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One of the guys in our communal ski shop brought in one of these. With the novelty of having one of these available, we all were getting new scrapers after about three weeks. These definitely take a bite out of the scraper life.
https://www.skiscrapersharpener.com/
I use a cheap belt sander, might be this exact model, paid around $50
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-1...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
A couple of weeks?Quote:
Originally Posted by dcpnz
I was given one of those and it didn't hold up. Burnt the motor in one season.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
I ended up getting an Edgr. I know, dentist move (it was $249 when I bought mine), but so nice to always have a really sharp scraper.
https://shopcoldriver.com/products/e...aper-sharpener
I bought a bunch of 3x5" plastic from TAP Plastics and usually just sharpen a stack of them in one session to minimize the shavings floating around.
Did you try replacing the panzer file? Or sharpening it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
For single-purpose tools, something like https://the-raceplace.com/products/m...aper-sharpener
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/13...g?v=1477942670
I use the larger Swix panzer file-and-guide setup; with a discount, I can easily deal with the price. Given that it usually takes 2-3 pairs of skis to dull a scraper (fewer with CH4), having something on the bench is critical. I miss the power sharpener a previous employer had, but there's no way I can justify one to my wife (and I don't particularly like the Swix/Toko ones—they're too narrow and the 5mm scrapers don't fit through cleanly).
I used drywall screen and the when I got a panzer in a vice moved on. Panzar more better.
Once you get used to a sharp scraper there is no going back.
when my kid raced biathalon the coach told me he would get a sheet cut up at the local plastics shop at beginning of season, it didnt work very well tho cuz they had all disappeared by end of season );Quote:
Originally Posted by tuco
In my shop days, I had a bench grinder with the safety shrouds removed and a homemade guide at 90 degrees to the broad side of the wheel. Perfect straight sharp steel scrapers in seconds. It was amazing.
Like this, but with the wheel exposed and a scraper guide to use the side of the wheel. I’m gonna make myself one of these again I think.
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I use a handheld 4" angle grinder and eyeball it. Works well enough.
I was thinking that maybe I was under thinking this problem. Though I couldn't see spending $60 on a sharpener I started sketching out simple solutions in mind. But when I was out by work bench this came out as a solution with about 10 seconds effort. Works fine. File is an old rasp on the less aggressive side a hand me down from wife's horse stuff.
I have the same one. You have to keep blowing out the chips otherwise it will overheat. It works well but is a pain on the ass to keep clean. It is way faster than using my Bridgeport tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utagonian
I still have a multi edger and a panzar file for it. Set edger to 0 and off you go.
A panzer every once in awhile and one of these more often.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....SR474,450_.jpg
What am I looking at?Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum
https://www.amazon.com/Corona-Sharpe.../dp/B000BPASBK
Gives a nice sharp plastic edge on the scraper with a pass every few waxings. It eventually rounds the scraper so a couple passes on a panzer squares the scraper back up.
I've never had mine overheat but when I do a batch of scrapers, I usually keep the shopvac pointed at the opening so the shavings don't go all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunder
Oh, cool!Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum
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This gets all the caked on wax off with the brush and cuts a fresh edge in 2 passes.
Will remove fingernails too. And send shit flying across the room.
It's a handful.
if you put a prop on it, it might have lift-off.
I just use the edge of the ski, up near the tip or down by the tail.
What the fuck is going on here?
We may be channeling our inner "barking bear", you know, epic like.
Obviously you've gotten away with it and hopefully will in the future but I wouldn't advise people to grind on the side of the wheel. They occasionally come apart. (There are grinders designed to sharpen on the side of the wheel but these are very low speed.)Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
Yeah? But what if you put it on a treadmill?Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
^^^^^^
I think you'd travel a light year in a nanosecond.
this with a simple guide at 90 degreesQuote:
Originally Posted by John_B
Phrasing
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