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Still use files and a little jig and extremely happy with what they do. Last time I took a new chain to the shop after a day of fire wooding, it came out with about 2/3 rds of each tooth gone. Kid must not do a set up at all. Chain would have probably been gone if I'd taken it in a second time. That's the event that sent me back to my files.

Yup, and they'll hand you that totally wasted chain without looking at the height of the rakers.
I've seen "shop sharpened" chains that would just generate fine sawdust,....nothing resembling a proper chip.

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I had some of the diamond stones for a Dremel but, they got misplaced in the shop and the local Lowes didn't stock them any more. They worked and lasted well. I used 'em in a cordless drill.
I tried the Oregon carborundum stones and went through three before I finished sharpening a 16in chain. They're just junk.
Pull a properly sized file from the handle and put it back in loosely, so it can rotate. Chuck the other end of the file in a cordless drill. Go to work controlling the long end with the file handle. Sharpening goes pretty quick. Works well for me.

Yup, once you file about half of the tooth down, you need to top off the rakers/drags, and then keep an eye on them each time. The teeth are on a slant, the height gets less and less.