Whilst something like a Black & Decker Workmate is fine for use as an occasional tuning bench, if you’re going to be tuning skis regularly it’s worth building your own bench in the garage or shed etc. Racers will find the proprietary folding benches useful as they can take them to events for between race touch-up’s. If you make your own bench here's a few things that you might find helpful: It's important to get the bench height right. The engineering rule of thumb for heavy work (& scraping...
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As a new DIY tuner you're faced with a whole bunch of new terminology to get to grips with, mostly to do with the construction of the ski or board. This section is designed to give a brief explanation of the parts of the ski/board that you'll be working on when tuning. Construction Fig 1 shows a section of a ski, although boards are very similar. The ski body is usually made up of a number layers of wood, plastic, metal, carbon fibre & foam. Alternatively it could be a...
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Click on the 'DIY Tuning & Ski/Board Technician Tuition ' section in the on-line shop for details of Ori's tuition which carries on the now famous DIY Tuning Lesson or his Ski/Board Technician Foundation course, both of which are available 7 days a week. And if you can't make it to London for a lesson then Ori offers a superb tuning DVD and you tube videos.
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Two main reasons really: quality & cost. It can also be fun, therapeutic & give you a sense of satisfaction. If you've made the financial commitment to purchase your own skis or board then you really should be doing your own tuning, not just for the cost savings (which can be considerable) but also for the greatly improved performance benefits - which after all is the reason you bought your own gear in the first place!I'm not against shop tuning, in fact I offer a commercial ski tuning service myself....
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