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A good edge sharpener

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tito_skier
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What is a good edge sharpener that someone has used?
Oct 22 2003 5:08PM
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Krongos
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yeah the swix one(i forget what its called) that goes for like $45 is really good, you can set what degrees you want your edges to be, so you can sharpen the tips like 90 degrees and the rail part underfoot at like 85 or 86. its really sweet, its like red, sorry i forget the name
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Oct 22 2003 5:20PM
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jman
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i got one from reliableracing.com ................................ good site for tunning and waxing stuff
Oct 22 2003 7:06PM
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tito_skier
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I think it is called the xactor of someting

Oct 22 2003 7:31PM
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Krongos
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xactor, thats it thanks
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Dan Maguire
Yankees Suck

'...all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax.'

How many snowboarders does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
10, 1 to do it, and 9 to say 'I can do that.'

'Dude, we're sick. He's pretty sick, but his muscles aren't as big as mine, so you know.'-CR Johnson
Oct 22 2003 8:09PM
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CTripper
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get a diamond stone.
-chris
Oct 22 2003 9:26PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
Krongs I assume you mean base edge when speaking of 85 or 86 underfoot? that would be a 4 or 5 degree base edge, everyone but swix for some reason counts up from 0 for base edges.
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Oct 22 2003 9:41PM
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dutch1
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yeah swix is weird... I would get a diamond whetstone (as mentioned by CTripper). usually you can get these in a set with the apparatus and several different platforms that vary the degree. I would also recommend that you have a gummi stone on hand to remove burrs and detune if you are catching edges. But if you really wanna go big just get a wintersteiger machine, then you can do you and your friends skis for only, oh, $5,000.


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Oct 22 2003 9:51PM
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dutch1
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check out some of these websites:

www.drzags.com - generally good deals, look under diamond edge tools

www.race-werks.com - good stuff but expensive

just do a search for em. But if you are really lookin to do a good home tune on your stuff, you will want to invest in more than just an edge sharpener.


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Oct 22 2003 9:58PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
5 g's for a winterstieger? you must have the cheap one. The one in our shop costs 40,000, and thats not including the added on trim disc, which is like another 8 or so g's. look at the shuttel pro machine, its like 100,000. I happen to like that new grindrite machine that came out last season, all digital and shit, so nice that you can put checkerboard patterns in skis.
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STUFF FOR SALE:
-04 Rossi Scratch Fs (174's) New
400 obo

-Rossi Axial 140 Bindings (used)
125 obo

Salomon X Scream Freeride skis (187's) Brand new condition mounted once 150 obo

Salomon Xscream boots Size 29-29.5 75 obo.

PM me
Oct 22 2003 11:06PM
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morbumps4me
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start off with a pansar file and then move onto the regular old laser cut files with the file guide. Check here http://www.tognar.com/files.html

and here

http://www.tognar.com/bevel.html
Oct 23 2003 7:56AM
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HVskier
Posts: 924 - Karma: 38
reading the tognar site it talks about diamond stones loading up with wax and base material when deburring. Aren't you just filing the edge? They also mention that when you file your base edges the base becomes higher than the edge. Hw do you fix this?
Oct 23 2003 9:54AM
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manus
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^ if you do this by hand, that is when you would use a panzer file, but honestly, I'de just have a shop stone grind it out for you. The problem then is that you will have to reset your edge geometry. You'll need files and diamond stones (and possibly even ceramic stones if you really wanna get fancy) and angle guides.


Oct 23 2003 10:40AM
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manus
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personally, I think the two most overlooked tools in a tuning kit are a gummi stone and a true bar.

I always get a kick out of seeing people that have no clue trying to tune skis. But everyone has to start somewhere, personally, I started tuning when I was about 13 and ruined my Mom's iron, she didn't know I was waxing until the clothes she was ironing were getting awefully shiny.

As far as anlge guides, I would just stick to a quality company and you should be ok. Personally, I think Reliable Racing has a great tool (I have one and a couple other people I ski with do as well), it looks like a normal angle guide, but has replacable files and stones and can set/maintain up to a 3&3 and sets both the base and side bevel at the same time.

If you aren't that comfortable with the tuning equiptment, you might wanna go with a non-adjustable angle guide, should make it a little easier for ya.
Oct 23 2003 10:49AM
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dutch1
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are you kidding... of course they cost more than 5g's. But you can get one of the smaller ones used for about that much. the one in our shop is a little older but ran about 30 grand. we also have a real old grindrite which was about 5. I only wish i could use the shuttle 3C and i'm pretty sure its more than 100 grand.


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Oct 31 2003 8:40PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
its no more the 100 g's.
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Oct 31 2003 10:47PM
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