Edge Replacement

**Cat Jockey** · 11-19-2005, 05:28 PM

The whole edge - not just a section. I have a 185 carving deck, cap construction, with a toeside edge that is about 75% trashed. I could spend a couple of hours filing it down to about 1/32nd of an inch and still only recover about 90% of it.

The board is worthless at this point, unless I can replace the edge. I do all of my own repairs, but never anything of this magnitude. Anyone ever do something like this, replace an entire length of edge that is? Am I fucking kidding myself that it can be done and hold up for awhile?

Oh yea, blow me if all you have to contribute is that this belongs in Tech Talk.

**weibo** · 11-19-2005, 05:55 PM

It does belong in Tech Talk and no I won't blow you.

Your board is fucked. You could replace the edge but it would take time, a press and some precision bending. That of course does not include the time to screw in the edge and the fact that it would probably rip out with in hours of your repair. If you have to replace the whole edge the board is at the end of it's natural life.

On the other hand if you find a shop trhat can do it for you it will probably cost $250 or more and will rip out just as quick.

Oh and again Tech Talk

**Dside11-11** · 11-19-2005, 08:28 PM

Pretty rough trying to solicit advice in a post that includes the phrase, addressed to all, "blow me."

That thing's fucked, bro. Buy some skis.

**Spats** · 11-19-2005, 09:37 PM

It belongs in Tech Talk.

And you need a new board.

**Blurred** · 11-19-2005, 09:39 PM

Carving "decks" are fucking sick.

Go to epicski.com

You'll fit right in there.

**marshalolson** · 11-19-2005, 09:53 PM

get a second one, and use it as an outside edge....

**Cat Jockey** · 11-19-2005, 10:26 PM

Pretty rough trying to solicit advice in a post that includes the phrase, addressed to all, "blow me."

I am not looking for advice dude. I know how to replace edge segments. The preemptive blow me was for those that know more about computers and the internet than about skis and snowboards and would post something to the effect of "Stupid JONG, this belongs in Tech Talk". Not interested.

I was merely curious if anyone has done what I am going to do, replace an entire length of edge and whether or not they found it worth it.

That thing's fucked, bro. Buy some skis.

I know it's fucked - that is why I am going to fix it. I already have skis, alpine and teles.

Oh and again Tech Talk

It belongs in Tech Talk.

Yea, yea, yea. I didn't put it there because I am not looking for any technical advice. Just curious if anyone else that has done it is all. I find it too fucking funny that you guys tell me this when I am posting about a snowboard in a forum titled Ski / Snowboard that runs the gammut from trip reports to weather forcasts to medical advice to anal sex, to video games etc. But heaven forbid somebody ask as to whether or not anyone has ever had a full edge replacement on a ski or snowboard in a ski and snowboard forum. Too fuckin' funny.

Rest assured, if I can get my hands on a digi, I will document the procedure in the following weeks and put that technical repair info in the Tech Talk forum.

So I gather that you guys have never done this. A first it shall be then.

get a second one, and use it as an outside edge....

There is a cat at Loveland that I have seen on powder days that uses two 167 Factory Primes (stiff race deck with about 18cm waist width) as a skis. Scary.

Carving "decks" are fucking sick.

Why yes, I think they are.

Go to epicski.com

You'll fit right in there.

Your lady friend already gave me the same advice. What, am I not enough of a prick to hang around here? [twitch]Ouch, the psyops man, lay off. Please, oh please, stop pronouning me Mr. cool[/twicth]

Don't you have some sweet steezy neat-o website? Maybe I can go hang out there. Maybe I can be as cool as you if I do. What is that web address again?

You're a tool dude.

**belgian** · 11-19-2005, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

Yea, yea, yea. I didn't put it there because I am not looking for any technical advice

Humans never cease to amaze me with their stupidity

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

You're a tool dude.

*yawn*

**Cat Jockey** · 11-20-2005, 01:53 AM

huh?

Humans never cease to amaze me with their stupidity

Huh?!? I don't get it. I am not looking for any technical advice. so why would I post there? Gee, care to tell me what "Tech" is actually short for than wiseass? Maybe "Tech is short for technetium? Technic? Technical, technicality, technical knockout, technician, Technicolor, technique, technocracy, technological, technologize, technology, technostructure? Those are your only choices dude.

What is so difficult and outlandish about this? I merely threw out a question asking whether anyone has had a full edge replacement on a ski or snowboard and if it held up in a forum titled Ski / Snowboard - not how to do it, why it can't be done, etc. I know how to do it and am going to do it, just curious if anyone else has.

*yawn*

Umm ... that is a guy rolling his eyes and a dude wearing a pair of shades shaking his head no - neither of which is a yawn. Sheesh, belgians never cease to qamaze me with their stupidity.

I see. You do not have any experience with what I am talking about either but just wanted to insult somebody to boost your self confidence. Thanks for wasting my time and go ahead and put yourself in the "blow me" catagory as well.

**freshie247** · 11-20-2005, 02:14 AM

You can't polish a turd.It would hurt to lighten up either Francis.

**Lostinthetrees** · 11-20-2005, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

I am not looking for advice dude. I know how to replace edge segments. ...

That is why TECH TALK for all the reasons you list.

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

...
You're a tool dude.

With that attitude, stick around. You'll fit right in.

**Will** · 11-20-2005, 02:52 AM

Well, no shit. What do we have here, a fucking comedian!
Private, Cat Jockey! I admire your honesty.
Hell, I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister!

**Skip Dooley** · 11-20-2005, 08:52 AM

please leave.

**Villiage Idiot** · 11-20-2005, 09:46 AM

The guy rides a carving board with hard boots guys.

Don't be surprised he ended his post with a homosexual innuendo....

**Cat Jockey** · 11-20-2005, 10:56 AM

I see ... that's five more people that have no experience with what I am talking about but feel the need to jump in anyway, plus a guy who has a problem with homosexuals and likes to use that as an insult and is too chickenshit to admit it without the use of an alias.

You can't polish a turd.It would hurt to lighten up either Francis.

It ain't a turd ... yet. Just a board with alot of life left and a fucked up edge. Don't mistake bluntness for heavyness dude. I knew that if I posted this very simple question, a question that no one who has responded to has any experience with apparently, I would get people telling me to put it in tech talk and I don't have any technical questions. Waady know, I was right. Don't hate me 'cause I was right.

Btw, you forum cops are slacking. A brief overview of thread titles indicate some threads that belong in the summit area as well as tech talk. Go git 'em boys.

**m1e448** · 11-20-2005, 11:06 AM

No see here: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20100

**Cat Jockey** · 11-20-2005, 11:17 AM

No see here:

Disappointing. I thought you meant: No, see here is a thread you must have missed while using the search function about somebody who did it. Oh well.

**freshie247** · 11-20-2005, 11:21 AM

This isn't a question of right or wrong,perceived or not,Walter. If you put a target on your back & yell ,"look at me",somebody is going to shoot at you.

"I'll have you know prior restraint has been roundly rejected by the Supreme Court.I'm staying here and finishing my coffee!Yep,..just enjoying my coffee."

Your board is F*CKED ,it's that simple.You can put all the time you want into it ,slap 50 t-screws in it,whatever makes you happy.IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. The more adjustments you make to it to fix it,the more you'll change it's characteristics on one side.I guess you could do the same thing to the other side to make the changes hard to detect.

In fact I think you should build a Franken-board from spare pieces & post your results in detail.Good Luck with your mission.

**LIP** · 11-20-2005, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

The whole edge - not just a section. I have a 185 carving deck, cap construction, with a toeside edge that is about 75% trashed. I could spend a couple of hours filing it down to about 1/32nd of an inch and still only recover about 90% of it.

The board is worthless at this point, unless I can replace the edge. I do all of my own repairs, but never anything of this magnitude. Anyone ever do something like this, replace an entire length of edge that is? Am I fucking kidding myself that it can be done and hold up for awhile?

Oh yea, blow me if all you have to contribute is that this belongs in Tech Talk.

You got WAAAAAY too much time on your hands if you're even contemplating a repair like that.

**bdog** · 11-20-2005, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

I am not looking for advice dude. I know it's fucked - that is why I am going to fix it.

As others have already pointed out, What you are asking for IS TECHNICAL ADVICE! ... and belongs in tech talk. That being said, as a ski/board technician with a couple of decades of experience I agree with your other assesment; your board is fucked. It is not worth fixing, either by yourself or by a professional. You would have received a much kinder responce from this crowd if your original and subsequent posts were not so full of attitude. so, my technical advice is:

YOUR BOARD IS FUCKED! IT IS DONE, FINI! THROW IT OUT. ...and ..LIGHTEN UP DUDE AND RESPECT THOSE THAT HAVE SPENT SOME TIME ON THIS BOARD!

**glademaster** · 11-20-2005, 11:59 AM

TECH TALK YOU JONG-TASTIC BITCH!!!

Sorry, couldn't help after being told not to admonish him about using Tech Talk

**Villiage Idiot** · 11-20-2005, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

I am not looking for advice dude. I know how to replace edge segments.

You sir, are a total douchebag.

Your girlfriend’s cat has to be put to sleep. You:
A) Console her throughout the night, letting her cry on your shoulder, telling her that her cat’s in a better place.
B) Buy her a houseplant and say "Let’s see if you can take care of this, okay?"
C) Look her in the eyes and say "Well, now we can get back to concentrating on the only pussy that really matters".

Cat Jockey:

You would be out of your depth in a parking lot puddle. Why is it that the people with the smallest minds always have the biggest mouths? Well, you're certainly thoughtless; I just wish that you were keyboard-less, too. You bring to mind a quote from Josh Billing: "Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair."

**Cat Jockey** · 11-20-2005, 12:27 PM

This isn't a question of right or wrong,perceived or not,Walter. If you put a target on your back & yell ,"look at me",somebody is going to shoot at you.

I am not complaining about getting shit ... I am just giving back and pointing out reality. I don't think I am the one that needs to lighten up as I am not the one telling me my board is fucked or that I am in the wrong forum and have not an answer to my question. I am just a dude that posed a very simple, nontechnical question. I also know that the more views this thread gets the better the chance of somebody seeing it who can actually answer my question - the simple whether or not somebody has ever done it. Not how to or why not or anyone's opinion on a board they haven't seen or ridden.

In fact I think you should build a Franken-board from spare pieces & post your results in detail.Good Luck with your mission.

That is kinda the plan. Like I said, if I can get my hands on a digi, I will document it and put that technical info in the Tech Talk section.

Your board is F*CKED ,it's that simple.You can put all the time you want into it ,slap 50 t-screws in it,whatever makes you happy.IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. The more adjustments you make to it to fix it,the more you'll change it's characteristics on one side.I guess you could do the same thing to the other side to make the changes hard to detect.

I would address these points - but that would be getting technical and we all know that that kind of talk does not belong here.

I think you are trying to be helpful, thankyou. The mission will proceed as planned.

You got WAAAAAY too much time on your hands if you're even contemplating a repair like that.

I guess I could sit on my ass in front of a computer screen then racking up a whole bunch of posts then? Grandaddy always said the the Net turns iron in your blood to lead in your ass. It is less an issue of time than it is one of the money it would take to replace a board like that; one that has only about ten days on it. Plus, I think the challenge would be enjoyable in addition to the enjoyment I get out of working on my own gear. To each their own.

As others have already pointed out, What you are asking for IS TECHNICAL ADVICE! ... and belongs in tech talk.

Wrong. I am asking for no such thing dude, as I have already pointed out. I am merely asking whether or not anyone has done it. Not how, not why, not why it shouldn't be done, not what material they used, the process - you know, the technical aspects of such an endeavor. Merely whether or not the endeavor has been attempted out of curiousity. It is called reading comprehension - you should look into it before you make claims about someone's post that are clearly not what you claim them to be. Where you are getting confused is in the fact that the people that have responded have told me it is an impossible feat and breifly why. They are offering technical advice I am not asking for in lieu of an answer to my actual, nontechnical question. Talk to them about the content of their posts, not me.

It is not worth fixing, either by yourself or by a professional.

Worth is relative. Not only is it relative, it is not a judgement I am asking for, but thankyou for proffering technical advice I am not seeking..

You would have received a much kinder responce from this crowd if your original and subsequent posts were not so full of attitude. so, my technical advice is:

Who is complaining about unkind responses? Why do you preceive a problem where one does not exsist? And, thanks, but no thanks. I am not asking for technical advice. I am only asking, out of curiousity, whether or not somebody has done what I am going to do. What is so difficult to understand about this. If I get technical about the process, again, I will keep you updated in the Tech Talk section.

I take it you have not done this then either. Thankyou for responding to a question I did not ask. Your pessimism is duly noted. Just a snowboard edge - it can be fixed, but here is not the place to discuss how - that is for Tech Talk.

TECH TALK YOU JONG-TASTIC BITCH!!!

Sorry, couldn't help after being told not to admonish him about using Tech Talk

Don't apologize. This kind of response would have come with or without the blow me clause. I expected it and I was right. Thankyou for being predictable.

**glademaster** · 11-20-2005, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Cat Jockey

Don't apologize. This kind of response would have come with or without the blow me clause. I expected it and I was right. Thankyou for being predictable.

I wasn't apologizing to you, I was apologizing to the community for the big-ass font, as for you, your level of douchebagery grows by the second.

**Cat Jockey** · 11-20-2005, 12:40 PM

Too fucking funny.

You would be out of your depth in a parking lot puddle.

Quite rich coming from a homophobe that must hide his insecurity behind an alias. I think you not civilized enough to judge somebodies depth, illustrated by your obvious shallowness.

Why is it that the people with the smallest minds always have the biggest mouths?

What, are you doing some self pondering now? I wish I could answer this question for you, but is an issue you must correct in yourself by yourself. If it is any consolation, I often wonder the same thing about people like you as well. Makes no damn sense to me either.

I just wish that you were keyboard-less, too

Hold out both hands. Now, wish in one and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.

Oops, in that link the one cat posted that had nothing to do with my question, there was a post advising that I not argue with aliai as it would make my genitals raw.

I wasn't apologizing to you

And?... You are still predictable. Deal with it.

your level of douchebagery grows by the second.

Sweet.