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Are you harvesting any of that wood? What are you/ the general contractor doing with materials?

Check check

Using your gunning sight on a 'target' as far away as possible is more accurate. When double-cutting an 8' tree, you should be sighting in on two 'target' points, 9' apart (about 6" from the trunk to the gunning sight on each side). If you use one point, the hinge will be deeper in the...

Not having used either, I think the tape would help to set the hinge, and gunning sticks would more accurately verify. How tight, @Bodean ?

Gunning sticks seem easily worth it on a tight lay.

You will be able to gut the middle of the hinge with a long bar from the front. Corners matter. How tight is the layout?

A pilot kerf with a smaller bar will help. I like full gap faces with snipes for big double-cuts. Plunging into the face-cut from the front toward the back allows you to put wedges into that kerf and blow off one side of the face-cut. With one side out, its easier to get the second half...