Dw3 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Just rode 5 days at Big Sky. They have very light coverage right now and it did not snow while we were there, so I ended up in the Hardboot the whole time..... this morning I noticed it was hard to hold an edge so I ran my hand down that edge and noticed it’s not exactly sharp anymore. I guess I need to sharpen that edge and I have a swix kit with 3 stones with different angles. So what angle are you supposed to put on a Kessler 162? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 This might help: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jburk Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 i went back over my emails with the person from whom I bought the board before selling it to you, and I had asked him what the angles were but he said he couldn’t remember. He did seem I recall the base was 1*, but couldn’t recall the edge angle. I tested it by marking a short section of edge with a sharpie and passing a diamond stone over it at 2*, and it seemed to take the sharpie off evenly, so I went with the assumption that it was 2*; it always only took me a few light passes to get the edge back to decently sharp so I think it was a safe guess. Never touched the base angle when I owned that board, so can’t vouch for the 1* guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 For recreational riding sharp is more important than angles. Detuning tip of board also up there with good handling after a base grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted January 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 SWEET! Thanks for the info JBURK, that's exactly what I was looking for.... Rode it this morning and had a tough time setting the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just got back home. So the tools I have are a Swix tuning kit which includes 3 angle guides, a file and clamp. Is this enough to put an edge on it or is there more I should acquire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt. Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Check out some u tube videos on tuning. I like “silent tuning with Sigi Grabner”. Tons there, will get you pointed in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburk Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 This site is also good for a view of the whole process; for instance, you may not want to get into doing your base angles, but it’s nice to know about it for context. http://www.skituning101.com/?m=0 Read chapters 6 & 7 at least, base and edge tuning, will only take about 5 minutes. Broadly speaking, you’d use the file as a first step to either restore a badly damaged edge or change the angle altogether, and use diamond stones instead of the file to maintain and re-sharpen an edge that’s already set to a particular angle but has gotten dull, provided there’s no burrs from rocks, etc., those will trash a diamond stone and need to be knocked down first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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