The belt sander in the shop I worked had a cooling fluid with a recurrculation pump. It kept the belt cool and removed some of the rust and P-Tex from the belt. The pump would start when you turned on the sander and you could get fired if you let the fluid level get below the proper level. The machine was very expensive for a belt machine. When the shop closed I thought about buying it but even used it was too much for me.
Did they all have liquid cooling or only the top end models?
Yes, to the best of my recollection. They all used the liquid and we had to buy it from the same manufacturer or they would void the warranty. They sold it by the gallon and back then it was pricey, something like $20 a gallon in the 1970's. You also had to buy the sanding belts from them and it was just an 80 grit 6 X 48. It had a guide to do the side edge but it was only for a 90 degree edge. When I did my own skis I had to make an attachment to estimate a three degree side edge but it's was still a 0 - 3 grind. All the other guys in the shop would just do a 90 degree edge.
What color are the Mark I skis?
Thanks for mentioning Funk. I was trying to remember his name. I didn't know who he was until I saw that movie long after meeting him.@Uncle-A,
I know the MARK l’s were offered in different colors, and they had different performance characteristics, but mine are the first edition Black with small letters.
I still remember my first look into a ski shop in the early 1970’s and seeing a wall of early Black OLIN MARK l’s and later skiing on them In 205cm exclusively in Canada at Mt. Trembant and Mt. St. Anne- all the while with Bob Funk of “The last of the Ski Bums” an inspiration to cruise on full length all black skis.
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The first pair of skis that I gave my wife was a pair of the Mark I skis but they were the Reddish ones with the White lettering. The ones with the White lettering was the novice to intermediate, the ones with the Yellow lettering were the better performance model.@Uncle-A,
I know the MARK l’s were offered in different colors, and they had different performance characteristics, but mine are the first edition Black with small letters.
I still remember my first look into a ski shop in the early 1970’s and seeing a wall of early Black OLIN MARK l’s and later skiing on them In 205cm exclusively in Canada at Mt. Trembant and Mt. St. Anne- all the while with Bob Funk of “The last of the Ski Bums” an inspiration to cruise on full length all black skis.
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From what I remember there was a Mark III S for Soft that may have had a squared off tip in later years. It was a darker blue than the original. But some of the model of different vintages can be a little fuzzy some 40 years later.
Is that a Tyrolia 280D with the plastic missing from the heel?
