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Now I'm not getting it, Carl. "Back cut parallel to the apex of the notch" seems to me to be making an even hinge...I know I must be mis-interpreting something here. Help!

If I'm following you Carl, you are saying that you don't use the tapered hinge to modify the direction of fall from that established by the hinge. If that's correct, then I have to assume that for you the point of the taper is to negate a side lean and the resulting tendancy for an even hinge...

That's not the point, Carl...it's the question of how far the taper takes the tree in a swing if I form up the hinge 1 inch thick on one end and 4 inches thick on the other, or 3 inches thick on the other...how much does that individual tree respond to that difference in how I form up the hinge?

Exactly, Carl...and I'm talking about how the variables of size, species, lean, limb weight and distribution, individual tree grain character, fiber integrity, moisture content, temperature, etc. on and on, affect the predictability of the degree of response you get from each instance of using a...

You're not reading close enough again, Carl...look at all the words. :D As I said in an earlier post, the theory is solid and I agree that the effect is loosely predictable; it's the execution to achieve repeatable precision results that leaves me unhappy with tapered hinges in general. Now...

I often bore the hinge, we call it "gutting the hinge" here, for the same reasons but I never have in conjunction with a tapered hinge. But like I said, I fairly seldom use a tapered hinge. Sounds reasonable though, Stig. I just can't get past the unpredictability of the degree of the swing...

I think Carl has hit most of the main points, and well. As he said, with the limb weight removed and the lean as moderate as those trees show, and knowing that live pines hinge well, I'd have gone with a straight hinge, perhaps a smidge thinner than your thin end, and wedged from the rear. The...