent; adjustment handle broke off; blood was on everything; and the trunk cracked clear through. This will not be my last attempt at this. The trunk has been packed with damp sphagnum moss and wrapped with vet-wrap. There might be something to be done with this tree, but likely not my original intent.

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“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.” - German Field Marshal Moltke the Elder

More succinctly put by Mike Tyson "Everyone has a plan until they're punched in the face"

 

[Cajunrider]

Let’s keep it clean okay. this is a family friendly site! LOL

I am clean. We are talking about “ things”, not people.

 

[namnhi]

I really have no idea what Bill trying to do. Am I the only one?

 

[Cajunrider]

I really have no idea what Bill trying to do. Am I the only one?

It appeared to be an upper trunk split attempt to me.

 

[namnhi]

It appeared to be an upper trunk split attempt to me.

...but I see the tool on the stump. Oh well

 

[Bonsai Nut]

You know that you can flip the faces on many bar clamps to make them spreaders... right?

 

[BillsBayou]

I really have no idea what Bill trying to do. Am I the only one?

No idea. Let me know if you find out.