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I recall in Fundamentals that you mentioned the large turnover in the tree work industry. It seemed to me that as an educator, you were saying that with regret. That has always impressed me, the connection between the desire for skills and continuing with a certain line of work. That staying...

Jerry, your expression that made you a great teacher goes well beyond what you did in the field with the employees. It is a worldwide thing.

Sometimes the lineage of a**holes goes way back. It's a beautiful thing! Someone once told me, don't blame me for being an a**hole, blame my teacher. Some guys for their own reasons are more notorious a**holes though. :|:

Having taught or tried to teach various people to file over the years, I find the biggest problem is with them not being able to see if the cutter is sharp or not. If you can't see it, then be able to feel it. I think the best way to do that is if it will bite on a fingernail, probably not...

Could help to think about what conditions you are cutting in, whether to go to a smaller file or not. A larger file will give a somewhat blunter and stronger edge for working at the base where you are likely going to encounter some dirt. There is that optimum hook angle for the fastest...

If it was the bar rails being out of square, seems like it wouldn't be cutting straight to begin with, it would be angling off. Same with left and right cutters out of balance.