Thursday, February 9, 2012

One That Will Make You Nervous


This black oak snag was in a high traffic area, and I was asked to drop it. I turned it down at first, but on a return visit I looked it over again and decided to give it a shot. I was able to set up a hinging point on both sides, but figured that the right side would fail, letting the tree come down uncontrolled. Both hinge points worked long enough to guide the tree, and it didn't come down around my ears. Watch the dust fly as the cuts are made. There wasn't much good wood to work with.

1 comment:

danno said...

I'm thinking shaped charges triggered from a long way off would have been a better choice.

(I'll return to my arm chair now :-)

Nicely done!