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I am amazed that redwood last so much longer than redcedar. I thought it would be more or less the same, but a 100 year old redwood stump is still sound. I bought some blocks from the stump of a redwood logged in 1929 and although brittle, it is still fine. When I finally get around to turning...

Also, we don't have any termites!

You are a fairly big dog yourself, Burnham. About the size of Jasper!

As promised yesterday, pictures of a 64 year old barberchair. You can see where they started chopping an undercut, and had to stop because of the noise. There is the remnants of a wreath, someone left on "liberation day" May 5th, rotting on the stump.

That picture reminds me of the most "famous" barberchair around here: During WW2 a parachute with a container of weapons sent from the US for the resistance landed in an oak tree in the forest, in the middle of the night. In order to get the stuff down, the partisans, some of which were loggers...

Make your facecut bigger, that way you get out of the sapwood and more into heartwood, which is more brittle on oak and therefore tears easier. Make it a habit to bore any tree, that has lean to it, as well as any tree you fall on windy days. When you have a lot of practise, you can get away...

On a really leaning tree you cant do much about changing the direction of fall anyway. It's mostly about saving the log and your life!!

Gord. that method is similar to the scandinavian so called "golden triangle" You make two undercuts on the forward faces instead of boring them out. Then you cut the remaining triangle of wood from behind. It works like the Coos bay, but here the advantage is that as you cut forward the wood...

One way to avoid getting your bar pinched while boring the tree is to use the somewhat unorthodox tecnique of boring first, then making the undercut. On heavy leaners with soft , easily compressable wood, this tecnique can be a way out. Bore through the tree in the middle of the trunk, then make...