Replying to Ski tuning equipment.....

2 questions for you shop techs out there.

Im working on putting together the shop right now and I cant find the bench vise I want for our mounting bench. I'm looking for one that will hold 2 skis side by side and opens up to about 120 or so at the waist. my old shop had one of these. Can anyone point me where I could find one? SVST does not seem to have anything comparable in their catalogue. the widest vise I can find only goes out to 70mm. Like thats gonna help me!

Also for you shop techs out there, what's your preference for base repairs? A base repair gun that uses 11mm sticks or a hot air welder that uses 3-5mm wire? I'm torn what to get right now. I know the hot air welder works magic, but some of these base repair guns seem like they could do just as good of a job and not cost nearly as much.

Thanks for your input NS!

-CK