Back2Woods
New Member
I've noticed some guys online in videos, such as August Hunicke and Billy Ray Smith, among others, using really deep notches when chunking down trees. I assume that the idea is setting the center mass far forward of the hinge so that the piece goes over easily, but at times it looks like they are taking more than 3/4 of the diameter, which seems like a lot of cutting for that effect. Do any of you have any experience using deep notches like this, and do you find any benefit to it?