HighAngles wrote: I have used 1.0* out at the tips and tails, 0.7* in the forebody and just behind the binding heel, and 0.5* underfoot (directly below the binding area).
You're dreaming if you think you can control those angles with standard hand equipment. The 0.25 degree difference between 0.5 and 0.75 degrees is about 0.0005 inches of metal (that's 1/10 the diameter of #36 wire) ... and that's at the far edge. Near the base the removal has to be zero. As far as the grinding machines go, maybe you can count on something resembling accuracy just after they put on a new, freshly dressed stone. After a few days or weeks of chopping thru skis of questionable edges ... not likely.
While there's probably some sort of performance difference between skis with 1 degree and 2 degree bevels, I'm thinking the differences claimed for small differences between 0 and 1 are largely observer bias. Run some blind tests with three or five similar skis on the same run using a couple of different settings and maybe I'll believe it ... a little.