Got no weight now,Me. But a combo of the two,everything has its place.For puttin' it into the dirt,and plain ol' wear round file works fine,unless full on chisle[square],sorry.But if you hit rock,sand,conc. ... machine is the way to go.Seems to me that with a long while of seeing diffrent abuse you will be able to tell (not always but alot of the time) what caused what. W/a machine everything is set:angle, amount off each tooth ,depth into the gullet.All things are set, hard to go wrong.Slight touch,clean wheel, good settings, things seen & felt. But what my Pop taught me,start w/ the basics, Nothing more basic than a, file-raker & round (or square,rarely used outside of prof. fallers) |