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woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I'm trying to figure out what the tree is trying to say there? 
wiley_p
Climbing Up
As long as he nipped the sides real good before starting the backcut, I don't see a problem.
TCOB!
Why. It's a Cottonwood.
MasterBlaster
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Why not? Tell me, what could it hurt?
Looks unnecessary to me. Cottonwood is not especially strong so why bother weakening the sides to prevent tearing. When I think "nipping the sides" I think of something like a hickory top that needs to be completely severed as it is going over for safety to prevent the sides of that tough wood from ripping down and trying to f up you and your lanyard. The face in the picture looks like a typical logger face which is the background Squish is from afaik. Faces cut by loggers, at least in trees that aren't huge, tend to be smaller cuz loggers are cutting so many trees per day they do the minimum cutting necessary on each tree, afaik
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Beautiful piece of work Jay 
brendonv
Tree Hugger
Hickory top, a spruce top, or elm top ill nip the sides. Seems like a waste on that tree. Nice pics, what a mess that thing made i bet.
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Good post, Cory!
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
No nipping of the sides was done for the reasons mentioned this double was crispy. Also the only reason the face was made that small was due to it being a real awkward spot to cut in as evidenced by the dangling wobbly dead branch springboard that you can see in the pics. The butt already lying on the ground is more typical of the hinge depth that we aim for.
Glad I could stir up some discussion.
Brendon it was a huge mess. The people have a large enough property there they can burn and their own tractor. So that combined with some sweat saved them a lot of money.
Glad I could stir up some discussion.
Brendon it was a huge mess. The people have a large enough property there they can burn and their own tractor. So that combined with some sweat saved them a lot of money.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Yeah Cory, insightful post. Jerry's book does show some rather large forest trees with narrow faces. Often with a snipe, though.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Jay, I buy 5 meter rolls of LED lights. I cut lengths and solder them to plug connectors and mount them (3M - adhesive-backed) to pieces of aluminum. I use a small UR/CE rated transformer which mounts easily under the upper cabinet skirt, out of sight. The LEDs come in 24 or 48 watt, 12 volt, and are dimmable. There is a dimmer I buy that looks like an iPod nano. Touch it quickly to turn them on or off, hold your finger on it and it will cycle from dim to bright , touch and hold again to cycle back to dim, releasing when the desired brightness is achieved. I'll have to visit the two kitchens I recently installed them in and take my Contour Roam to grab a video.
I use sections of 5/16" diameter brass tubing, and mount them behind the front edge of the upper cabinets and wire them to the dimmer, so no matter where you are standing you can easily reach up and turn them on or off and dim them.
I use sections of 5/16" diameter brass tubing, and mount them behind the front edge of the upper cabinets and wire them to the dimmer, so no matter where you are standing you can easily reach up and turn them on or off and dim them.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
That seems like a real good system, Patrick. I first wanted to go with the roll of lights that you describe, but couldn't find the dimmable type over here. The roll type do give you a lot of options. i don't quite understand how you wire the brass tubing for a switch, a vid would be cool. One thing about the system that I am waiting for is that the dimmer switch, one pushbutton for on and off and held down to change intensiity, is enclosed in a steel tube, so I'm pretty sure I can just drill a hole in a shaped piece of walnut and maybe mount it on a base, therefore have something fairly attractive there sitting alongside the alter. I was hoping to avoid plastic if possible. Thanks for elaborating.
oldtimber
TreeHouser
Stunning piece of woodworking Jay, thanks for sharing, and thanks for the welcome......Bill
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Thank you Bill, look forward to your posts.
rangerdanger
TreeHouser
Some from yesterday and today. Had some bad storms roll through over the weekend, so we've spent the last few days cleansing stuff up. This was the biggest, big Hackberry, took out a fence and power lines.
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TCOB!
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Big bad tree! Your dad looks working on it.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Yah. Looks good! Heh what's with the 200 and sugoi?
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Based on that house, I would think that the folks living there have a decent budget for the work. Quite a pad.
rangerdanger
TreeHouser
Dad actually climbed part of it, the final cut to release the trunk, he got his 200 and handsaw stuck. Ended up having to push up on the trunk partly with the gehl so he could pull them out.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Lol. Figured it was a pinching story. That would earn you a good ribbing working with me.
rangerdanger
TreeHouser
Oh, he didn't hear the end of it for awhile haha. But he has my respect, 62 and still climbing trees.
