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For sure!

Therein lies the weakness of all these gimmick cuts. They appeal to our desire to make things go "better". I totally get that, and followed down that path many a time in my years as primary hazard tree faller on a big National Forest in even bigger tree country. But in the end, I found my way...

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If it can be done, I'm likely to find a way Jim :D.

I see several more likely suspects in the archives, but will hold off to see what you and the rest of the crew want to do with these, first.

Another bump. This one Stig mentioned.

That's the truth...having to drag the brush an extra 6 feet isn't the end of the world :D.

I'm thinking that your analysis of the poor hinge properties of the species might have been something you should have listened to your brain a little more closely before proceding :).

I dunno, you did just fine in my book. That's a skinny lay and you put it down with no undesired contact.

Yup, nipping the hinge off one side at the appropriate moment in the fell is perhaps the better way to get that movement.

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Killer work, Stig. Top of the game.

Yes sir!

No, but Al knows all about a Tin Lizzy :D.

That's where the art of it all comes into play. No one can accurately answer these questions. It takes a load of experience to play these things right, since no two trees present the precise same conditions.

No. Maybe my description isn't painting a clear picture for you. The holding wood flexes more easily because the bored slot gives a little room for the the hinge to move forward into as the tree commits. In effect, it's somewhat like making the hinge taller, as if you'd put in more stumpshot...

Thanks, Jay. Step dutchman is basically the insertion of a small block of wood or a felling wedge or even a rock on one side of the hinge to force the hinge to tear off on that side early in the fell. When that happens, the tree will swing to the side opposite the step. Used in conjunction...

Gone...all gone :(.

German cut is the vertical bore parallel with the hinge and directly under the apex of the flat and sloping cuts forming the face. It allows more flex in the hingewood. If you bore partway through, the tree holds better on the bored side, which can counteract side lean and generate a bit of...

It is a swing producing cut if the fibers are sound and the tree species holds a hinge well. It can mitigate against poorer holding wood giving up too early on one end of the hinge, too...so just helping to keep the tree to the lay. Final answer...it can do both depending on the wood.