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On 12/10/2016 10:50 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Xmas tree trunk is too big to fit my stand. Ways of reducing the diameter,
please. Tree is too big to clamp in my vice so will have to be done
outside freehand, as it were. Not really used to working with raw timber,
and don't possess an axe. Just the usual workshop wood working tools.


Whilst not ideal on damp timber, the good old fashioned angle grinder
(with a coarse sanding disk of course) removes material pretty quickly
and safely.


Angle grinder !=safety

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