Thursday, November 10, 2011

Ski Tuning Bench ver. 2 Done!

Finally done. This one took too much head scratching, the double hinge was a pain in the a** and trying to figure out an easy and strong way to support it took many different tries. In the end it worked out, is pretty simple to set up and is very stable. It takes me a few minutes to set up, after ever having only set it up a couple of times. Included on the table is a power outlet with a short cord to attach to an extension cord, a small 6*8 inch piece of metal screwed to the table top to place an iron on and a small flip out shelf to put tools on while tuning. To help hold the skis down while scraping or edging, I have a simple tie down that uses 1/8 inch cord and a clamcleat ( which can be bought at marine supply stores). This system is kind of like the Tools 4 Boards set that you can buy, only it costs about $10 instead of $100. Below is a complete listing of all the materials that I bought for this project and what they were used for...