Ski Carriage Service

bandit wrote:

Joaquín Guzmán Loera wrote:It would be very difficult to do a home tune better than a decent shop, if you are then the shop probably wasn't very good or you are a bit of a guru.

shorty It's my belief that most resort ski shops just shove everything through the machine, shortening the life of the ski, and giving us all the same edge set :twisted:

I tend to agree

Tony_H wrote:

bandit wrote:

Joaquín Guzmán Loera wrote:It would be very difficult to do a home tune better than a decent shop, if you are then the shop probably wasn't very good or you are a bit of a guru.

shorty It's my belief that most resort ski shops just shove everything through the machine, shortening the life of the ski, and giving us all the same edge set :twisted:

I tend to agree

Some common sense at last :wink:

In that case you were definitely using the wrong shops :twisted:

Joaquín Guzmán Loera wrote:In that case you were definitely using the wrong shops :twisted:

With the 5 mill on your head I could open quite a few shops..... :wink: :wink: :wink:

bandit wrote:

Joaquín Guzmán Loera wrote:It would be very difficult to do a home tune better than a decent shop, if you are then the shop probably wasn't very good or you are a bit of a guru.

shorty It's my belief that most resort ski shops just shove everything through the machine, shortening the life of the ski, and giving us all the same edge set :twisted:

When I put my skis in, I am very specific about what is to be done. For instance, if there is a deepish gouge, then I want an undercut prior to base fill. If it is only light base scratches, don't machine them.

If the skis need a base clean, then it is a ski shop. Most other things, I can do just as well, so it becomes a choice.

Going back to the post, £230, or £115/pair is a bit of a nonsense price. You can hire top skis, and change them every day, for less than that.

Dave Mac wrote:

bandit wrote:

Joaquín Guzmán Loera wrote:It would be very difficult to do a home tune better than a decent shop, if you are then the shop probably wasn't very good or you are a bit of a guru.

shorty It's my belief that most resort ski shops just shove everything through the machine, shortening the life of the ski, and giving us all the same edge set :twisted:

When I put my skis in, I am very specific about what is to be done. For instance, if there is a deepish gouge, then I want an undercut prior to base fill. If it is only light base scratches, don't machine them.

If the skis need a base clean, then it is a ski shop. Most other things, I can do just as well, so it becomes a choice.

The only thing that I can't do realistically is a base grind, every thing else with a bit of practice you can do better than a shop, there is something about doing your skis by hand, it does not take too long to repair or prepare even after the poor snow year of a couple of years back where all our skis took a pounding it did not take a hell of a long to get them back into shape.
For those who are real keen skiers I recommend giving it a go, I taught myself off the internet on a old pair of skis, just think of the excitement of not knowing if they are going to run or not and of course they always do, great fun. Go on invest your really enjoy it, especially for "Joaquín Guzmán Loera]It" he always has plenty of time on his hands :wink: :wink:

Disagree, you are obviously going to the wrong shops. Besides, why do something for yourself that you can pay other people to do for you :twisted: ;)