Ski Tuning and Waxing

[D.B. Cooper]

November 2018 using Ver 2.0, did 3 pairs of relatively short skis with 2 kits
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Skis on display, surrounded by green grass.....no offence, but do your neighbors think you're wacky?

 

[MarzNC]

Skis on display, surrounded by green grass.....no offence, but do your neighbors think you're wacky?

As you might per able to tell, we have a very large lot. It's a carry over from when a 100 acre farm was subdivided into 13 lots in 1982, all heavily wooded, 6-10 acres. The house/lot my husband bought before I met him is 6 acres with a pond. I married him and moved in 25+ years ago. Back then the road near the neighborhood was a dirt road. There were only 10 houses. Now we are surrounded by a standard high end subdivisions with 3 or 4 big houses per acre. Our neighbors are generally relatively new to the region who just drive by and don't notice much. Even when they walk by on the sidewalk that's on the other side of the street, they don't really notice when I'm doing yard work along our side of the street.

Our lot slopes down quite a bit from the street. I doubt any of the neighbors have ever noticed the few times I had skis in the driveway since I did it midweek. Not sure how many would know that they were skis. Definitely not on the day when there was snow on the ground. In central NC that means everyone hunkers down in their house until the snow melts. ;-)

 

[tirolski]

Anybody ever try the concoction Clark Griswold experimented with?
It’s a new noncaloric silicon based kitchen lubricant his company is working on.

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

I am actually going to ride a chair on Monday so thought it would be a good idea to wax my skis. It occurred to me that I have been using this iron for this purpose since I was a teenager. I’m 65 now and it was old then. Collectors of vintage household stuff would be appalled.

 

[Brownski]

I was about to say I’ve got an electric drill from that era but that cord makes me think your iron is a lot older. 1910s?

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

I was about to say I’ve got an electric drill from that era but that cord makes me think your iron is a lot older. 1910s?

Not sure but I’m going with’20s or ‘30s

 

[tirolski]

I am actually going to ride a chair on Monday so thought it would be a good idea to wax my skis. It occurred to me that I have been using this iron for this purpose since I was a teenager. I’m 65 now and it was old then. Collectors of vintage household stuff would be appalled.View attachment 17425

SBR, Yer cord does looks pretty old.
Hope ya waxed em before ya sharpened the metal edge yer cord is touchin.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

Collectors of vintage household stuff would be appalled.

I'm thinking the fire marshall would be appalled.

 

[tirolski]

I'm thinking the fire marshall would be appalled.

a) Donate it to a museum.
b) Sell it to a collector.
c) Replace the cord with a new one
d) Unplug and/or Cut the cord, & just heat heat old Brock Snyder on top of the woodstove whenever ya wanna use it for waxing. (easiest)

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

a) Donate it to a museum.
b) Sell it to a collector.
c) Replace the cord with a new one
d) Unplug and/or Cut the cord, & just heat heat old Brock Snyder on top of the woodstove whenever ya wanna use it for waxing. (easiest)

Appreciate the concern but it is quite reliable. I did replace the wall end plug recently. Doing the whole cord would be easy, may look into that.

On the other hand, the cord is so well impregnated with wax, it must have extra insulating properties.