CHEAP BASE WELDER?

you should try winterstager, i think they go for around $3000. they're called the polyman, just in case you wanted to know
 
don't waste your money on a basewelder, just practice with flaming ptex candles and get them real close to the base so the flame is as small as possible and the repair work will be just fine.
 
P-TEX TENDS TO CRACK AND THEN FALL OUT MAKING IT A ENDLESS JOB. BASEWELD MATERIAL IS ALMOST RUBBERY , IT DOES NOT CRACK AND RARELY FALLS OUT.
 
all he was bloody asking was to turn you caps off, why do all the f'n whiney kids here have to get pissed of when a non-punk starts to ask someone to turn of thier fucking caps. Get a life bro, all he was wanting was proper spelling and grammar.
 
SO FUCKIN TYPICAL OF THIS FORUM. NOBODY HAS ANY USEFUL INFO ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN SHITTY PARK SKIS AND THE NEWEST FUCKING TREND. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH U PEOPLE? YOU CALL YOURSELF SKIERS? YOUR NOT SKIERS UR A BUNCH OF FUCKING PARK RATS LIVING WITH MOMMY AND DADDY WHO THINK THAT P-TEX IS THE FUCKING END ALL TO BASE REPAIR. ITS NOT YOU IDIOTS. ILL BET 90% OF U HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF A BASE WELDER LET ALONE KNOW WHATS ITS FOR. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I ASKED HERE I MIGHT AS WELL ASKED A FUCKING MONKEY.SO GO ON AND CHIT CHAT ABOUT YOUR FUCKIN ARMADAS AND WHAT SIMON IS WEARING THIS YEAR AND SHOVE IT ALL UP UR ASSES YOU PUSSYS.
 
ha ha holy shit! but yea ur not gonna find any legit technical stuff here...that's what tgr is for. but really i never said that and i dont want people here to all go on tgr. k thx
 
well if you know so much more about base weld then why did you have to ask us about it? and caps lock is just uncalled for.
 
usually I don't get in arguments on the internet cuz its like the special olympics even if you win your still retarted but sometimes its worth it.

a cheap base welder will do just the same as a skilled tech with Ptex and a lighter, I know this because I work in a shop and i've seen what base welders can do and frankly i'm not impressed the best work we do is by hand with a candle and some careful prep work before hand. So I suggest you either pony up $1,000-$3000 for a good basewelder or just practice and learn how to use a ptex candle. and if it keeps falling out just go ahead and bring it into a shop and they will fix it right up for you.

(let me guess the next thing your gonna want to buy is a wax roller huh?)

 
Base Welder? Like the stick feed type? I think I can get those. I'll check on a price for ya. Dunno if you're interested, but you might want to consider an iron and p-tex ribbons. Just hold the ribbon on top of the gouge and put the iron on top until it melts... pretty much the same as a stick feed base welder.

Also for those who posted previously, using drip candles isn't nearly as good as welding. There is a reason that Wintersteiger makes a machine specifically for base repairs, essentially a big iron that spans the width of the ski's base.
 
^ what he said... if you are talking about a feed type gun, I think they are like 120, you can do a cheaper alternative... which is similar to a soldering iron to melt the ribbon in which is like 40 I think on like reliable racing or something... I have not mastered this yet. I have had welds from shops fall out as well as my own, and my own p-tex. For the price of p-tex, and the amount of rails I hit... which cracks the shop welds and my p-tex, I just p-tex once every few weeks, not that big of a deal, base welder comes in handy, but p-tex is quick and easy, especially for a poor college student

hope I answered your question?
 
Base welder is $170 for the extrusion type. Better off getting the one where you use an iron and a ribbon. Those retail at about $70 or so.
 
3726511:huckster989 said:
usually I don't get in arguments on the internet cuz its like the special olympics even if you win your still retarted but sometimes its worth it.

a cheap base welder will do just the same as a skilled tech with Ptex and a lighter, I know this because I work in a shop and i've seen what base welders can do and frankly i'm not impressed the best work we do is by hand with a candle and some careful prep work before hand. So I suggest you either pony up $1,000-$3000 for a good basewelder or just practice and learn how to use a ptex candle. and if it keeps falling out just go ahead and bring it into a shop and they will fix it right up for you.

(let me guess the next thing your gonna want to buy is a wax roller huh?)
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even the most skilled tech would never use the lighter technique in the first place, those just don't hold plain and simple. Way too much air space in between each drip. Not saying he should waste money on a basewelder but you're full of shit haha
 
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