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Re: [nafex] Is grafting a blood sport?
Derry's idea:
>I use a washer which is about 2" wide and has a 1/2" hole in the middle.
>
>I put this over the rootstock when I am about to make the cut for the cleft
>graft. If the knife slips, it hits the washer before it hits my fingers.
>
>I use this washer also when doing the 'tongue' part of a whip and tongue.
>
>I've saved myself many cuts by using this washer.
>
>I was given the washer and it is plastic and I don't know where to get more
>or I'd be distributing them to my grafting friends
Great idea; I think I'll make one from 1/8" sheet teflon (from a
plastics store)
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Hank Parker
Apples and maple syrup
Zone 4-3, elev. 1600 ft,
Campton, NH
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