I was out of pocket for a couple days.

Feb 21, 2024, 2:32 PM

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I'm obsessed and was busy killing a Bradford Pear. For those who are as ignorant as I was a few years ago these trees are like Kudzu. And they stink.

They grow roots in topsoil, huge extensions of the trunk and sprout up in every direction. In two years one of the sprouts growing from the root will be 2" in diameter. I have several of those growing along a fence line before I declared war.

So I got this to cut into the bark around the stump and a level spot in the 1-2" sprouts:

And this to kill the monster(s):

The theater was my yard, front and back. My attack plan was to drill 1/2" holes through enemy lines and inject a chemical agent assuring damage to the enemies' forces.

Being aware that the bio warfare is not sanctioned by the Geneva Convention I expect total compliance from Lungers to keep this on the downlow. I assure you I mixed the chemical agent according to specs but can also inform that if this solution does not completely destroy my enemy I will create a Little Boy solution and even a Fat Man to end this war.

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I own legitimate tools designed to do all those functions the angle grinder is being altered to do. Well, I don't have a lathe but everything else.

The most critical part of keeping a disc from exploding is to tend to the edges of the part you're working on so that the disc leaves the edge with the contact part moving away from the center of the subject. The natural instinct is to use the tip of the grinding disc which is fartherest from your hand. That part of the disc is always moving at a 90 degree angle from the tool. However so is the opposite end. It's safer and more efficient and safer to use both.

Anyone good with a buffer knows that if the leading edge of the pad is rotating toward the center of the subject as it crosses the outer edge of the subject its going to become a stripper and remove more surface than is desirable.

When that happens with a sanding, cutting or grinding disc it removes the edge of the subject rather than sanding or grinding it.

The guy buffing the knife is an idiot looking for a new way to die. That knife will take flight. I've seen all those idiotic videos.

Message was edited by: ClemsonTiger1988®

I was out of pocket for a couple days.

Sounds like you are fighting the good fight. Hate those things.

I was planning an...

Looks like it could hurt you for sure. Take care my man!***

I have the utmost respect for power tools.

Ditto

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God has already sorted them out.

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We had a huge one in our front yard when we lived in Richmond. It blocked the

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