Don't know if you are some kind of a saw racer from your name and not sure of your sideways pict...or an acutual treeman...but I can do a 48 inch chain's rakers in about 5 minutes on my Stihl. I am not gonna adjust the rakers every sharpening, I very rarely "bang one up" like you and the op mentions (why? because whenever I get onto a piece of metal like barbed wire etc...I get off it immediately). So most of the time I am doing a "touch up" to get a razor edge. Why not super fussiness like you and others? Because often I am doing half a dozen touch ups before a crane job (which sometimes is every day) or I am just wanting to get done fast and get a perfect edge before needing some sleep or emailing multiple bids late at night. Like I said...I have had a machine for maybe 35 or 40 years and a good one, and I can get a better edge on the teeth while losing less tooth, hand sharpening as most other arbs I know can.
Treevet:
The name is because one of my vocations is cutting down trees that are on fire. The only time I " race" a Saw is in GOL comps.
The sideways pic is because I cant get this TreeBuzz page to load it normally for some reason.
I suspect the rest of the world is not as lucky as you because a bunch of us do unintentionally " bang one up" on occasion.
I square file by hand the saws I run every day. Every day. I round grind and set rakers on the crew saws because that is how I choose to do so. Everyday. Before I email out 5 or 6 proposals. No different than a probable large percentage of fellow Buzzers.
The OP asked for opinions. I gave him mine which happens to not agree with some of yours.
For the record I enjoy reading all your posts and agree with you about 99.9999% of the time and your no BS approach. And I will continue to do so.
And thank you for your Sevice to our country. I may not have been cutting trees as long as you....but I have been cutting them as long as I can