Rate My Hinge.

[Steve Bullman]

I missed that! was looking at the nice even lines

[timbernut]

Can I ask the same old question, why did you cut off the most important part of the hinge?

 

 

 

 

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Ha ha, not again! That's why I put up the 3rd picture, I presume you mean the side snips? Cos A. It's how I was trained to do it (although a choice to carry it on) B. They don't rip up the stem or down into the root plate (more important on over stood ash/hornbeam etc coppice) C. Out of habit n D. Cos I'm a tad OCD. I also cut toes off sometimes!

[timbernut]

But not my own: )

[openspaceman]

Can I ask the same old question, why did you cut off the most important part of the hinge?

 

 

It prevents a long sliver being torn from the butt as the hinge breaks

[Steve Bullman]

I don't suppose it matters so much in a woodland environment where theres a little room for error

[timbernut]

Oh n thanks for the compliments chaps!

[18 stoner]

Yeh, all points taken, most of my commenting is tongue in cheek😎.

 

As said, directional felling can be left with a margin of error, unlike tight spot felling such as domestic when targets are much higher risk.

 

I understand the idea of reducing tear damage, but there is an alternative.

 

The tear will usually happen when the "gob" closes, and tear either up or down the stem. Instead of cutting off toes, or narrowing hinge width, a plunge cut can be applied below felling cut level, as a "sap cut" almost at soil level.

 

This cut should not compromise the width of the hinge until the gob closes, then tear down to the plunge cut without tearing below ground.

 

Obviously everyone has a different preference etc, but thought I ought to put a method of my madness behind my many rantings and Mickey taking.

 

Hope you understand what I'm on about, and possibly even try it out one day, it does work! Lol!😎

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

a plunge cut can be applied below felling cut level, as a "sap cut" almost at soil level.

 

 

You mean your felling cuts aren't already at ground level? Amateur

[timbernut]

Yup I know it's tongue in cheek ; ) I have done that in the past, and well aware of implications of gob closin early ( one of my colleagues was regularly barber chairing ash on jobs til I suggested he opened his mouth a bit more : ) ) I generally fell at soil level which is why the level cuts have dominated ( we mostly work in flat norfolk woods ). And I do adopt a more measured approach on garden/urban jobs : ) John

[18 stoner]

Steve, Lol!

 

Most of mine are done without bending my back😎

 

 

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