Point A To Point B

Making the front of a hinge right is not terribly difficult because you can see what you are doing with the saw, and after you remove the wood, you can see if both cuts match up right. When making the open face, bring the saw's bar to the end of the first cut, dog in, and watch through the first cut for the bar to rotate in and match up. The back side of the hinge is a little more difficult, and novices often end up with uncut wood that interferes with the tree tipping, or a hinge that is to thick, or too thin on one end. This video shows the easy solution for the times that your bar can reach all the way through the tree. Punch through, cut the hinge wood to the correct thickness on the side where you are standing, anchor the saw by pressing the dogs into the bark, then carefully rotate the saw toward the open face until the hinge wood is the correct thickness on the other end. Easy As Pie!