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I scored an EVO at a ski shop liquidation last week.
There's a little bit of a learning curve, but the fine wheel makes a nice edge way faster than anything else I have. I found that it stalls easily if you don't prepare the edge well enough. You need to clean up all the hard burrs with a coarse stone first, and you clear the plastic and any metal material above the edge. I have a sciver to peel the plastic, but I find a 4 inch panzer file held at an angle gets the plastic and any metal layers that are sticking up. You also need to be careful to hold the EVO flat to the ski bottom. It works better for me if I work with the ski edge up base away, but that sprays sparks back at you. So far I haven't caught fire.
I'm really pleased with the results.
dm
There's a little bit of a learning curve, but the fine wheel makes a nice edge way faster than anything else I have. I found that it stalls easily if you don't prepare the edge well enough. You need to clean up all the hard burrs with a coarse stone first, and you clear the plastic and any metal material above the edge. I have a sciver to peel the plastic, but I find a 4 inch panzer file held at an angle gets the plastic and any metal layers that are sticking up. You also need to be careful to hold the EVO flat to the ski bottom. It works better for me if I work with the ski edge up base away, but that sprays sparks back at you. So far I haven't caught fire.
I'm really pleased with the results.
dm