Wood carving grinder attachment

[paulmitchell1984]

Has any body used something like this before?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grinder-Carving-Grinding-Shaping-Grinders/dp/B09CYGH72Y/ref=asc_df_B09CYGH72Y/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=570352148352&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3306602599636414079&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046304&hvtargid=pla-1452724569044&psc=1

Got some big tree roots to get rid of and I don't have access to get a stump grinder in, so was toying with something like this..

Any other alternative? Pic attached of part of the root (used to be a tree here or close by)

 

[Pete.]

That looks even more dangerous than those three-toothed disc things that are sold for wood carving. A guy I have worked with had a lot of time off work after chewing his hand up on one of those.

If you think you can use it without tearing yourself apart, it should get the job done eventually.

 

[James1979]

I’d just get a tree surgeon to grind it out.

That looks a bad bit of kit! As Pete says worse than those horrid chain things.

It’s a bit like a hoof grinder but not as agressive.

 

[anto44]

I removed something similar using a reciprocating saw with a really long blade and a kango with a 3" wide sharpened bolster bit. It'd be safer than one of them things.
Ideally rent a stump grinder, you can get ones which fit through a standard doorway

 

[Richiew]

I've used one of those but not buried into the ground. It had an occasional habit of coming loose on the grinder. I reckon the grit and stones will blunt it.

I think I'd have a go with a mattock. It's a bit of a work out but they are very effective.

 

[Anguz]

+1mattock

 

[More Amps]

The sharp spikes on that tool will last all of half a nano second when they hit the first stone, it's designed/intended for carving not cutting!

 

[Kram]

Correct tool for the job is dig around root and sabre saw, will go straight through 4-6" roots or carve up bigger ones.
Now question is, whats on the other end, trees dont like having big roots cut. If the tree is gone then go at it.

Nothing wrong with the 3 tooth carving wheels for carving, needs care and respect, dont plunge it in deep.

The rasp toothed wheels like your link are known to blunt very quickly. Wouldnt hesitate to try one as long as I wasnt paying for it.

 

[gaz1]

i dig under them and chop all the roots off

because i get loads of wood saws at end of life but still good enough to use they get used for anything or further wood cutting

 

[brightspark]

dig round the roots and hose the mud off them. when dry just use a chainsaw

 

[123hotchef]

i dig under them and chop all the roots off

because i get loads of wood saws at end of life but still good enough to use they get used for anything or further wood cutting

same but i use recirocating saw because i am lazier

 

[Screwdriver]

The sharp spikes on that tool will last all of half a nano second when they hit the first stone, it's designed/intended for carving not cutting!

Yeah I was thinking that too. Dirt contains ceramics, silicon, flint, sand etc. and can be extremely abrasive to the hardest of tools.

 

[James1979]

What access have you got? I know you say none, but tree guys, especially in urban areas, have narrow access stump grinders.

If you’ve access behind, they’ll often hiab them over the wall or whatever.

Might be worth a call.

Failing that mattock isn’t a bad shout. Digging them out is hard work though. Kinda why I suggested a grinder.

Maybe hire a chainsaw and stuff that through it? You’ll get charged for the chain anyway but I wouldn’t be putting a decent bar of mine into it hence the hire one

 

[paulmitchell1984]

Cheers guys, hopefully got a local tree guy coming to look on Wednesday, I have tried the dig out and recip saw approach but there just too big..fingers crossed this guy comes up trumps for me, will save ALOT of work

 

[Migmac]

dig round the roots and hose the mud off them. when dry just use a chainsaw

I just dig away what I can then cut using an old chain

 

[paulmitchell1984]

If the guy coming can't do it or wants to charge an arm and a leg then the chainsaw will be coming out today..Will give it a good wire brush/stiff brush down 1st to get rid of most of the mud etc then choppy choppy.

 

[Kram]

I have tried the dig out and recip saw approach but there just too big..fingers crossed this guy comes up trumps for me, will save ALOT of work

Found some pics. Im not sure if it counts as root or stump but it was massive. Couldnt really did around it but a sabre saw is happy enough in mud - it will cook and blunt blades though.

 

[mtt.tr]

Axe, pole axe and recip

 

[Screwdriver]

For smaller roots around a 2-3 inch diameter, I am thinking of making a straight version of this item: the Burke bar. Head is about 5kg, whole thing comes in at over 10kg to a sharpened cutting edge. Mind your toes!

The current one is great for chopping into roots and leveraging the whole thing out. I reckon a straight version, like a (very) heavyweight spade, would chop though roots easily. Like a linear axe.

I suppose it is also a bit like a super heavy duty, one sided post hole digger.

 

[mtt.tr]

For smaller roots around a 2-3 inch diameter, I am thinking of making a straight version of this item: the Burke bar. Head is about 5kg, whole thing comes in at over 10kg to a sharpened cutting edge. Mind your toes!

The current one is great for chopping into roots and leveraging the whole thing out. I reckon a straight version, like a (very) heavyweight spade, would chop though roots easily. Like a linear axe.

I suppose it is also a bit like a super heavy duty, one sided post hole digger.

Always called them a pole axe

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