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Have you filed any of the chains twice with that Oregon grinder yet? I had one and found it not very useful myself. If a chain was brutalized and needed a lot of filing/grinding you had to go slow enough not to heat and harden the tooth. And if it wasn't brutalized I found I was faster just to...

Be sure to report in with how it goes. It's all fun and games until the teeth get tempered and you're left wondering why a regular file isn't doing anything.

Anything other than a silvey I've not heard/experienced good results with. The Oregon one I had the wheel was to small and could easily burn/temper a tooth. It was what I'd call a middle of the road bench grinder. I was very underwhelmed with its performance. What worked best for me was...

Don't overthink it if you have a sharpener/guide that's meant to be used with the chain on the bar that's how you use it. And that's all you should need. Unless you are buying a real high end grinder it's not worth it for a bench or stand grinder. I had a Oregon one I tried out for awhile...