Gaining confidence by maintaining the skiis

[uphillklimber]

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[oldhippie]

But be careful

I did a lot of personal ski tuning when I was racing Nastar. The waxing and the edge maintenance do make a difference. However, I would add that this takes some patience and skill.. and is not for everyone. A ski can be damaged as much as improved if the edge is put on incorrectly.

Personally I feel better letting an experienced craftsperson do my edges now once or maybe twice a season.. (start and halfway through.. right now would be a good time). I get mine done at Wachusett and they have done a nice job and for small money. I leave them there and demo a set of the demos using a discount pass I got through tripleA.

I always wax my own though.. just using SWIX wax and a aponge applicator and then a rubbing cloth to smooth them out. It really helps in the manmade stuff.

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

"I hold it square to the edge of the ski, and using a circular motion, I work my way all the way along the edge of the ski,"
YIKES!
Thats a dimond stone, right?
http://www.kuu.com/product.asp?DeptID=30205043395&Item_ID=21125079791
hey if you want a VCR tape on how to do it right PM me....(cost/ postage only, it's was made by willy wiltz)pm me.
do you use file guides?
bevels vary from ski co to ski co. IE; Head 1°base 1°, Atomic 1°base 3°side.
go to your skis web page and look up what beval you should use.
One can take a "Sharpie" marking pen and cover the edege to be sharpend and try to remove the color thet was just put on...but I don't recomend it.
theese are some of the tools I use.
for the side edege:
http://www.reliableracing.com/WintersportsCatalog/detail.cfm?edp=10682748&category=2000

for the base:
http://www.reliableracing.com/WintersportsCatalog/detail.cfm?edp=10807741&category=2000


To deburr:

http://www.reliableracing.com/WintersportsCatalog/detail.cfm?
edp=10820108&category=2000

files:

http://www.reliableracing.com/WintersportsCatalog/detail.cfm?edp=10527588&category=2000

something like this will also do the job:

http://www.reliableracing.com/WintersportsCatalog/detail.cfm?edp=10071033&category=2000

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

That sounds cool .
The prob. with a stone is that they will go out of square.
and you might end up with a uneven edege.
dimond files/cards are to be used with a very light touch. I clamp one into a file guide then run them tip to tail.
if this is done you can get a season out of one.
Lucky for me I get them at cost (through our shop).
And yes they are expensive suckers.
like I said I have a tuning tape all for the price of postage.