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I'm here for the answers. Based on the readings/research I've found, I still have yet to get a good feel of how to get the main trunk small thick. My fiancé has a starter set of three I'll be excited to start on!
For thick trunks the best way is to just let it grow and then cut it back once it reaches the thickness you like.
There's methods with sacrificial branches that work really well provided you happen to have a branch in the right place for one, but those also boil down to just letting it grow. Bonsai get better with age.