A couple of years ago I have started to prepare my skis by myself beause I was not very happy with the results of normal consumer full automated service (in Europe, mostly Germany, Austria and Switzerland). They never apply a base angle of 0.5° even if they tell you to do so and most of the machines grind to much into the base instead of stopping before. And I figured out that only professional tuning machines are able to apply the base angle correctly but they are very rare. You will find such machines at such locations where professionals do their training.
At least I found out that a base angle between 0 and 0.75° has more impact on the grip of the edge than a effective angle of 89° or 85°. But why?
Does anyonoe have an explanation why the base angle is so much more important than the side angle?
Peter
At least I found out that a base angle between 0 and 0.75° has more impact on the grip of the edge than a effective angle of 89° or 85°. But why?
Does anyonoe have an explanation why the base angle is so much more important than the side angle?
Peter