Wish I was there to help you out with my saws. You’re making progress! I use felling wedges to help me out so I don’t get my saws pinched. Proud of the progress your making 👏🏾
You did the right thing cutting up from the bottom then cutting down and rolling the log to finish! I've cut a lot of trees and you always gotta be conscious of which way its going to go! Good luck with everything my friend!
To prevent the problem at 9:07 what you do when the pressure is downward (the log is suspenended on 1 end) you start the cut from the bottom and go about a 3rd of the way then finish the cut from the top. It prevents pinching, splintering like what happened to you, and really important to do if your limbing up an alive tree in order to get a clean cut reducing damage to the tree and encourage a fast clean heal over the collar of the tree limb.
4:22 your bars probably okay, most common a curve cut is an indicator of uneven teeth on your chain. Just like with knife sharpening maintaining your angles is the most important thing to focus on.
The nylon wedges are handy for sure. Heres a trick that works even without wedges this is a video link where it is demonstrated. The videos good overall but the technique is taught at 5:50 - 8:20. He calls it an under buck I call back bucking. Only downside to this is if your working on trees that the diameter is far longer than your bar it can be hard to line up your cuts, but over all it's a game changer! ua-cam.com/video/xsKDlRGubgM/v-deo.htmlsi=QxwfRR_0fOq-BuyE
Wish I was there to help you out with my saws. You’re making progress! I use felling wedges to help me out so I don’t get my saws pinched. Proud of the progress your making 👏🏾
Thanks a lot! We had a lot of friends and family show up to help, and we’re very grateful. I was just piddling as they say lol.
You did the right thing cutting up from the bottom then cutting down and rolling the log to finish! I've cut a lot of trees and you always gotta be conscious of which way its going to go! Good luck with everything my friend!
Thanks for the tips!
To prevent the problem at 9:07 what you do when the pressure is downward (the log is suspenended on 1 end) you start the cut from the bottom and go about a 3rd of the way then finish the cut from the top. It prevents pinching, splintering like what happened to you, and really important to do if your limbing up an alive tree in order to get a clean cut reducing damage to the tree and encourage a fast clean heal over the collar of the tree limb.
Thanks for the feedback and the comments!
Nylon wedges to
keep your saw from pinching...... Looks good otherwise
Thanks for the comment and the tip!
4:22 your bars probably okay, most common a curve cut is an indicator of uneven teeth on your chain. Just like with knife sharpening maintaining your angles is the most important thing to focus on.
Noted!
The nylon wedges are handy for sure. Heres a trick that works even without wedges this is a video link where it is demonstrated. The videos good overall but the technique is taught at 5:50 - 8:20.
He calls it an under buck I call back bucking. Only downside to this is if your working on trees that the diameter is far longer than your bar it can be hard to line up your cuts, but over all it's a game changer!
ua-cam.com/video/xsKDlRGubgM/v-deo.htmlsi=QxwfRR_0fOq-BuyE
I definitely need to use wedges next time!