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How to Tune Skis: Alltracks Academy

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Alltracks Academy

Alltracks Academy

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@TheGpatters888
@TheGpatters888 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid on the topic. Each time I watch I pick up something new. Previously I've not had much joy trying to sharpen edges however I invested in the recommended tools, used the methods outlined and got a great result on my wife's and my skis.
@misterfunnybones
@misterfunnybones 7 жыл бұрын
Hello Guy. Spoke with you on the Solar Coaster the other day after recognizing you from these vids. Have a great season!
@Benzknees
@Benzknees 7 жыл бұрын
Good basics, but you omitted the important steps of lifting the ski brake up with strong rubber bands, protecting the boot bindings (from the metal filings & wax) with tape, filling any gouges in the base with ptex, structuring the base with a stiff brush, and removing dirt particles with an initial hot wax scrape (prior to the final cold wax scrape). Plus avoiding the wife for a few days, after leaving a mess in her kitchen and gumming up her iron with wax.
@Federer935
@Federer935 6 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha - you too!
@fernandog.aguirre2791
@fernandog.aguirre2791 7 жыл бұрын
Simple and very helpful. Thanks Guy! Aloha from Maui!
@Isonya
@Isonya 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you saved my money. Very important advices.
@tandyroyal8513
@tandyroyal8513 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate you taking time to do this tutorial.
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
tandy royal thanks for the comment, I'm glad you got something out of this video! Stay tuned for more to be released his winter. Happy skiing!
@rafaburdzy449
@rafaburdzy449 4 жыл бұрын
Helpful video and tools not expensive witch is great!
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@Finn.Target
@Finn.Target 7 жыл бұрын
Cheers Guy!! Great tips 👌👍⛷
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
Finn Target thanks mate, good luck with the 4 this year!!!
@ashleyjones8586
@ashleyjones8586 7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
Cheers Ash....I promise I did not steal your ideas :)
@ollysevern5912
@ollysevern5912 7 жыл бұрын
Very helpful!
@perrymacklin164
@perrymacklin164 7 жыл бұрын
It’s been a long time since I raced and tuned my own skis. Long and skinny they were and we used to de-tune the tip and tail. Is this step not necessary with these fancy new style skis? p.s. to the guy who says don’t do this if you need to watch this video to know what to do I say baloney. It’s a simple process and the best way to learn is to do. If you do really screw up then you might have to go and pay for the shop tune you would have had to pay for any way. Bah humbug.
@ken6474
@ken6474 7 жыл бұрын
Great vid! Questions: What is the gap space you cut into the blocks? 1/2"? And you've mounted them to a long board that is then clamped to your bench? Spacing for the blocks (space between the blocks)? The adjustable file guide comes with the file as well usually? I have a small file guide that came with a file, about 2 1/2" long (pre set to 88 or 90 degrees). How close to the tips/tales do you edge? I find my file binds as I near the tips due to the side cut. How do you mount the ski to the blocks when the base is facing up? When removing the wax at the tip how is the ski tail not pivoting up and off of the end block? I've done some tuning but never used the diamond stone or bevelled the bottom edge. I can do better! Thanks.
@daesikchoi9938
@daesikchoi9938 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Guy. I made my own ski vice made of wood trashed out. It works great and I enjoy tuning time of my ski. One question is how do you fix your ski to the vice when you scraping wax? When I pressure on tip or tail of the ski to scrape wax the other side of the ski lifted or rattled on the vice. Thanks for the all ski tips you presented.
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Daesik, thanks for the comment - I usually just shift the ski back or forward a little so the area which I am scraping lay over the vice itself. If you tape some non slip rubber mesh over the vice it should hold it steady. It works best with a dry ski. Hope that helps, cheers! Guy
@augustinmeignan
@augustinmeignan 7 жыл бұрын
you can also put a vice between your two diy ski vices and clamp you ski binding in the vice
@jeanfourcade
@jeanfourcade 6 жыл бұрын
or you can cough up a few dollars and invest in proper tools that WORK and avoid all accidents to your equipment.
@mrnoodle43
@mrnoodle43 5 жыл бұрын
Best tool to remove a burr is a soapstone. Diamond stone polishes the edge after filing.
@KaloqnBankov
@KaloqnBankov 6 жыл бұрын
May I ask from where did you get your blue Rossi jacket/shell ? :)
@ken6474
@ken6474 7 жыл бұрын
And what grit for the diamond stone? There seems to be several choices. And I came across an edger that holds both the file and the diamond edger. So for the side edge you use diamond stone, then the file in the adjustable edger, then finish again with the diamond stone. Are you putting the diamond stone in the adjustable edger to maintain the 89 degrees? Are you using the diamond stone on the base edge before the axe file? Thanks again.
@jeanfourcade
@jeanfourcade 6 жыл бұрын
Use 2 diamond stones. A 400 for removing burrs, and an 800 for smoothing. Better to use your edge tuner for the last step (smotthing) if your d.stones adapt to it, but you can do without it for de-burring.
@limoric1
@limoric1 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Guy, it looks like you're working on a GS ski...any chance you can comment on why you prefer a 89 degree side edge angle? I would have thought you'd be at least 88. Is it because you find yourself in soft snow more often??
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
HI Eric, I find that 88 can feel a little grabby. If 89 is sharp, it works just fine. Cheers, Guy.
@limoric1
@limoric1 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for that answer...I'm prepping for my level 3 and wondered if maybe I'm handicapping myself with aggressive angles. BTW, I searched the internet for hours trying to find how many wraps of tape on a file, before buying some fancy file guides from a high end tool company in Whistler...LOL! I'm enjoying your video's...Cheers!
@davidramsay6142
@davidramsay6142 7 жыл бұрын
Good practical demonstration of servicing ones skis with a payback of 2 shop service.
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks David, more videos on the way this season, stay tuned!
@jimmyrebel2010
@jimmyrebel2010 5 жыл бұрын
Step number 1 - never tune your skis in your kitchen
@paulsuomi526
@paulsuomi526 6 жыл бұрын
6 raps of hockey tape on base edge? that is probably 3 degrees of base bevel. check your references. regular irons? no, terrible.
@jeanfourcade
@jeanfourcade 6 жыл бұрын
Agree. Horrendous approximation. for what? Save the $35 to $50 for a top multi-angle edge tuner, which you'll use for the next 10 or 15 seasons???
@ralfoeldi
@ralfoeldi 7 жыл бұрын
Hmmm.... anybody that needs this video shouldn't be messing up their skis. And having it done professionally isn't all that expensive. In Switzerland - not the cheapest place on earth - a complete ski service costs you 59 Swiss Francs, about $61. That's in a ski resort.
@AlltracksAcademy
@AlltracksAcademy 7 жыл бұрын
Rainer Alföldi From my experience people enjoy the idea of developing new skill and abilities, and those who do deserve a starting point. Once these skills are developed, the act of tuning ones skis becomes an important and enjoyable ritual....to drink a beer, tune your skis, and then go out and experience your own handy work on the hill. In time you can adjust your tuning technique to suite what feels good under foot. Hand tuning your own skis is something that brings out the spirit of this great sport so much more than handing them to your local ski tech who feeds them into a robot and spits them out the other end. Happy Skiing, Guy
@ninapesner3434
@ninapesner3434 7 жыл бұрын
Too expensive in my view!
@ninapesner3434
@ninapesner3434 7 жыл бұрын
By expensive, I meant the cost of the pro shop. Love this video!
@ralphpurtcher
@ralphpurtcher 7 жыл бұрын
Assuming that ski maintenance takes half an hour of your time, not everyone earns 59 Francs (after tax) for each half hour of their working day. Travelling to your ski shop, queuing to deposit your skis, then picking them up again, paying and travelling home might take you over half an hour of your time. If half an hour of your time is worth more than 59 Francs after tax, then you are earning 220 * 8 * 2 *59 = 207,000 Francs per year AFTER tax. The average salary for a doctor in Switzerland is 109,000 Francs before tax. A surgeon earns just under 200,000 Francs before tax. Clearly you don't value the time you spend going to the Ski store, and as far as your personal time is concerned, you earn substantially more than a surgeon. I suspect your advice isn't for the average person?
@DavidSkis
@DavidSkis 6 жыл бұрын
I ski 60 days a year, mostly on hardpack/ice. A tune lasts around 2-3 days max. If I went to the shop for all my tunes, I would spend over $1200/year! In the time it takes me to travel to the shop and back twice, I can tune my skis at home. Hmm, this is a no-brainer!
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