J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ellistine

About 6 or 7 months ago I asked this question. I decided not to use my best skis but instead got some cheapy skis of ebay and committed them to a life of ptex against plastic.

Anyway, 6 or 7 months of carving on snowflex (weekly) and I can see wood! The ptex along the edges under the binding has now completely worn through.

So, the moral of the story is, if you're planning on ripping up a dryslope on your best skis then chances are the dryslope will end up ripping up your skis!

Freezywater wrote:I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine

And your point is?

:wink:

ellistine wrote:Mike from NS wrote:


Is that a waxing iron on the roof rack just left of the elastic band and the Scratch decal? The tiny gage make me think it is a minature compressor.

Isn't it the rear half of a binding?

When was this picture taken? Has that binding imigrated?

The back and green item, just in shot, on the bench is the tail of the other Fischer RX9. A very rare type of ski in that it's made it into Pavel's shop and has avoided being cut in half!

Mike from NS wrote:Is that a waxing iron on the roof rack just left of the elastic band and the Scratch decal? The tiny gage make me think it is a minature compressor.

Isn't it the rear half of a binding?

could you not have got your inside knee any closer to the snow

I though that. Does the rear boot lift off the binding like they do with telemark binding? Severe boot flex if not!

That's gotta be way harder than carving on skis. What happens if you lose your balance a little? You can't exactly transfer your weight to the other ski or anything.

Right then, I just set about sharpening my edges for the first time. I gave up trying to sharpen the old skis I was planning to practice on (too rusty and far too long!) and proceeded to tune my dryslope skis.

It all seems to have gone remarkably well.

I started by removing any dings with an alu-oxide stone, drew a long the edge with a marker pen, and filed the edge with an 88 degree guide until the marker pen had gone.

I followed this with a 100 grit diamond Moonfile, followed by a 400 and then a ceramic stone.

Finally I ran along the bottom edge with a gummy stone to remove any burs.

The only problem I can see is that I have a small amount of filings embedded into the base, presumably pushed in by the guide. I was brushing the filings every couple of runs with the file but perhaps it wasn't enough. I suppose this is where taping the base might be a help.

Still, I expect the skis are now completely unusable on the dryslope! Last time they were sharpened (as a result of a base grind) I ended up sat trying to blunt the edges with the carbide tip of my poles! Great for carving - way too much grip for skidding.

Bandit wrote:Between the 2 Rossi stickers below the bench, to the right of the Kevin Keegan lookalike

They're not stickers but are part of the posters - as we're getting so detailed!