Problems with sidewalls beveling?

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motoman
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Post by motoman »

pmg wrote: Yes, but not neccessarily handmade. Its a standard thing with most routers, e.g. mine:
https://images.bosch-professional.com/d ... -24345.jpg
Are there any problems on the places of transition curve? Dovetail might get dipper on the border of tip and tail if to be inattentive.
pmg
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Post by pmg »

Well, that could happen. In the places where the radius of tip and tail get really tight there is no sidewall in my skis any more but thin tip/tailspacer already - no need to bevel that.

The bevel is really important where the sidewall is thick, where its thin (less than 3mm) you can just use a rough file when tuning the edges for the first time and take it off. Something like this works well for taking off plastic:
http://www.holmenkol.com/produkte/cross ... x30mm.html

I always use this file with my sidewall edge tuner, set it to 85° and take away all plastic above the edge. Then I continue on the edge with a finer file or diamond stones and a normal tuning angle (commonly 88°). Works like a charm!
motoman
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Post by motoman »

The file seems to be a useful tool. I guess my friends from the ski shop have such things.
But at the beginning I have to fix my router.
as the saying goes, first thing first
Dear pmg, thank you for good advice, I will definitely try bridge and shear the result after a while.
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