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 @woodland creature :pleroma_fox_tan:  oh 1 more question, do you wanna move it along the coil in the same direction that its spinning or the opposite or does it not matter 
 @67975218 what you're talking about is "climb" vs "conventional" cutting direction.  for hand held tools you generally want to use conventional cutting. meaning, you're pushing against the direction of force rather than with it.

reason being a "climb" cut has a tendency to get away from you by climbing onto the work