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02-24-2015, 11:01 AM #26Banned
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Yes he can, if he has a base edge file guide. I know lots of home tuners don't do much at all to their base edges, and thus don't own the equipment, or have the experience to proficiently file a base edge.
You can get a ski with a low base edge bevel to slide, clearly, but it's faster, smoother and more fun with a higher base edge bevel.
My everyday skis (110mm underfoot) are set up 1.5 base, 3 side, my powder skis are 2 base, 3 side, and my touring skis are 2 base, 2 side. Different strokes for different folks.
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02-24-2015, 04:52 PM #27
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03-01-2015, 08:10 AM #28
Well, those suggesting CH4 were spot-on.
I waxed with that, and for the first time the bases weren't worn, nor scratched. I went over all kinds of abrasive surfaces for four days at Jackson Hole.
I didnt get same result with CH6 so I guess CH4 is where it's at.
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03-01-2015, 08:13 AM #29
What is this base grinding and edge sharpening you speak of?
You should move to the east coast where the snow is soft and plentiful...Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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03-01-2015, 08:30 AM #30
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03-01-2015, 09:12 AM #31
108 underfoot and 1.5 base for me as well. Some people think it feels too loose...not me. I've been on 1.5 base for so long now that 1 degree feels noticeably grabby, and grabby feels sketchy and unstable.
I think there's possibly another factor here and that's the effect of ski width on the angle a file guide will produce. The file guide will produce a more acute angle on a 110 width ski than on a 65...think about it. So really that 1 degree file guide designed for race skis isn't giving you 1 degree on some wider platform...which is likely why going to the 1.5 makes sense if you're skiing big skis. Just a hypothesis...but I think you could do the trigonometry and it would show something to that effect.
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03-01-2015, 09:26 AM #32
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03-01-2015, 11:07 AM #33
Last edited by ill-advised strategy; 03-01-2015 at 11:19 AM.
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03-01-2015, 11:21 AM #34
Geometry is hard.
tuning skis is hard.
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03-01-2015, 12:30 PM #35
The width of the ski (or snowboard) is irrelevant to a proper base bevel guide if you use a base edge guide that is relative to a flat base and the edge on the side you are tuning.
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03-01-2015, 02:23 PM #36
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03-01-2015, 02:48 PM #37
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03-01-2015, 08:38 PM #38
jesus fucking christ. The file guides everyone used to use back in ancient times slid over a standard mill bastard file and ran along one edge of the ski forming the specified angle.
This thread is fucking stupid. Tuning is not that difficult. Jesus fucking christ.
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03-02-2015, 02:28 PM #39
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03-02-2015, 03:53 PM #40
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03-03-2015, 07:48 AM #41
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