i remember reading and being told, that any bypass of either facecut past the other could beckon BC.
Fair advice starting out actually; found it meant machining both faces as a woods craftsman to proper mechanix. (Also came to see rope as just softer fiber to arrange/machine right.)
In time tho, i split the 2 bypasses of 1 cut past the other (horizontal or slant); and actually found some usage for a vertical trench of slant bypass horizontal.
Less bolstering from the face in front/landing deck against forward movement
can force stronger hinge to make up the difference against same load.
Then, later thru the rotation the bolstering push back of the landing deck/lower face is restored.
Flexing across fiber is okay, that is flexible axis, but not so forgiving vertically thru fiber column!
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To me, if orchestrated right, kinda like rope pull on falling to fake higher loading and get thicker hinge, then rope pull(or wedge push) is relieved to original loading with now thicker hinge.
Only hear, change starting support needs not by increasing load on hinge at birth temporarily, to instead temporarily handicapping to same end of hinge forced to make up difference. Then restoring original 'aid' of firmer push backwards from 'landing deck', only now with more hinge, as like thicker hinge when rope/wedge force relieved.
To me each strategy simply forced 'young' hinge to over-work to stronger, to then take on 'adult' work with more command from purposefully exercised stronger in youth as any other.
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Speed is important tho, too little and can get stall, too fast train seems to kinda just bull dog thru, or perhaps just can't catch view of the effect. Have seen other cut styles that i think use same 'softer' then back to original firmness mechanix on forums.
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Would say 'never' to use just full face horizontal bypass, well in felling; especially just single kerf face.
About like no face + speed IMPACT into shituation.
But, same in tree, to hop a smaller vertical top over fence etc. with the speed and not heavy enough to overload to an impenetrable wall of force back against rotation, can be very helpful!
And, as snap cut of horizontal branch with vertical kerf (across fibers just as horiz kerf across vert load) can have great utility.
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Also on verticals, some horizontal kerf (push up column command)on heavy side, offers the 'offside' (D.Dent) as path of relief for all that rushing forward massive forces that Tapered Hinge as ballast can also be pulling towards in concert against heavy side. Dutches are more unpredictable, happen 'later in life'/rotation, Tapered Hinge is real welded in friend working all thru rotation until tear off on that side. Not keeping some connected fiber behind Dutch as anti-swivel with Tapered pulling hard gives what i think D.Dent was showing in Swing Dutchman.
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It took many reads to understand his diagrams, and finding connections to Beranek's writings, as truly golden early 60's/70's commanding of the 50's invention of1 man chainsaw. Glad they went first, captured and then heart to lend; woulda been lost without them on much of this.
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But, if i were teaching someone for first few years, would push to L-earn/master cleanly squared machined faces of no bypass. And not as right of passage just cuz i had to walk it, but rather gotta crawl before ya walk before ya run, or will most likely jump off edge of cliff, rather than magically, lightly across!
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In some etymologies, 'so(u)rcerer' is one that can work the Natural source forces, and only became claimed as evil as an unacceptable non-religious power. That could be us some days..
Kinda cool when others take blame for my miss-takes
Rico/all, i've had this problem as long as can remember,
especially things created and worked over and over in quiet space in head;
then output .
Working in trees, earplugs and Bugz, everyone else below became my quiet space of study somehow.
i think i was always like that, only fortitude some growing up,
then some time in seminary, then yoga, meditation, philosophy, being a lil'different/alone;
also watching internal forces and channeling correctly thru own bod in gymnastics to output different effects, then visualizing same forces i knew so well internally to other things, all in own inner space.. all intensified the factors, to the present day mess...
Taught self vector drawing trying to compensate, i think Tom can detest first few years of 'crayon drawings' in msPaint as i reached out were very ruff!
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