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  1. Al Smith

    First cut, Angle Or Gun?

    It's fairly easy to set the cut using "gunning sticks " .In my case it's two 8 foot furring strips with a nail for a pivot point .It works for me . Makes sense if it worked for a big fat coastal red wood in 1910 it will work on a 3 foot diameter white oak in 2019 .The laws of physics have never...
  2. Al Smith

    First cut, Angle Or Gun?

    Here's how I think it went .It was a big fat old elm tree ,dead .I don't know if he missed the line up or just made the horizontal cut last and it pinched .I don't think he had a wedge driven to hold it up or not . I do know that older style 066 had some azz behind it ,I had ran it and it would...
  3. Al Smith

    First cut, Angle Or Gun?

    Well making the horizontal last is what caused Tom to spend some time in the hospital a few years back .Damned wedge dropped down pinching the bar on an 066 kicked back and got him bad .He's lucky he still has all his fingers .
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