Tuning board w/straight file - Snowboarding Forum

PowderGirl82 · 01-25-2012, 09:20 AM

I'm wondering if I can get away with sharpening my board with only a straight file wrapped about 5x with electrical tape to simulate a 4-5 degree angle. Would it just do more harm than good without using the deburring stone, ect? Just wanted to do a quick edge sharpening for riding on Friday. Thanks!

CheeseForSteeze · 01-25-2012, 09:25 AM

You mean like this guy tells you to?

Yea, you can do that but it's not going to be consistent whatsoever. A handheld file guide is hard enough to be consistent with, I can't imagine doing that. If you want to do a quick sharpening, get a real base edge file guide and side edge file guide.

The deburring stone (gummy stone or diamond stone) are just for cleaning up edges or finishing edges after retuning.

01-25-2012, 09:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
PowderGirl82 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: ColoRADo Posts: 21	Tuning board w/straight file I'm wondering if I can get away with sharpening my board with only a straight file wrapped about 5x with electrical tape to simulate a 4-5 degree angle. Would it just do more harm than good without using the deburring stone, ect? Just wanted to do a quick edge sharpening for riding on Friday. Thanks!

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01-25-2012, 09:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
CheeseForSteeze -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,728	You mean like this guy tells you to? Yea, you can do that but it's not going to be consistent whatsoever. A handheld file guide is hard enough to be consistent with, I can't imagine doing that. If you want to do a quick sharpening, get a real base edge file guide and side edge file guide. The deburring stone (gummy stone or diamond stone) are just for cleaning up edges or finishing edges after retuning.