Then a bloody meeting with some church members where I manage their IT needs... I need to quit that gig. Mostly frustrating as 99% of their issues are due to PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard).
Sounds more like a network issue than a hardware issue.
My eyes! !Here's a nice awful hinge for you guys...
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Lost this one sideways. I knew it was gonna be an issue, but nothing to hurt no matter what happened, so I figured I'd play. It had a heavy lean at 9 O'clock, and a slight lean to 6 O'clock. I made the face, bored the hinge and stuck a wedge in. My plan was to virtually cut through the hinge at 9, and leave it thick at 3. As you can see, I really missed the 3 side. I was cutting a little blind since the other side of the codom was there. Not much of an excuse though. I was just rushing and not really paying attention.
That tree had zero holding ability. I'm not sure it would have worked if I had cut it perfectly. The other half really should come out too, but I'm gonna leave it for the time being. Even though it's in a terrible place, I kind of like it, but it'll definitely have to come down at some point.
Otherwise, it was a pretty decent day. Got most of the mess I made yesterday cleaned up, and cleaned up some other trashy stuff in the yard. Supposed to get warm this week. Hoping it isn't here to stay. Seems like winter was hardly here, and I'm not ready for summer yet(ever).
These are pretty good sized wedges, but smaller with a fast taper works fine.I think I got it, but I'm not sure it would have worked on this. This thing was little; maybe 8" at the cut, so not much room to get it to move. Also, very brittle. It practically jumped off the stump. Those little rounds you see split were done one handed, and not particularly energetically. I'm gonna keep that in mind though. Work through it in my head a bit more.
The other stem is a little bigger and much more plumb, though it still has a slight lean to 6, but it also has more chance of doing some damage if I dick it up. I'll put a line in that one when it comes down. I especially don't trust myself with the brittle wood. Good strong fibers can cover a lot of sins. I don't think it would take much to lift the whole thing off the stump snapping the hingewood. It's some kind of cherry the birds planted. It's growing next to the basement entrance, and is starting to crack the masonry. It shades my kitchen window though, and gets nice flowers so I like it. I figured I'd start with the leaner since it can torque around more in the wind, and it was also shading my blueberries. I'm thinking it might have been the cause of my poor harvest the last couple years :shrugs: