Toko sells similar cork blocks.
For those of you who do this: any tips on the best way to buff it in? eg, circular motion, tip to tail, etc.
Definitely sounds like a time saver for this season
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The Olin cork block is super cool.
Maybe I'm anal, maybe I'm just an idiot, but even with crayoning I still feel the need to scrape and brush. I HATE grabby skis.
Attachment 294562 I got the same cork... mine might even be older. It came in an old Head skis repair kit my mom had with her old metal heads. Attachment 294563. I feel that ski corks only get better with age. That being said I only cork when using pure flouro powderAttachment 294564 that shit is retartedly expensive so it only gets used on special occasions like racing friends for beer.
On a different note this maybe one of my favorite tools next to my drills. Dull scrapers suck. Attachment 294565.
The drills. Attachment 294566
The festool cxs is amazing for driving binding screws. 100% accurate torque every time regardless of battery level. Attachment 294567
The PDC with its 4 speeds (high speed is faster than anything else on the market) is great for drilling (especially metal skis) and for the roto brush. Attachment 294568
I agree! I learned to wax / tune hanging out at the Maher family cabin at white pass as a kid. I always figured if it’s good enough for Phil / Steve it’s good enough for me. 25 years later I’m still doing it the same way. I have tested not scraping before long trips and only found out the skis need to get waxed sooner due to the friction of the excess wax.
Attachment 294569Mine. A constantly evolving work.
Some of these home benches look pretty extensive, are folks doing work out of their basement?
I might do one mount a season and a doz wax jobs which doesn't need more than the minimalist setup I have
If was doing it for money I would want to make it easier and faster
I used to do five to ten mounts a year for me and my buddies. Probably waxed 20-30 pair. Only for beer and nugs though. Worked my way through college shop ratting and ski patrolling. Had a bunch of tools left over from that.
That stuff really isn’t worth selling so I have a sweet home setup. I can do pretty much everything at my place except grinds.
Now I’ll mount a pair or two a year, maybe weld a core shot or two and I keep my edges sharp and bases waxed. I enjoy working on skis.
Small space, but at least I ride on a fresh tune every week.
The floor below my bench (which is too much of a mess to post) is a quarter inch thick with wax. Brought up 3 kids skiing, including several years of racing (many pairs to tune each week). One of these days I'm gonna clean it up.
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Not much, but it works (when the wife doesn’t pull in too far). $99 bench from Home Depot. May have to build a wax box to catch scrapings from hitting the floor.
The seasonal switch over has not happened.... the bench is still in Bike Mode here in Aspen:
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Not in the pic: rotobrush with one blue nylon brush. I iron inside, then go outside to scrape and brush.
Fuck... I just opened up a box that my 18yro last used in June on a trip to Hood, all wet inside and blooming with moss. My nice Toko T14 is all pitted, I was able to save the steel brush but the nylon and horsehair brushes are toast.
goddam kids!
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Sweet. I plan on being there on the 5th