nmurph
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i grew up filing by hand, but recently i bought an oregon grinder to see what i was missing. i will say the i thought i was doing a good job, but many of my angles were off. i tend to put too much of a "point" on the chisel. i run rs/rsc and touch it up in the field. i put a couple on the grinder last night that had several days in the field and took them back to the factory specs. i don't doubt that some people can do better by hand, but i think many people would be suprised at how their hand-filed chains are "out-of-spec."