What do you use to keep your skis still while waxing?

[Joe_Brogan]

I'm looking for something to hold them still while scraping. I don't want to buy a $100+ ski clamp set, is there any way I can use a regular vise or clamps to hold them still?

Thanks

 

[Sklar]

real ski vices are super nice and make waxing easier and more enjoyable, but you can ghetto rig something.

a normal vice in the middle with something to support the tips/tail is all you need

 

[Balto]

i've found my penis works fantastically

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[poluhasuper]

put it across the top of 2 chairs and use a clotheshanger to keep the brakes down

 

[Toasty.]

i use a vice on my dads workbench.

 

[minibus4]

Sawhorses..... You can prolly steal some scrap wood from a construction site to make one or pay the $14 youself for all the materials. They arent rocket surgery to make and your skis arent going anywhere. Cant justify spending $150 for some alright overpriced vises.

 

[wesley.]

...waxing vices.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

2x6, a bit of foam, clamp from Home Depot. Multipurpose ski station that I can secure a ski quickly to - ski vices are way too expensive and take too long to work.

 

[ShredAZ]

My kitchen table is 1.25 inches thick.

I clamp down my bidings over the kitchten table with my ski upside down.

This keeps the brakes down and creates a stable place to wax and it's entirely free, assuming your ski has bindings.

 

[tom.skier]

Ski vice and work bench. Job Done.

 

[T_orageskiier]

ski vice is completely worth it.. just gets rid of so much frustration

 

[ALaw]

a vise

 

[fatherb]

Genius! I am definitely going to do this

 

[Session]

I use my man hands and an ironing board, but I need to go use Rowen's.

 

[LC.]

Wooden blocks, as mentioned above. Cost: $10.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

That little yellow tool, I freakin love that thing.

 

[Jonny.Ski]

My waxing table...

 

[NickCage]

My hand. Works pretty good.

 

[LC.]

I used it once and it kind of gouged by base beside the area I was working on, so sticking with a panzer file from now on.

 

[1337]

I use regular Swix vices, work great

 

[CoachG]

i use my free hand. Idk if this method will work for you though, i'm quite jacked.

 

[LittleFoot]

yeah dont waste your money on the fancy shit. just get wooden blocks like those guys^^^^^^

 

[joshua]

I just hold them down.

 

[a_pla5tic_bag]

i don't even need to keep my brakes down. a snowboarder landed on me and my brakes don't even work any more. i have to fix them.

 

[BWalmer]

I just rest them upside down (or use some blocks if I have some lying around...sometimes they get taken from me) and I use rubber bands to hold the brakes up. No need to get fancy.

 

[Canuker]

Hahahahah, rocket science? or maybe you ment brain surgery.

Sig'd

and to OP, peep this thread on TGR. Very very helpful

http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48127

 

[zerospinskier]

With rubber stripping across the top to grip the skis. Then click the boots on to add weight and keep them stable.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

I'm not ballsy enough to use that thing on the base, but I use it all the tip for cleaning up chipped topsheets, mounting... love it.

 

[Cufe.]

im in a dorm at uni, no space, no money. here is my ultra high end waxing system. it works. also, I just have my boot clipped into the binding while its upside down.

I would look for a higher end set up if you where racing, but for just having fun in the park/pow/runs its great.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

My RA pitched a fit over hot wax in the carpet in my dorm, I moved my operation to the parking garage when I was a freshman.

 

[BrewskiJr]

I usually just walk around my basement and grab two boxes with similar heights to rest each end of the ski on. Then rubber bands to hold the brakes down.