realskiers

Sidehill, I am not sure what the shop guy is talking about. Maybe that their machine is not meant for base grinding? Every ski after significant use requires base grinding and the base bevel on the skis increases as the metal gets worn down from use (so a ski that leaves the factory with a 1* degree base bevel after 50-75 ski days will be more like 1.5 or even close to 2. Base high is what we call a ski where this occurs. The only way to get back to 1* is to grind down the base, thereby reducing the base bevel on the metal. Most places will grind a ski to flat and then file the metal to the desired bevel angle by hand using a base bevel guide.