I would like to make one of these tools in this video. I like how they show start to finish. I like how they show how easy it is to wax your grafts. I didnāt like wax on my peach grafts last year though. I think taping is better for peach.
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Look up Daxās thread on the New Zealand clone grafting tool. It is basically a hand held model of the same tool, and can be found for for around 22.dollars if you search or around 50-75 if you prefer a different sourceā¦
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Is this the tool your talking about? I like the one above for bigger stock. What Iām thinking of trying is saving a rabbit girdled tree by grafting the whole tree. My one year old Candy Heart is about one inch caliber.
That is the one. It will easily cut stock the size shown in the video.
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I want to go a bit more in width.
Thatās my buddy āgrafting with machined tool.ā He built it while he was working as a machine and tool die cast maker many-many years ago.
I have the 450$ Fieldcraft Topgrafter & the 22-30$ replicate. The 450$ tool will cut 1" wood but it cuts 3/4" cleaner. The replicate I can cut close to 1/2" I suppose but I had to use a round rasp file to notch out the top of the tool. If you look at the distance between the blades and the top of the tool thatās the maximum scion width that tool will cut. So I opened it up another 1/4". The Fieldcraft Topgrafter has a giant opening above the blades until it reaches metal. So thatās why the very less expensive tool needs that modification. Let me tell you for 30$ that tool is worth itsā weight in gold. It works awesome.
The omega tools cut the omega of course but āstiffā wood is tough to get complete contact inside the omega shape. a V cut isnāt difficult to wrap two scion and rootstock tight. You canāt do that with omega.
I didnāt watch the first video but Iām going to assume itās the Topgrafter tool set up mechanically. The Fieldcraft comes as a manual or electrical set-up.
Dax
Those are the four links from that thread you should look at. Thereās a red one and a tan one. The guys say the red one is built better. You can get them on Amazon and Ebay all day and night.
I bought a bunch of extra replacement blades because I like having years and years and years worth of ātoolsā ready to go. https://de.aliexpress.com/item/2017-Hot-blade-Free-Shipping-vegetable-grafter-tree-grafting-tool-Spare-blade-fruit-engrafter-Fruit-Trees/32799015736.html?spm=a2g0x.search0104.3.1.1sYOjS&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10152_10065_10151_10344_10068_10130_10345_10324_10342_10547_10325_10343_10546_10340_10341_10548_10545_10541_10562_10084_10083_10307_5680011_10178_10060_10155_10154_10056_10055_10539_10537_10312_10059_10313_10314_10534_10533_100031_10103_10073_10102_10557_10558_10142_10107
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I would like to make a holder for those.
My holder is a bucket. 
It contains grafting tool, pruning saw, tapes, labels, cut to length twist tie, a board to put across the bucket to write the tags; band aids, bud strips, paper towels/cloth towels. Iām adding this year and a small spray bottle of rubbing alcohol to clean my knives and grafting tools. Pencils (many) a box knife to sharpen the pencils. And I carry a small cooler with scions and I bring a large cooler with a ton of scions, too.
Dax
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Yes I like everything about it.
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Itās a fantastic tool.
Cheers,
Dax
Ditto what he said. This is the tool that you want.
Is the red one no longer available. I canāt seem to find it online.
Hi FarmGirl,
I never looked for one. Go on aliexpress or alibaba and youāll probably find one. Get yourself replacement blades at the same time. I bought (5) I think myself cause they were like 4-5 bucks each.
Dax
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Thanks, Barkslip. I think Iām just going to get the Fieldcraft Topgrafter (and some buddy tape). Itās not that I want to pay more, but I need something very reliable that I donāt have to modify, plus I can get it locally and take it back if it isnāt working for some reason. I have about 100 grafts to do this year and Iām VERY new at grafting. I want the best shot at the grafts taking. The tool should pay for itself (in savings) this first season.
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I have one of those and it is beautifully made indeed!
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Thanks for the endorsement! That makes me feel better about spending the $$$ on it. 
Edited to say that I am probably going to get a cheap knock off too and let my son work on modifying it. I donāt have time to fool with it this year, meaning I have a lot of grafts that I really want to take. But I have a lot of āplayā material laying around too (we have +500 fruiting trees/shurbs). He can see if he can get it working on the āplayā stuff and maybe turn a little profit by selling his trees.
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Youāll love it indeed. Itās masterfully crafted and itsā weight is powerful to the user. Anyway, both are good. A round rasp is all you/your son will need for a less than 5-minute mod to the other tool.
Remember . . . would you wrap a bandage tight on your finger or would you remove it to make it more comfortable. Would that same bandage have wet skin under it/āin unisonā? No. The answer is definitely - No.
You want your field grafts whether wax covered or parafilm covered that the scion/rootstock/& union to be dry when waxed/parafilmed. Otherwise like with human skin ā decay sets in as does fungus or mold when it has to do with trees. So if you are bench grafting and dipping in wax w/ water be sure the wax goes on smoothly without water as a by-product.
Wrap so that the smaller or larger grafts are held together with your fingers first and so you are able to either walk around if necessary indoors dancing w/ that graft until you see no light thru any lines made from your cuts that are held together ultimately with grafting rubbers/parafilm tape/electrical tape, other and once itās together comfortably for the plant, youāve done it right. If itās too tight (or) too loose youāll end up with unions that couldnāt callus (too loose -very rare) or t00 tight (common) where youāll have rings from the material used to hold the grafting materials together from wrapping too tightly.
Thereās so much to see for you coming up; however, you have a tool or tools that create the easiest to put together ābuilding blocksā Iāve ever seen and as others are now commenting about, also.
Well worth the money I must say.
Best regardd,s
Dax
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Thanks for all of the encouragement and advise! I wish I could give you 100 
likes!
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Iāve been working so much. I love your comment. Thanks 
Dax
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Well, I was finally able to get my new fieldcraft topgrafter! I also picked up a few other grafting tools. The link shows a video of them in action. I could hardly wait to try the Fieldcraft out. I rushed right out and got started.
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