SouthSoundTree-
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For Stephan, from another thread
This was fabricated for a friend. Eyeballing... Is say 1/4" plate. A ring was cut off a pipe. Cut in half, beveled, and welded.
I need to reset my board. In a pinch, I cut a 2x8" down to size. Mount the end of the board all the way up to the end of the plate, and maybe bevel a bit. I used 3 short lag bolts.
This design allows the cutter to stand near the cleat on one for and kick the SB clockwise and counter clockwise. Kick it toward the lay for the face cut, and away from the lay to be in a good position to back cut.
I am a SB rookie, having used one about a half dozen times. Good for coo dominant trunks splitting near the ground, as well as getting above a defect or butt swell that prevents a single bar from reaching the whole face or back cut.
The last tree I cut was a hard enough leaning, hollow maple. I cut a SB notch, like a conventional face cut, but smaller, at 5-6' where my 36" reached across enough for me to cut it from one side, possibly chasing the cut a bit.
Some of our seasoned loggers can elaborate with experience, and maybe post some limb-SBs, made on site. Squish posted one recently, but hard to see the fine points.
This was fabricated for a friend. Eyeballing... Is say 1/4" plate. A ring was cut off a pipe. Cut in half, beveled, and welded.
I need to reset my board. In a pinch, I cut a 2x8" down to size. Mount the end of the board all the way up to the end of the plate, and maybe bevel a bit. I used 3 short lag bolts.
This design allows the cutter to stand near the cleat on one for and kick the SB clockwise and counter clockwise. Kick it toward the lay for the face cut, and away from the lay to be in a good position to back cut.
I am a SB rookie, having used one about a half dozen times. Good for coo dominant trunks splitting near the ground, as well as getting above a defect or butt swell that prevents a single bar from reaching the whole face or back cut.
The last tree I cut was a hard enough leaning, hollow maple. I cut a SB notch, like a conventional face cut, but smaller, at 5-6' where my 36" reached across enough for me to cut it from one side, possibly chasing the cut a bit.
Some of our seasoned loggers can elaborate with experience, and maybe post some limb-SBs, made on site. Squish posted one recently, but hard to see the fine points.
), wore corks full time in the woods...myself included. Maybe the grip tape. Kerfs tend to be slippery after a few uses, gathering dirt and moisture, on log bridges I have used anyway.
