ECS History Department Year 7 ISBL Why did the Normans win the Battle of Hastings? right direction for his ships to sail from Normandy to England. Until the wind blew in the right direction it was impossible for William to set sail.
1 Start a cut on your side of the tree, lining up the bottom of your cut with that side of the horizontal cut. You can project your cuts path by looking down the bar.  Stop cutting and peek down your bar to see if you are lined up with the stick on the other side.
2. Saw through the bark on the underside of the limb to be trimmed, using a pruning saw, if the branch is within reach. The cut should be about 6 inches from the joint where the branch meets the tree, which is called the collar.Cut only deep enough to go through the bark, not to try to remove the limb at this stage.This cut creates a break in the bark so that the falling limb doesn't peel bark back past the collar onto the trunk.he cut should be about 6 inches from the joint where the branch meets the tree, which is called the collar. Cut only deep enough to go through the bark, not to try to remove the limb at this stage. This cut creates a break in the bark so that the falling limb doesn't peel bark back past the collar onto the trunk.