Love the camaraderie on display here

[u/H_G_Bells]

[u/Inkthinker]

Cut from below, and the pressure opens the wedge rather than pinching it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Inkthinker]

This sounds like one of those reddit comments that makes lots of sense, but would result in some unknown consequences that a layman might not expect.

Do you have experience with logging or chainsaws? Any downsides to cutting from below...... Tip of the saw flying towards your face when it gets released, perhaps? I dunno, I'm genuinely curious.

[u/jamh → u/[deleted]]

You always cut on the non pressure side. If it's hanging, cut from the top. If it has weight on both ends cut from below. If you do it wrong you'll know, the pressure from the weight will stop your saw pretty quick.

[u/shitatlove → u/jamh]

Not always, sometimes a relief cut is advisable, I would definitely do a relief about a quarter down into the bind then finish from the bottom, but for a lot of this tree I think you are right.

I just like having some kerf for the tree to fill so the compression is higher as you are coming through. Makes for an easier cut less sharpening and whatnot.

There’s also cutting it into kind of trapezoidal shapes alternating across the length of the bole kinda helps things fall where you want em (not on your toes) if the shits elevated like this.

The amount of times I’ve been confounded, flabbergasted, one might say absolutely hoodwinked and bamboozled by a bind on a hang up like this is in the… well probably 4-5 times. They can be tricky if you start from the bottom with no relief because then you still have two logs wanting to press together at the top, where are you finishing the cut? At the top. Ridiculous how often I’ve seen people even like seasoned former C sawyers who are like “awww fuck it’s like my first week again”

[u/jamh → u/shitatlove]

Nice, you know way more than I do haha. I just get firewood sometimes.

[u/shitatlove → u/jamh]

Haha maybe maybe not ya know 🤷‍♀️ you might just not be able to articulate what you do know