Falling pics 11/25/09
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Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
I like the angled undercut, would it turn the tree better had the backcut been at the same angle?
Here's the ones of Cody's I had saved.
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bitzer
******** Timber Expert
It does look like the fibers broke early. Not for lack of trying. Just crappy wood.
Jon you can use any kind of dutchman you want on that far side. I always do.
Jon you can use any kind of dutchman you want on that far side. I always do.
Off the top of my head (which is wooly inside this morning, up too late last night and early again this morning), that looks like a cedar, not really very strong wood, I suspect it would be harder to get it to turn anyway.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
It was a rotten Black Cottonwood, he threw the siz in to give himself all the help he could get.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Yes, a Siz can be used in conjunction with a swing-dutchman.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Yup, this is a "full-face" Siz. Big, long fiber column -- lined up with a root in a sound tree -- it'll pull hard!
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It's really just a tapered block-face; the goal being to allow the fibers in the hinge maximum flex.
You can also bore in behind the face too. It sets up a tall hinge, 'mucho flexo'. Good for dead or fragile/brittle fiber.
Skeans
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Pretty close too?
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HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
I had no idea I've been such an advanced faller all this time! Cool stuff!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I'd call that a tapered block-face, cause its full width. A Siz would come to about 1/2 that distance -- as seen in Cody's pics if you look close.
Pretty close too?
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Skeans
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If you look at his again it's full width
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Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I guess it's close on that one, I've been with him when he's put them in, & usually they're not full across, & more "regular face" is left.
I reckon there's a million variations though.
Always room to experiment! :0)
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Skeans
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I do it all the time, as well as cut the hold wood on the off side from the face.
I've found that plunging in an inch or two behind and parallel to the siz on crap wood like cotton wood helps a great deal, like a second siz, Glen aka trampbusheler showed a pic of this once, had to try it
Skeans
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Always liked Glen's full face Dutchmen, you guys have taught me a lot as well as the older guys I've cut with
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dhskier2
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You can start teaching 'accuracy principles' with August.
I worked on one of the Chessman Flume projects a few years ago... glad those guys weren't in the vicinity at the time
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Not quite yet, but we're drier than a popcorn fart already!
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Missed short, wasn't gonna matter, so I didn't bother to fix it
You didn't run and scream like a girl this time[emoji6]
Looks a lot less like a monkey screwing a football now.
