Hi Michael, 
A quick post to show you what I meant by the cut not having the expected result on each view.
 
Here I draw my curve from the front and trim on my shape. The cut is as expected on the front but it doesn't match on the side.
  
 
Now I made the cut on the side, and the result doesn't match the front =)
  
 
I guess it is normal and I have to draw the cut in both view.  
But If I move the curve to meet both view we can see that it can't match the shape I built. 
So I'm clueless :)
   
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