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I haven't watched Paul's long video on sharpening. Just the short 10 minute one. I really liked Rob Cosman's video on it. He showed how you can put your file throught a piece of wood to help you keep your file held at a certain angle. Then he drew some 60 degree marks on his saw vise. Having both of those helpers seems like it makes the process fool proof
Paul has 2 videos one for crosscut saws and one for rip saws, both are amazing. In one of them he grinds the teeth flat and recut them from scratch, it's a very comprehensive guide on saw sharpening.
I never sharpened a cross saw, and only restored one rip saw, so not a master craftsman, but even with my limited experience I managed to get the saw cutting like butter. So it doesn't have to be perfect, and the teeth don't need to be completely identical, they just need to be sharp.