Let them know.By the way, I'm getting my BootDocs tomorrow from Dierer at Alpina Ski Shop because of the recommendations that I've read on this forum
Let them know.By the way, I'm getting my BootDocs tomorrow from Dierer at Alpina Ski Shop because of the recommendations that I've read on this forum
Yep, I told him that when I went there few weeks ago to discuss the available options and order the liners.Let them know.
I don't own a ski shop ... at least not in the traditonal sense, I have a ski workshop.There is a difference.
Not seeing it. What did you change? Did you replace the thin cord with a longer one?I fixed my cord management problem. Ridiculously simple in hindsight.
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The converter brick can be dragged along the tabletop if necessary, without getting hung up.
Edit: cord not cold
The converter brick is in just the wrong place to make a cord hang easy. (And in my case, we reorganized the basement so my tuning bench moved about 18 inches, putting my existing cord hang in the wrong place. I still use it for my wax iron, and I really need to move it before it drives me crazy.)Oh you guys don't do the overhead cord thing?
Well the obvious learning for me is to take the center part of the vise entirely off the bench when doing edge work. That had never occurred to me. I was already doing the cord more or less like your pic and it is still not perfect, partly because my ceiling outlet must be higher off the table. But then I also have more crap on my bench than you do on your elementary school classroom table there. Maybe if I rest the brick on a milk crate or something......The troublesome cord just sits on the table in front of the ski, so nothing ever gets caught on bindings or vise.
Before I was trying to hang it from behind me, and it gat caught on everything.
The big smooth table is important too.
I'm a very satisfied EVO user (and a grateful prize winner!).Any grinder that requires adjusting the pressure is over my skill level so that eliminates the TriOne. I like my EVO because I can hold the ski securely edge up without a vise on my outdoor bench. I added a battery to the side of it so now it balances on the edge if I hold the ski about 20 degrees off vertical. Still not quite as easy to use as a RT but better than it was with the power cord and easy enough for me.
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Batteries shouldn't be a show-stopped for airline travel as long as you can bring them in your carry on. Not being able to check them is a reasonable concern; one of my coworkers arrived in Europe this summer for a camp short two of them because he forgot about that rule.I'm a very satisfied EVO user (and a grateful prize winner!).
I like working edge-up; it inherits the feel for proper placement from years of hand tuning.
The only thing I don't like about it is the power cord. The placement of the power brick (transformer) in the middle of the cord makes it very difficult to set up a good cable management solution.
I was going to set up a battery like DM, but realized that would be a problem for airline travel.
It turns out the cable management is not that bad if you think of it as something to be set up rather than expecting to spend the 15 seconds it takes with most gear.
Cable management is s easy enough if you have a permanent bench where you can leave everything in place, but it’s a PITA if you need to set stuff up all the time. In a rental house you can’t even be sure you will have power. The battery takes all the wasted motion out of it.I was going to set up a battery like DM, but realized that would be a problem for airline travel.
It turns out the cable management is not that bad if you think of it as something to be set up rather than expecting to spend the 15 seconds it takes with most gear.
The advantage of holding the ski edge up is that you don’t need to be careful. Drop the ski into the slot and go to work. The EVO may be harder to use but it sets up faster without the need to be careful.Re: working edge-up versus base-up: it is a bit weird at first, but another advantage that I forgot to mention in my earlier post is that, as long as you can center the ski on the vises well enough, you can run the RT up one edge and down the other in quick succession, with no flipping the ski or extra trip back to the other side of the bench...just run it tip-to-tail on one side and then go back tail-to-tip on the other (based on the appropriate work direction). The RT does go far enough below the edge that protruding vise rubber beyond the side of the ski can get chewed up pretty good if the ski isn't positioned properly.
@anders_nor (or anyone): Any feedback on usage here? And, any best practices. . . getting ready to buy one too I think.bought the fancypack razor tune cordless, expecting greatness
@anders_nor (or anyone): Any feedback on usage here? And, any best practices. . . getting ready to buy one too I think.