What is the best way to describe the proper approach to operating a cable machine? Slam it in and out and get moving? No. I think of it as a smooth and subtle art.
With drain cleaning, slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. It is also a game of "feel." You can feel what your rods are doing: slowing down, having a hard time, jumping around, banging against something, catching on roots, cutting through roots, catching on a sagging joint, the feeling of being inside a belly, a dead stop, etc. It takes years of "feeling it" to get it
