Description
Basic ski and snowboard tune-up tools for tuning board edges and waxing boards.
The kit includes:
- FK/SKS 3100 Multi Tuner Tool with medium file
- Swix Digital Waxing Iron T73D with cozy
- Tognar Rectangular Brass Brush
- Tognar Rectangular Horsehair Brush
- Swix Natural Snowboard Wax Cork
- Ski Wax Scraper, 6 in
- Snowboard Wax Scraper, 12 in
- Swix Red Gummy Stone (medium hard stone)
Features of the FK/SKS 3100 Multi Tuner Tool:
- Adjusts from 0° to 5° in .5° increments.
- Includes a 2.75 in steel mill file, which is inserted vertically in the tool to work on side edges, and horizontally for base edges.
- Accommodates any 70 mm file or stone.
Features of the Swix Digital Waxing Iron T73D:
- 18 mm thick aluminum base plate which is beveled on the sides and ramped in the back.
- Manual dial adjusts for 80°C to 170°C (176°F to 338°F) operating temperatures.
- 160 mm x 100 mm x 18 mm base plate.
- 850 watts.
Also known as:
Multi Tuner Tool: Multi Edge Tuning Tool.
Often used with: Ski Waxing/Tuning Table; Ski Vise
Intended Uses
The kit can be used with alpine, nordic, snowboard, alpine touring boards. The tools in the kit are used for:
- Multi Tuner Tool: maintain and sharpen your edges. A Medium file is included. If you want to take off less, use a diamond stone instead. If you want to take off more, use a panzar file.
- Brass Brush: scrape off old wax, dirt, oxidation, and other debris before waxing.
- Waxing Iron: melt and spread wax on your boards.
- Scrapers: remove excess wax.
- Wax Cork: buff wax after scraping.
- Horsehair Brush: remove excess wax and clean out wax from the structure of the ski.
- Gummy Stone: after you sharpen your edges with the medium file, get rid of burs and small imperfections and polish/fine tune with the gummy stone before running the iron over it.
Tool Resources
Diagram
Waxing Iron:
Image source: Swix Digital Waxing Iron T73D manual.
Instructions & Resources
- Video: FK/SKS 3100 Multi Edge Ski Tuning Tool (9:37 min) by Tognar Ski Tools - an overview of how to tune your edges.
- Video: The Easiest, Most Sustainable Way to Wax Your Skis + Snowboard (1:21m) by Peter at mountainFLOW eco-wax. This wax is making a big appearance in Durango--here's a good way to spread it thin, cuz it's reportedly harder to scrape off. This wax is plant based, not petroleum (at least, it's current plants that make it, not plants from the Cretaceous).
- Video: T73D Digital Waxing Iron T73D110/220v (1:00 min) by Swix - a quick demo of melting and spreading wax on a ski.
- Video: How to Wax Skis | Ski Waxing the Easy Way (2:50 min) by Stomp It Tutorials - the bare minimum steps for waxing your boards.