On the topic of whether its in a textbook or class here's another tweak on a snap cut. If you're cut n chucking on an angled stem, a normal snap cut can let the block pivot on the join fibres which on brittle wood does two things. It sets the block in motion if the block pivots on the join...
I've often seen, on a horizontal-ish branches or segment, two approaches presented for a snap cut. Perhaps more often, under cut then top cut outboard and less often undercut with top cut inboard using the rationale that a partial break in the overlap can grab your saw in the first scenario...
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