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Yeah plus the special hammer ain't exactly cheap

I was just trying to show the flitch savers put in there right away. But yes, it pays, and it turns people half crazy.

Yep, and if the crisis is not those few inches, then there will be some other problem.

When I said finicky, I was talking about wrecking the butts of veneer white oaks, slabbing or splitting them.. even cutting it properly, leaving too much hinge wood or too skinny of a notch will bust them. That's all I meant.

Trim? Many of them don't have to be cut so low, just depends who's writing the paychecks. And grade, etc. Yeah, for sure, on some species. The type of face cut you are talking about will break a walnut tree almost every time. Or at least rip the butt.. I preferred a deep but skinny notch...

My point was that it's nuts, but possible. I didn't even do it for very long, and I don't think trees should be cut like that either.

If you are talking about using the "flares" to hold your kerf open or control the lay, it's a guessing game... I am reluctant to even post these pics, but here goes.. I spent a season climbing and cutting Midwestern Walnut and White Oak. Which are very finicky species to cut in the first...