letterbox cut?

[rumination]

What's a dogtooth cut?

[Steve Bullman]

one of these

[rumination]

I call that a bore cut with a back strap. I was always taught to make the backstrap release cut horizontal, and just slightly lower than the bore cut, which would supposedly keep the tree from grabbing your saw if the strap let go early. I'm not sure that it makes a difference, though.

[High Scale]

Split level cut? cut for a tree leaning against the direction of intended fell.

[Steve Bullman]

I call that a bore cut with a back strap. I was always taught to make the backstrap release cut horizontal, and just slightly lower than the bore cut, which would supposedly keep the tree from grabbing your saw if the strap let go early. I'm not sure that it makes a difference, though.

 

thats all ive ever called it too leon......and ive seen the release cut done many different ways....i sometimes go horizontal or at an angle, ive never experienced anything thats swayed me towards one or the other.

[rumination]

In response to High Scale, I don't understand how you would use that cut for a backleaning tree. How would you get wedges in, and what would be the point of bore cutting it?

 

Steve, that's good to know about the release cut, thanks.

[RPA]

Split level cut? cut for a tree leaning against the direction of intended fell.

 

Def not a split level. Split level is where the tree is leaning back. Put gob as normal then do a felling cut but only 2/3 the diam of the tree. Wedge/felling bar in the back side on your felling cut in the direction of fell. Second felling from the opp side of the first cut at an angle (tip of bar to overlap under wedge/bar). When complete lever over in the desired direction. The two felling cuts will seperate (like a step cut).

Stops sitting back etc.

[rumination]

Ah, I call that a quarter cut, good for small trees with backlean. With all the different names for all the techniqes it's a wonder that we can understand what we're all talking about.

[High Scale]

What edenarb said. For a tree that is leaning against the direction of intended fell. Backleaning.

[Steve Bullman]

thats a pointless technique IMO, meant for small trees where there isnt room to stick a wedge in and still cut without the wedge interfering with your chain.

if a tree is small enough that you can get a wedge in using conventional methods then i really cant see a case for the wedge at all, a simple push over will do fine