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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.I think the two main causes of barber chair are dull chains and stopping cutting when the tree starts to move. If your chain is dull you... -
TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.It will chair if it's tall, straight, has no lower branches and the grain is straight. Often see branches splitting when cut but the...
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There’s less and less guys around here who want to cut ash with a saw due to them chairing. Most of them are coming down now with a...
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Yeah your hardwoods all look taller and straighter. Most of ours are shorter and with a bigger spread. Pics related.
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We tend to worry about barber-chair a little more on this side of the pond. P.s. not my tractor or fück up.
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Very rarely see barber chairs here. I think our trees are too twisty and full of knots. The grain is not long or straight enough. With...
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I couldn’t agree with you and @Woodpecker more. Domestic trees are very different than west coast production timber. The risks and...
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Maybe. I agree with @Woodpecker though, the variable nature of timber throws lots of curveballs. Sometimes it works, sometimes it...
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I don’t have any use in my day to day in small yards for a siz or swing. I experimented with them in the woods a far bit, but I can...
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Looks like not enough was taken off the bottom of the face cut on the siz side and too much holding wood was left on that side as well...
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@TheDarkLordChinChin hoping to generate some learning discussion - @Woodpecker @Catbuster @chiselbit @Normzilla I’d wager the nick...
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Same job. This big ash was hollow. I got a bit of a shock boring into nothing. Ivy growing up though the cavity. Look at the...
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Heavy leaning dead ash. Still went sideways But moved forward enough to clear a ruined shed the land owner wanted to rebuild. I would...
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TheDarkLordChinChin replied to the thread Trees you've cut.Never really used metric system. Growing up everything was miles, stone, pounds, inches. Metric only really became a thing here in the...
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More scary than fun.. It was a heavy leaner, leaning directly away from the camera in the first pic. I'm just glad it went as planned.
