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- Dec 29, 2017
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Hey everyone,
I started tuning my own skis last year. I was tuning my kids skis and waxing my own skis last year. I have several pairs of skis, all mountain, GS, SL and I figured it would be cheaper to do it myself. I had a friend doing it for me before. Anyways, I've been getting them ready this week. I have a 3 year old pair of Volkl Kendos that I tuned yesterday. Since I haven't worked on them, I filed the base edge to 1 deg, then polished with 400 and 600 stones. Then I filed the side edge to 2 degrees and polished with the 400 and 600. I ran my finger across it and they don't seem that sharp. I've had several passes with the diamond stones and even tried to lightly re-file one of the edges. They still don't seem that sharp. I know it's hard for people to help since they can't see the skis but I feel like I'm missing something. How many passes with the file and stone do you guys do? I know that once I set the edges at 1,2 I shouldn't have to file anymore, just polish, unless the edges are damaged. I ran my finger nail across the edge (not along the edge but perpendicular to it) and it didn't take anything off. Is there a good "test" to know when edges are sharp enough. I examined them with a loupe and they don't look that bad.
Thanks
I started tuning my own skis last year. I was tuning my kids skis and waxing my own skis last year. I have several pairs of skis, all mountain, GS, SL and I figured it would be cheaper to do it myself. I had a friend doing it for me before. Anyways, I've been getting them ready this week. I have a 3 year old pair of Volkl Kendos that I tuned yesterday. Since I haven't worked on them, I filed the base edge to 1 deg, then polished with 400 and 600 stones. Then I filed the side edge to 2 degrees and polished with the 400 and 600. I ran my finger across it and they don't seem that sharp. I've had several passes with the diamond stones and even tried to lightly re-file one of the edges. They still don't seem that sharp. I know it's hard for people to help since they can't see the skis but I feel like I'm missing something. How many passes with the file and stone do you guys do? I know that once I set the edges at 1,2 I shouldn't have to file anymore, just polish, unless the edges are damaged. I ran my finger nail across the edge (not along the edge but perpendicular to it) and it didn't take anything off. Is there a good "test" to know when edges are sharp enough. I examined them with a loupe and they don't look that bad.
Thanks