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Thread: Let’s see your home wax bench
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09-17-2019, 05:39 AM #51Registered User
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09-17-2019, 09:59 AM #52
Let’s see you home wax bench
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.Last edited by beece; 09-17-2019 at 06:40 PM.
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09-18-2019, 09:51 PM #53
Let’s see you home wax bench
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. . I feel that ski corks only get better with age. That being said I only cork when using pure flouro powder 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. .
The drills.
The festool cxs is amazing for driving binding screws. 100% accurate torque every time regardless of battery level.
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.
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09-18-2019, 09:57 PM #54
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09-18-2019, 09:59 PM #55
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09-18-2019, 10:03 PM #56
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.
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09-18-2019, 11:12 PM #57
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09-19-2019, 11:05 AM #58Registered User
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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 fasterLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-19-2019, 05:27 PM #59Banned
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09-20-2019, 03:57 PM #62Hucked to flat once
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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.
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09-20-2019, 04:01 PM #63
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09-20-2019, 05:51 PM #64
Small space, but at least I ride on a fresh tune every week.
“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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09-20-2019, 06:04 PM #65
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09-23-2019, 10:49 AM #69Registered User
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09-23-2019, 11:59 AM #70
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.
Move upside and let the man go through...
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09-23-2019, 08:24 PM #71
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09-23-2019, 08:43 PM #72
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09-23-2019, 09:04 PM #73
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09-23-2019, 09:09 PM #74
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09-23-2019, 09:57 PM #75
Sweet. I plan on being there on the 5th
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