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I reviewed many comments here and finally purchased this machine. I am pleased with my purchase. The first comment that gave me pause was that the sharpener needs to be attached to something permanently. No issue for me. I set it up easily on a workbench and gave it a permanent home. The second comment was that the instructions are sparse. Well, I have yet to read the instructions, yet was able to set up the unit and sharpen my first chain successfully in about 15 minutes. There is a stop for the chain links, a stop for the grinding wheel depth, a setting for the cutting angle and setting to grip the chain securely. So, in order... 1. I set the appropriate cutting angle 2. I set the chain gripper to secure the chain while sharpening. 3. I placed the chain in the gripper. 4. I placed the first link in position for cutting, setting both the chain link stop and the grinding wheel depth stop. 5. I secured the chain 6. I sharpened the first link. Released the chain gripper. 7. Moved the chain to the next link with a similar angle using the preset stop. Set the chain gripper. Sharpened the link. Repeated until all similarly facing links were sharpened. 8. Placed the wheel to the cutting angle appropriate to the remaining links. 9. Repeated steps 5, 6, 7 I sharpened the chain in a fraction of the time it took to write this. One comment from a user was that each link needed to be set for sharpening individually. That is not the case. Set the stop for one link and the setting is correct for all. The user said that it took him 40 minutes to sharpen the chain. It took me less than 5 minutes to sharpen the chain. EASY. Other comments were about the cheap quality. I agree that all of the stops are easy to break. But using care, should not be a problem. Additionally, once they are set, they don't need to be touched again unless you are sharpening chains from different saws. And if the plastic stops bother you, I would urge you to visit the nearest hardware store and replace with steel. My appraisal is that this is a fine machine for the average homeowner. If it lasts for four sharpenings, you will be ahead. But I expect that with care, the machine will last much longer than that.