{"id":11456,"date":"2016-07-21T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2016-12-29T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:53:50","slug":"chainsaw-carving-discs-for-angle-grinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/chainsaw-carving-discs-for-angle-grinders\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainsaw Carving Discs for Angle Grinders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_12301\"  width=\"1290\" height=\"726\"  data-origwidth=\"1290\" data-origheight=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIUi9QemQgI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You may have heard these tools referred to as &#8220;the world&#8217;s smallest chainsaws.&#8221; Watch as <em>Woodcarving Illustrated<\/em> magazine&#8217;s technical editor, Bob Duncan, and his assistant, Alex Giagnocavo, demonstrate and review chainsaw carving discs for angle grinders. 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