I don't think they're particularly prone to barberchair, but my concern is the huge amount of mass wanting to go over before I'm ready. I don't have a bar that'll go through in one shot, and I'm not so interested in racing it either. I want to take my time(for a change), set it up the way I...
Stone dead tree, moderate(can't define closer than that without standing there) lean, no risk. It's leaning enough that I think a barberchair is possible without *boring, but not a sure thing.
This will be a play tree for me. I'll double cut it with my 25" bar just for the experience. My 36"...
Oaks in general are my favorite trees. I like everything about them, from form to wood grain. In large quantities, the wood(red oaks at least) can smell a little bit like vomit if you let your mind go there, but I don't find the smell disagreeable.
He wanted to swing it a bit off the natural falling direction. That has some interest for me, but I have no intention of doing whatever it is he's doing. Let me ask you something... That black oak I posted in the 'how was your day' thread will be dropped sometime in the nearish future. I'd like...
I've been watching some of the videos to see exactly how they fell, and the stuff he's doing is weird. Having trouble wrapping my head around it, and it looks overcomplicated. This is a pair of videos that are fairly easy to see what's going on, and about 10 minutes each. I'm still not 100% on...
Found it...
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/spur-cut-or-also-called-flat-cut-explained.9418/#post-196613
Got linked from this thread...
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/beraneks-coos-bay-felling-cut-vs-burnhams.9410/
There's a thread around here that I think talks about something like that. No idea where to find it though. It may have been prompted by an unusual stump find. Al might know something about it?
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