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Base and Edge settings

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Volkl have just replied to a message I sent them on FB messenger, about the base settings on my particular skis. Oh and yes I now know they've been on the Piste Office site.

Well they came back with 1.4 and 87.6 so that is being precise and too precise for me. I think I'll stick to 1 and 2
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1 and 2 is my setting for everything and works well for general use.
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@FrequentFaller, I'm surprised they could be that precise, taking into account manufacturing tolerances...

1:3 for me as well.
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Yep, current Völkl’s are 1.4 base bevel and 2.4 side bevel whereas previous models have been 1:2.
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This afternoon I've mounted a pair of Katana V-Werks and 90Eights and set up the rail bindings on a pair of Code L Pro's. All brand new out of the wrapper for a factory sponsored skier and all have edges that are bang on 1,2. And yes, I have kit that can measure to a tenth of a degree.

A 1.4 base edge angle is too 'loose'.
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So it looks like the people at Volkl who handle the FB enquiries are not being briefed correctly..
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FrequentFaller wrote:
So it looks like the people at Volkl who handle the FB enquiries are not being briefed correctly..

If the 1.4,2.4 is correct then nobody has told the Chinese Toofy Grin
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I'd be upset to find that volkl's were made in China..
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It would seem a bit odd for the factory to put a 1.4 base bevel on a brand new ski as it doesn't give a ski tuner any room to play with. I don't know if they still do, but Head often used to supply skis with a 0.5 base bevel, so it was easy to tune to your personal preference if you wanted a little more bevel. That makes more sense to me.
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And yes, I have kit that can measure to a tenth of a degree.


ooooooohhhhh Cool Cool Cool Cool gear envy...
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1:3 for me as well
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I'd be more inclined to believe @spyderjon, having bought 2 pairs of skis, niether of which had the angles the manufactures claimed (they're both set to 1+3 now)

@Scarlet, 1.4 isn't actually more precise than 1. NehNeh
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@adithorp, Defining to 0.1 degrees rather than 1 degree, no?
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Scarlet wrote:
@adithorp, Defining to 0.1 degrees rather than 1 degree, no?


I certainly wouldn't buy a pair of skis from a manufacturer that had a manufacturing tolerance of 1 deg! I would expect them to be within a tenth of a degree of what the nominal value was supposed to be. 1.4 is a very odd baseline though as most tuning guides come in 0.5 or 0.25 deg increments. For example I own 0.5 and 1.0 deg base edge guides, so I would never be able to maintain a 1.4 deg base edge anyway. I could buy a 1.5 deg guide, which would be near enough, but I've never had such a "loose" base edge before.
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@Scarlet, if no tolerance is stated then 1deg is 1deg. Is 1deg different than 1.0deg?
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@adithorp, I guess what I was thinking is that if you state to 1dp then you are saying that you can measure accurately to that. If you only ever quote whole figures, then how am I supposed to know how accurate that is? But saying that, I don't work in manufacturing, don't set up machinery for accuracy, and work to tolerances of 3-5mm which relative to setting edge angles of fractions of a degree, is massively inaccurate Confused
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@Scarlet, a manufacturing tolerance of 0.1 deg is actually very easy to achieve on a metal edge. I would consider that a pretty loose tolerance actually. But why Volkl allegedly chose 1.4 deg as their standard base angle is a mystery to me.
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