Can you tune skis without bindings

[pow_pow~]

Just sold my bindings but I want to get my skis tuned before I put them away in storage.

Obviously they've got drilled holes in them, and the shop I go to has a big machine grinder that uses a lot of water. Is this a major problem?

 

[Blake.P]

The shop will take care of it. If you are really worried, stick a piece of duct tape over the holes before you take them in

 

[SamtheEagle]

they will probably fill the holes for you if you ask nicely

 

[tomPietrowski]

If you plan on get differnt bindings then the shop can just fill the old holes. If your putting the same type back on then they can just cover the holes. It is actually easier though to grind skis when they have no bindings so you will be fine

 

[RudyGarmisch]

^so much easier, amen to that.

 

[NinetyFour]

Another +1 for tuning skis without bindings. Like mentioned earlier, packing tape or duct tape would seal of the holes just fine.

 

[Evangelista]

Just do it by hand.

 

[tomPietrowski]

^ do a full base grind and stone grind by hand?

 

[Evangelista]

Base grind obviously would be hard to do by hand. But any edge tuning can be done easily by hand.

 

[tomPietrowski]

Yeah buts that's the point a full service can't be done by hand

 

[RudyGarmisch]

Fuck auto feeds, old school.

 

[k2andcannoli]

Fuck $100000 ski tuning equipment.

 

[tomPietrowski]

I did not mean an auto tune they are a waste, but a good little wintersteiger base grinder with a stone is the best bet

 

[RudyGarmisch]

Knowing how to do it right with minimal equipment is never a bad thing. Experts know more than one way to grind a ski.