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Hi everyone,
Is there something special about forks, other than the shape, that makes them desirable? Is it because the grain in running parallel to the forks, providing strength?
A standing dead tree was cut down in my yard and I have some large limb chunks, maybe 4" and up in diameter. Some have small fork ends (I wasn't there and the smaller limbs/forks were chipped) but I'd have to cut into the limb itself to get a long enough fork to be usable. Would that pose a structural problem?
Going one step further, could you take an unforked segment of a thick limb, run some "boards" off or thin it out, and essentially make a board cut? Would that pose less, more, or the same structural issues that regular board cuts have?
Sorry for all the questions just curious if there's something special about the integrity of forks versus other cuts from trees.
Thanks!
Is there something special about forks, other than the shape, that makes them desirable? Is it because the grain in running parallel to the forks, providing strength?
A standing dead tree was cut down in my yard and I have some large limb chunks, maybe 4" and up in diameter. Some have small fork ends (I wasn't there and the smaller limbs/forks were chipped) but I'd have to cut into the limb itself to get a long enough fork to be usable. Would that pose a structural problem?
Going one step further, could you take an unforked segment of a thick limb, run some "boards" off or thin it out, and essentially make a board cut? Would that pose less, more, or the same structural issues that regular board cuts have?
Sorry for all the questions just curious if there's something special about the integrity of forks versus other cuts from trees.
Thanks!