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Thread: new ski tuning - setting base bevel

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperGaper View Post

    Way back when the first Legend Pros came out, I was mounting Tommy Moe's pair and he insisted that he wanted 2 degree base and 2 side, he said "Nobis said that is the shit" so if 2 and 2 is good enough for those guys it definitely opened up my eyes to some new thinking- to me more than one degree was crazy talk!

    Looking more closely though, if you consider the widths of skis today and how fast that wider platform can be pressured, look where the knee is relative to the ski edge, it makes complete sense. Anything over 95mm I run 1.5 and 2 and anything over 105 I pretty much run 2 and 2. I always start progressively, but end up carving in more base bevel till it is tip to tail. It makes sense to go in small increments though, because you can remove that edge material easily, but to reduce base bevel requires a careful and patient hand at our manual feed stone grinder.
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    crikey that is eye opening good info. 2 degree is way more than I have ever gone on a base bevel.
    thx

    have you fondled the DPS 112RP yet? would you 2 degree those?
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