Message #18039

[jbotti]

The Stockli rep in Montana does hand base planing and some day I iwll have him over to my garage shop to show me how to hand plane bases and how to put a structure on. If you are trained right you can do 80% of the base work that one might need to do (and some jobs will always require a Montana or Winterstieger machine). Even after the training I am not sure that I will feel comfortable doing it myself. A good shop can make a base high ski feel new again and often put down a better base grind and structure than the ski came with from the factory. But beware that many places don't know what they are doing with base grinds. What Max says is true, only go to a place that is doing lots of grinds on race skis and has a great reputation for this in your area. If you can't find some place close, ship your skis and have them ground at a place that will do a good job. There is nothing worse than a bad base grind!!!