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I don't think you are an asshole at all!!! Keep in mind I am just an idiot trying to learn!! I ask lots of questions in hopes of gaining a better understanding!!! "Question everything, hope you can learn something."

I have had it beat into my head the face needs to be 1/4 to 1/3rd the thickness of the tree. In the barberchair thread, I had a heavy leaning Oak. I made a small face then backcut it normally. I should have made a larger face, then bore cut it. It barberchaired on me. I made a lot of mistakes on...

Ok, so a backup was a use for the wedges. And I understand the rot. My questions stem from Burnhams lectures of too small a face cut. You have the mechanical advantage set up, the tree is commited, who cares how well the hinge holds? The mechanical aspect is your control right? Loaded right you...

Ok, why such a small face? Looking at the pics it seems it was right on the verge of a barberchair? I would think a bigger face would have helped this? Pulling against the lean, loaded with a pull rope, if it sets back, it's not loaded! "I would think" a larger face, loaded with a pull rope...