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Now heres a hell of a nice cotter press:



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Having removed plenty of cotters on old bikes, I was impressed. Usually I use the hammer of Thor with gritted teeth.  

Would that be made out of unobtainium by any chance? They usually are

Max, you need to machine a slanted groove in the bottom, into which you can install an angled blade, the resulting assembly which then can be employed in removing long smooth ribbons of cellulose-like material from a carefully chosen bough....

Im not turning this one into a box plane, Ill have you know!