OK. I did use it this weekend and then we lost power. I don't think anyone needs a play by play as it appears to have been covered. What I do want to do is add a couple points that I thing are worth mentioning.
First and foremost, WEAR A MASK! I forgot to at first. I had probably made two or three passes on each side with the coarse wheel. Realizing I forgot, I decided to blow my nose to see if there was any dust. OMG! It came out silver! I won't make that mistakes again. I don't like wearing masks because I also wear glasses and they fog easily, but it is much easier to deal with than crap in your lungs.
I also made a rookie mistake. I pressed the center of the ski too far down to get a good bite and didn't check that the wheel wouldn't hit the center vise; it did. It wasn't a big deal and two back and forth passes made everything OK again, but still, don't do that.
I had put sharpie marks on the edge to see if I was getting full coverage and I was., but it took a few passes. It doesn't look to be an exact match for my side edge guide, but pretty close. I don't expect I'll be using it much anymore thought.
I did make sure to check the side wall. I was pretty sure it was good but gave it a couple light passes anyway.
All in all, I'm very happy with this purchase.
First and foremost, WEAR A MASK! I forgot to at first. I had probably made two or three passes on each side with the coarse wheel. Realizing I forgot, I decided to blow my nose to see if there was any dust. OMG! It came out silver! I won't make that mistakes again. I don't like wearing masks because I also wear glasses and they fog easily, but it is much easier to deal with than crap in your lungs.
I also made a rookie mistake. I pressed the center of the ski too far down to get a good bite and didn't check that the wheel wouldn't hit the center vise; it did. It wasn't a big deal and two back and forth passes made everything OK again, but still, don't do that.
I had put sharpie marks on the edge to see if I was getting full coverage and I was., but it took a few passes. It doesn't look to be an exact match for my side edge guide, but pretty close. I don't expect I'll be using it much anymore thought.
I did make sure to check the side wall. I was pretty sure it was good but gave it a couple light passes anyway.
All in all, I'm very happy with this purchase.