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A sad fact of life is that sometimes a tree must be cut down. Some trees are beset by invasive insects or disease, others may be mangled by storms and some die from environmental stress or old age.

If you're hoping to hollow out an old tree stump to transform it into a creative yard feature, these are the tools you'll want to keep on hand.