Minor Gauges Along Base Edges (ON3P)

[Snowgoner]

Whats up NS,

Today I was fortunate enough to ski on my brand new On3p Wrenegades in a few inches of fresh at Waterville. I got a bit carried away at one point and skied into a tree section with poor coverage. I dinged up my base edges a bit by sliding/grazing over a few rocks. Minimal to no base damage though.

As an ex-racer who watches after his skis pretty well, I was obviously a bit bummed to discover these gauges. While they may be cosmetic, I love the feeling of having perfectly smooth edges and bases. I have a good amount of tuning experience, but this is my first pair of ON3P's, and also my first pair of rockered skis so I have a few quick questions. Hopefully Iggy will see this post but any others with some insight feel free to share.

I know ON3P tunes factory tunes and preps all skis before they send them out. What side/base angles do they set their skis to? My side bevel is currently set to 3 degrees and my base bevel is currently set to .5 degrees.

I plan to buff out the gauges carefully with my base bevel, using a diamond stone, and I'll also run a file and diamond stone down the side edges to smooth everything out. Anyone have any additional ideas?

Last question: Once I've done all of this, should I use a gummy stone to detune a bit around the rockered areas to avoid hooking my turns?

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[iggyskier]

1/1 side/base bevel.

Diamond Stone + gummi should be fine to deal with any typical rock damage on the edge.

If you are running a file every time you have some rock damage on your end, you are going to be constantly filing & detuning your skis.

Any area you are actually taking a file to should be detuned afterwards with a gummi (in contact length) or file + gummi (outside contact length).

Rocker areas are already detuned. Honestly, zero reason to do much in that area. Knock damage down by rounding over with a file or diamond if you need it, but normally just gummi so nothing is hooky and you are good. Never try to use a file/guide to sharpen edges in that zone. You will just have to go back and heavily detune it later.

If you want, email me photos (scott AT on3pskis DOT com) and I can give you some more advice. That said, I find most people are happiest on our skis when they keep it simple, don't overtune the edges, keep the bevel close to stock, and detune properly when they do tune them.

Hope that helps.

 

[Snowgoner]

1/1 side/base bevel.

Diamond Stone + gummi should be fine to deal with any typical rock damage on the edge.

If you are running a file every time you have some rock damage on your end, you are going to be constantly filing & detuning your skis.

Any area you are actually taking a file to should be detuned afterwards with a gummi (in contact length) or file + gummi (outside contact length).

Rocker areas are already detuned. Honestly, zero reason to do much in that area. Knock damage down by rounding over with a file or diamond if you need it, but normally just gummi so nothing is hooky and you are good. Never try to use a file/guide to sharpen edges in that zone. You will just have to go back and heavily detune it later.

If you want, email me photos (scott AT on3pskis DOT com) and I can give you some more advice. That said, I find most people are happiest on our skis when they keep it simple, don't overtune the edges, keep the bevel close to stock, and detune properly when they do tune them.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, Scott. You hit all my questions. I'll follow your advice and if I have any follow-up questions I'll shoot them over to your email. You guys are the shit.