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Methods for detuning edges

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RobotTom
Posts: 544 - Karma: 21

i tried to go and do some preseason jibbage on an athletic bench but my edges were way too sharp and kept on digging in and sending me flying.  Anyone here have any good ways to detune edges.

Nov 2 2007 11:54AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13083 - Karma: 18,725
easy,  it takes 3 steps

1. Take file
2. rub the file in a round motion on the edges
3. continue until results are satisfying.


Nov 2 2007 11:56AM
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nothanks
Posts: 13551 - Karma: 31
A stone.
Nov 2 2007 11:56AM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
file, stone, rock, concrete wall, etc......Your basically dulling metal, theres no special tool for it, but use what ever you have
Nov 2 2007 1:40PM
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396222687862
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you use a 9mm or glock 18?

haha but in all seriousness, detune under the boot, or along all the edge?
Nov 2 2007 4:21PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300

just start sliding rails with em, i never detuned mine, i just ate it until i had hit enough rails to detune them

Nov 2 2007 4:30PM
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alexL
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
is it one of those aluminum benches cuz those are a bad idea but yeah get the lil bastard file and make it round underfoot if you want to go a bit farther past your bindings

we have this stuff that looks like a steel wool sponge that is good to use too but it doesnt do as much, and use a diamond stone before you file it to get the hard spots out of the edges
Nov 2 2007 4:32PM
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invader7
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works fine if you like cracked edges
Nov 2 2007 5:26PM
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DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137
aluminum benches are good to slide reguardless of what every one says you just have to be real carefull aboutlanding on it right.

Good ol' bench sliding, was fun untill the cops took it from us.
Nov 2 2007 5:27PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
Remember to only do it under the boot area. And just sliding shit will detune them.
Nov 2 2007 5:28PM
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ryano
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 1,535
i'm fond of the smith & wesson 40 : )
Nov 2 2007 5:32PM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
Get a handfile, do what first person said pretty much, make the edge nice and round underfoot.

Going out and hitting shit on fresh edges means several things usually: more likely to catch (as you did), usually the feeling of intensified friction; lack of smoothness, huge edge burrs, and usually edges crack sooner/more frequently. Definitely detune that shit.
Nov 2 2007 5:32PM
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chazz.
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 23

i usually first place my ski on a large rock, bindings down, then procede to take a 40lb sledgehammer and repeatedly beat the shat out of them.

Nov 2 2007 6:46PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Take them to a shop and ask them to grind them on their belt. Just make sure you don't speak to any old school racer type or really anal tuner. Snowboarders staff are a better bet.
Nov 2 2007 6:49PM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
i used new skis today and just made sure i took like 5 runs and pulled lots of hard stops on ice.  then i hit some rails and boxes and they seemed to be good.  a little sticky on the rail but no crashes cause of it
Nov 2 2007 7:08PM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
use sand paper and make sure to make the edge smooth. it works best
Nov 2 2007 8:30PM
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l337
Posts: 1244 - Karma: 14
about 1 inch from the front of your binding and about 1 inch from the back. So you won't slip around so much
Nov 2 2007 10:48PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
Sand paper works pretty good
Nov 2 2007 11:54PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
hahahahaha
Nov 2 2007 11:55PM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -7
Belting a ski and then skiing on it is fucking stupid.  It takes the edge off, and all the wax. 
Just ask them to stone it real quick.
Nov 2 2007 11:55PM
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solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
im just gonna throw it out there but, maybe trying skiing a LOT thats how i roll, but if there is no snowwww.... then dull then by taking a rock to them!?
Nov 3 2007 12:36AM
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moonofendor
Posts: 1484 - Karma: 14
i roll with the .5 dessert eagle.
that'll blow shit up.
Nov 3 2007 1:07AM
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Pwn.Mode
Posts: 1061 - Karma: 10
yay!!!!!
Nov 3 2007 1:08AM
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jergriff
Posts: 440 - Karma: 9
rocks for reals i had to do it one day cuz i tuned my skis at mah shop super quick and i spaced detuning and i could hardly even ski at all but rocks will do the trick fo sho
Nov 3 2007 2:35AM
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Rippy087
Posts: 666 - Karma: 12
there are special tuning kits you can get, they usually have detuners too, and they are pretty cheap.  i know burton makes some snowboard ones but that doesnt make a difference.  using a nail file might take too much bite out, you probobaly want something with a finer grain
Nov 3 2007 2:36AM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Eh, taking the edge off is the idea man. Wax? What? I'm talking about just holding the edge at 45 dgrees to the belt to detune it. Works a treat.
Nov 3 2007 3:54PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
my shop has a machine that they use to detune my edges.  it takes like 30 seconds and i have totally round totally dull edges.
Nov 3 2007 7:05PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
gummy stone or a detuning stone they sell them at ski shops
Nov 3 2007 7:21PM
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4frntSkier
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 143
yeah here in the east we have pre season sking
that and the shitty rails set up till a month into the season where you can do them basically all day and leave the mountain in good shape for the season
Nov 3 2007 7:38PM
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Colt45er
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 336
i wouldent go to hardcore on detuning, havin edges is bomb.  just take a file and de-tune like 1ft under foot and tip and tail.
Nov 3 2007 7:46PM
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mike_stack_rules
Posts: 105 - Karma: 17
negative tune those shits. it'll catch eventually if you get scared and turn hard enough, but not catch on metal.
Nov 3 2007 8:54PM
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