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Never made one, but it seems like wood species variation would make some preferences. Straight grained Ash seems like a good choice, not so heavy but resilient.....or a good fir as has been already advised. Lots of woods would work given the thickness, just being straight grained a big plus.

On the first tree in the Cascades vid, I was wondering why he tripped it from the back like it was a leaner. Trip cut way below the plunge cut. Was it a leaner?

Yeah, it just occurred to me that I should have gotten Jerry's permission before making the offer. Glad you have it.

I guess you don't have Jerry Beranek's 'Fundamentals' book? There are some photos of them in use and a drawing of the metal shoe at the end that goes into the tree....no dimensions, but I think you could pretty much extrapolate. I can post a scan if you like. Just about to have dinner.