![]() ![]() You will however need different file guides to suit the angles you want. However they are just not as good quality & as it sounds like you're going to be tuning regularly so you're best with the guides & stones. If your Toko tool is angle adjustable you can use that instead of the side angle guides & stones. Yep, if you're not changing angles you can remove the file & coarse stone. correct?, and assuming the angles are different between 1080s and Fischers, does it cope with this? Some other questions! I use the Toko tool to keep the current angle. I won't want to change the angle of the edges, so I can remove the file & coarse stone? ![]() I am tuning 2 different length of 1080 skis and also some Fischer Slalom skis. Right, got spyderjons instructions and working back thru this I need all the following!! Unfortunately it doesn't suit the concave bases on my b5's so I needed a guide that covers the full width of the base so I bought the Toko. ![]() It's a cracking piece of kit, better engineered than the Toko & would be great for your skis. I've a spare 1 degree SVST Final Cut which you can have for £35 if you're interested. This choice limits you to the 'quality' end of the market and a Toko World Cup Base Bevel Guide at about £40 inc shipping from or a SVST Final Cut from at about £50. Not liking plastic as it tends to flex too easily, I went for a metal base guide. The best plastic one is probably the Base Beast from as it has a stainless steel elevation bar. 3162 for £3.50 but I haven't seen/tried it. In addition you'll need a base angle guide. *If you don't want to alter your existing angles then don't get the file & the coarse diamond stone. Above prices inc VAT & postage but you could try a haggle for a bit of extra discount, maybe up to 15%. You can get the above from Ronnie at Kandie Products on 01324 861 296. If you want pretty good kit at a fair price here's what you'll need for a full edge tune & regular tune ups after your race sessions on the white 'sand' at Castleford:ģ121 Aluminium side angle guide c/w clamp £ 17.50ģ224 Diamond stone, coarse/black £ 23.55*ģ238 World cup std file without tang £ 8.00*ģ333 Brake lock rubbers c/w finger pull £ 2.50 Once your angles have been set you'll just need a diamond stone (mostly on the side angle) to keep them sharp. I'd recommend at least alloy (as opposed to plastic) base & side angle file guides for consistency. posted details of a great inexpensive portable bench from Ski Bartlett.īear in mind that with tools you get what you pay for. Only use wax remover to clean an area prior to a base repair & for cleaning your scrapers & bench.įor good value tuning gear check out Kunzmann gear can be sourced through Ronnie at Kandie Imports on 01324 861 296.Ī B&D workmate isn't really stable enough as it's not wide enough. Use a soft wax instead to perform a hot scrape to clean your bases. Hope you're not using the wax remover on your bases as it dries them out. As it dries really hard you need to scrape it off while it's still slightly warm. You can get it from Ed Pirie on 01224 741856. Most of the Lions folk are using Datawax Polar X wax which is a v.low temp wax (-16 to -24C I think) as it's hardness will protect the bases against the mega abrasive Xscape snow. Gregh, I'll have a chat with you next Mon at the Lions but in answer to your questions: Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in :-) We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices (or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either). When you register, you get our free weekly(-ish) snow report by email. 50,000+ snowHeads already know all this, making snowHeads the biggest, most active community of snow-heads in the UK, so you'll be in good company). as well as access to 'members only' forums, discounts and deals that U don't even know exist as a 'guest' user. Log in to snowHeads to make it MUCH better! Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc. ![]()
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