Are you a ski tune master of waxing off?

[J. Barron DeJong]

No stated wattage and no doubt off shore. Alotta cheddar with iffy recourse on repair-ability?

This was thrown up around here somewhere not too long ago:

DATOUBOSS Handheld Infrared Paint Curing Lamp 1000w Shortwave Infrared Paint Lamp Paint Baking Dryer Car Body Repair Tool (110V) https://a.co/d/6bETftn

This one looks to be identical to the less expensive mountain flow:

https://a.co/d/2HLa0hX

Replacement bulbs available for it.

I’m also interested in hearing anyone’s experience.

[waxman]

People who know, will bring a handful of scrapers into the shop for me to grind on the belt. Quick and effective way to get a sharp edge. I just hold them on the round part of the belt for 10 seconds. No charge

I do the same thing for our customers.
As for the IR waxer? Now I have to hold a presumably heavyish lamp above the ski while the wax melts/get absorbed, f@ck that I'll keep using an iron until I decide to buy one of the automated IR waxers from Montana or Wintersteiger.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I'm glad I got rid of my belt sanders in 2008. Miserable things that cause more problems than they're worth.

Picked the sharpener up in a summer time sale so I think I did pretty good.

[yeahman]

Swix sharpener for $167 on Amazon. Used some rewards points and paid about $90. Sweet.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I do the same thing for our customers.
As for the IR waxer? Now I have to hold a presumably heavyish lamp above the ski while the wax melts/get absorbed, f@ck that I'll keep using an iron until I decide to buy one of the automated IR waxers from Montana or Wintersteiger.

The one I linked to weighs a little under three pounds.

I’d consider rigging up some sort of slider for it.

My questions are whether you could do two skis side-by-side, how many passes needed, and whether you can get away with a lot less wax to allow for minimal scraping after.

Seems like it could be a time saver, but maybe not.

An automated Wintersteiger would be cool, but I don’t think I have room in the garage.

[waxman]

The one I linked to weighs a little under three pounds.

I’d consider rigging up some sort of slider for it.

My questions are whether you could do two skis side-by-side, how many passes needed, and whether you can get away with a lot less wax to allow for minimal scraping after.

Seems like it could be a time saver, but maybe not.

An automated Wintersteiger would be cool, but I don’t think I have room in the garage.

aside from the money, Montana and Wintersteiger both make "race" versions that are portable and fast to set up, plus you can do 2 pairs of skinny race skis at a time on them
I did have one in my garage when I had a demo fleet but sold it to a store
now that i own a store i kind of wish i still had it

[J. Barron DeJong]

aside from the money, Montana and Wintersteiger both make "race" versions that are portable and fast to set up, plus you can do 2 pairs of skinny race skis at a time on them
I did have one in my garage when I had a demo fleet but sold it to a store
now that i own a store i kind of wish i still had it

Hmmm. When I looked at the Wintersteiger catalog to see what their lamp looked like I only saw the full blown automated system; only option was single or dual lamp.

Moot point on that though, because I’m pretty sure a Wintersteiger would be well out of my price range.

[Lvovsky]

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I do love a good deal

Online? Why no link? You no share?

[3PinGrin]

$200 for an electric tool to sharpen a scraper? Good lord, what happened to the days when you only senselessly spent that kind of money on drugs?

[halliday]

As I get older the drugs become a cost of doing business. Nothing senseless about it.

[tuco]

Really? I just use a file in a vise. Pretty easy. Tell me why I want the electric. I do have an xmas list to write, after all...

Yep. Coarse file on benchtop. Works on your metal scraper too

[SoVT Joey]

https://www.tognar.com/swix-world-cu...harpener-t410/

that one has yet to fail me. The electric is great in the tune shop, but I sharpen with that manual at home before I scrape each ski and it works just perfect.

[3PinGrin]

As I get older the drugs become a cost of doing business. Nothing senseless about it.

Ha

[gregL]

https://www.tognar.com/swix-world-cu...harpener-t410/

that one has yet to fail me. The electric is great in the tune shop, but I sharpen with that manual at home before I scrape each ski and it works just perfect.

10" mill bastard on a 90 degree SVST side edge bevel guide (which I never use on skis anyway) held with 2 clamps is my go-to . . .

[grskier]

Anyone have experience with an IR Waxer? https://mountainflow.com/products/ir-waxer-2-0 or the alibaba/amazon ones for half the price

These folks are great, and I'm friendly with them so I reached out with the questions.

900W, 450/bulb.

If something goes wrong, they'll repair/replace it within reason...

[grskier]

The one I linked to weighs a little under three pounds.

I’d consider rigging up some sort of slider for it.

My questions are whether you could do two skis side-by-side, how many passes needed, and whether you can get away with a lot less wax to allow for minimal scraping after.

Seems like it could be a time saver, but maybe not.

An automated Wintersteiger would be cool, but I don’t think I have room in the garage.

The people I know that use it basically crayon on the wax and it just takes a few seconds for the wax to melt....