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Wax Iron
The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of
business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT |
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Wax Iron
My waxing iron is a Toko Wax Mouse -- the one that does not have a
temperature control. I like it -- it's just hot enough to melt Start Green. This is its 4th season. My backup iron is an old no-holes laundry iron that I bought for $2 at a yard sale. Like all laundry irons, temperature control is very dicey, but it's only an emergency backup iron. Kevin Miller Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Dell
I was having a similar thought the other night while waxing, and came up with a new service for shops. New Service-Iron Evaluation. Concerned about the status of your wax iron? For only $29.99 we will grind the base of your iron (make sure it is flat) and look at the heating elements and thermostat to ensure you are not sealing your bases. For an extra $10 we will coat the iron's base with HF wax to protect it in transport and save you 10 seconds the next time you wax. DMK wrote in message ... My waxing iron is a Toko Wax Mouse -- the one that does not have a temperature control. I like it -- it's just hot enough to melt Start Green. This is its 4th season. My backup iron is an old no-holes laundry iron that I bought for $2 at a yard sale. Like all laundry irons, temperature control is very dicey, but it's only an emergency backup iron. Kevin Miller Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote:
The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go to www.grnst.org and scroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul |
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:24:57 -0500, "Dave M-K"
wrote: Dell I was having a similar thought the other night while waxing, and came up with a new service for shops. New Service-Iron Evaluation. Concerned about the status of your wax iron? For only $29.99 we will grind the base of your iron (make sure it is flat) and look at the heating elements and thermostat to ensure you are not sealing your bases. For an extra $10 we will coat the iron's base with HF wax to protect it in transport and save you 10 seconds the next time you wax. Great! Where do I sign up? Do they take American Express??! JFT |
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On Dec 7, 6:25 pm, wrote:
On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote: The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go towww.grnst.organd scroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul Hey O'C! To think I am just a new Mayo-Kiely Turbo Iron away from skiing with Kalamzoo Nordic's finest ! I better order that thing. Thanks for the kind words on the suit. The plan for the last version was to go simple and we succeeded, so this time I'd been dreaming of some flash for a long time. That Team Canada suit is probably my favorite, and we were able to get it done nearly the same. Better be fast in a suit that cool! DT |
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Wax Iron
Dell
Remember the beauty of the service is that you don't have to purchase a new iron, we grind, recalibrate, and prewax your existing iron! I know this doesn't solve your back up iron issue but I'm sure someone else will gladly take some of your money for that. I do think in the next year or two we will be start our hand picked iron program. Details on that are still a bit sketchy but what we will ask from costumers is that they photocopy their hand, arm and describe their ironign style. We will then determine which iron is best for you. How often do you walk into a shop and are forced to buy the iron they have on the shelf, not knowing that another iron could vastly improve your waxing experience. You really don't know what you are missing until you hold an iron that is most closely matched to you hand and ironing style. When going with a hand selected iron we also offer the grind option. Often times irons sit in boxes for a year or two and collect lots of dirt before they are used by a consumer. Bases can also be damaged in transport. Dave "delltodd" wrote in message ... On Dec 7, 6:25 pm, wrote: On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote: The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go towww.grnst.organd scroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul Hey O'C! To think I am just a new Mayo-Kiely Turbo Iron away from skiing with Kalamzoo Nordic's finest ! I better order that thing. Thanks for the kind words on the suit. The plan for the last version was to go simple and we succeeded, so this time I'd been dreaming of some flash for a long time. That Team Canada suit is probably my favorite, and we were able to get it done nearly the same. Better be fast in a suit that cool! DT |
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Dave - hopefully the model color and design scheme of your IRONS will change
drastically from year to year so those people who are really into having others know they have the "newest" and "best" equipment will be happy. Will the iron colors MATCH your current ski model colors too? Hope so. Nobody wants to be seen waxing with a "bumblebee" iron these days. Looks like the REAL snow for US Nationals at MTU will be better than the stuff you had to deal with last year !! JKal. "Dave M-K" wrote in message ... Dell Remember the beauty of the service is that you don't have to purchase a new iron, we grind, recalibrate, and prewax your existing iron! I know this doesn't solve your back up iron issue but I'm sure someone else will gladly take some of your money for that. I do think in the next year or two we will be start our hand picked iron program. Details on that are still a bit sketchy but what we will ask from costumers is that they photocopy their hand, arm and describe their ironign style. We will then determine which iron is best for you. How often do you walk into a shop and are forced to buy the iron they have on the shelf, not knowing that another iron could vastly improve your waxing experience. You really don't know what you are missing until you hold an iron that is most closely matched to you hand and ironing style. When going with a hand selected iron we also offer the grind option. Often times irons sit in boxes for a year or two and collect lots of dirt before they are used by a consumer. Bases can also be damaged in transport. Dave "delltodd" wrote in message ... On Dec 7, 6:25 pm, wrote: On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote: The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go towww.grnst.organd scroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul Hey O'C! To think I am just a new Mayo-Kiely Turbo Iron away from skiing with Kalamzoo Nordic's finest ! I better order that thing. Thanks for the kind words on the suit. The plan for the last version was to go simple and we succeeded, so this time I'd been dreaming of some flash for a long time. That Team Canada suit is probably my favorite, and we were able to get it done nearly the same. Better be fast in a suit that cool! DT |
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Unfortunately since we do not MAKE the irons we cannot control the
MANUFACTURES graphics or color schemes but if you've ever sene "Pimp My Ride", I have not but have heard about it, get ready for "Pimp My Iron". We'll just leave it at that. Conditions in the Keweenaw are fantastic right now. All four of the groomed trail systems are in great shape with significant base. Nationals should be a good week. It's too bad they fall right after new years, it would be a great time for people to come up and watch and ski. IF you've got the time it will be worth the trip. Dave "32 degrees" wrote in message ... Dave - hopefully the model color and design scheme of your IRONS will change drastically from year to year so those people who are really into having others know they have the "newest" and "best" equipment will be happy. Will the iron colors MATCH your current ski model colors too? Hope so. Nobody wants to be seen waxing with a "bumblebee" iron these days. Looks like the REAL snow for US Nationals at MTU will be better than the stuff you had to deal with last year !! JKal. "Dave M-K" wrote in message ... Dell Remember the beauty of the service is that you don't have to purchase a new iron, we grind, recalibrate, and prewax your existing iron! I know this doesn't solve your back up iron issue but I'm sure someone else will gladly take some of your money for that. I do think in the next year or two we will be start our hand picked iron program. Details on that are still a bit sketchy but what we will ask from costumers is that they photocopy their hand, arm and describe their ironign style. We will then determine which iron is best for you. How often do you walk into a shop and are forced to buy the iron they have on the shelf, not knowing that another iron could vastly improve your waxing experience. You really don't know what you are missing until you hold an iron that is most closely matched to you hand and ironing style. When going with a hand selected iron we also offer the grind option. Often times irons sit in boxes for a year or two and collect lots of dirt before they are used by a consumer. Bases can also be damaged in transport. Dave "delltodd" wrote in message ... On Dec 7, 6:25 pm, wrote: On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote: The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go towww.grnst.organd scroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul Hey O'C! To think I am just a new Mayo-Kiely Turbo Iron away from skiing with Kalamzoo Nordic's finest ! I better order that thing. Thanks for the kind words on the suit. The plan for the last version was to go simple and we succeeded, so this time I'd been dreaming of some flash for a long time. That Team Canada suit is probably my favorite, and we were able to get it done nearly the same. Better be fast in a suit that cool! DT |
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SWEET - Can't wait to see the Pimp My Iron designs when they're out.
attachments? special gloves to wear with them? Speakers to plug your iPod into it? I made US Nationals last year - but not happening this year... My highlight last year was skiing the warmup loop behind the start area on sprint day. I got to ski right behind Andy Newell for a couple k. He was going nice and slow just warming up. I hammered on past him just to show him who was boss!!! It nearly killed me dead, but i did it !! hahahaha JKal On Dec 14, 8:30 am, "Dave M-K" wrote: Unfortunately since we do not MAKE the irons we cannot control the MANUFACTURES graphics or color schemes but if you've ever sene "Pimp My Ride", I have not but have heard about it, get ready for "Pimp My Iron". We'll just leave it at that. Conditions in the Keweenaw are fantastic right now. All four of the groomed trail systems are in great shape with significant base. Nationals should be a good week. It's too bad they fall right after new years, it would be a great time for people to come up and watch and ski. IF you've got the time it will be worth the trip. Dave"32 degrees" wrote in message ... Dave - hopefully the model color and design scheme of your IRONS will change drastically from year to year so those people who are really into having others know they have the "newest" and "best" equipment will be happy. Will the iron colors MATCH your current ski model colors too? Hope so. Nobody wants to be seen waxing with a "bumblebee" iron these days. Looks like the REAL snow for US Nationals at MTU will be better than the stuff you had to deal with last year !! JKal. "Dave M-K" wrote in message ... Dell Remember the beauty of the service is that you don't have to purchase a new iron, we grind, recalibrate, and prewax your existing iron! I know this doesn't solve your back up iron issue but I'm sure someone else will gladly take some of your money for that. I do think in the next year or two we will be start our hand picked iron program. Details on that are still a bit sketchy but what we will ask from costumers is that they photocopy their hand, arm and describe their ironign style. We will then determine which iron is best for you. How often do you walk into a shop and are forced to buy the iron they have on the shelf, not knowing that another iron could vastly improve your waxing experience. You really don't know what you are missing until you hold an iron that is most closely matched to you hand and ironing style. When going with a hand selected iron we also offer the grind option. Often times irons sit in boxes for a year or two and collect lots of dirt before they are used by a consumer. Bases can also be damaged in transport. Dave "delltodd" wrote in message ... On Dec 7, 6:25 pm, wrote: On Dec 7, 10:37 am, delltodd wrote: The thought occurred to me - a broken iron would put me out of business untill I could get a new one, which could take a couple days. Maybe my iron would break the night a ski race. Or I might drop it at a bad time, and maybe that kills it. Could be a bad thing! Maybe I should get a second iron. Do you guys have a backup iron ? How long do irons last before they retire ? They work pretty long hours. DT Dell, I did have a back up until I got a new one, classic impulse buy ( the catalogs came). The 10 year old Toko works fine, I currently use it to heat in base binder for classic wax. Nice new club suits by the way. Others go towww.grnst.organdscroll down if you want to see what the Grand Rapids (MI) team will be wearing this year. I think this is the year that you chase down Darenzo and the Frontrunner, although they are skiing at Rosies Run as we type. John O'Connell Saint Paul Hey O'C! To think I am just a new Mayo-Kiely Turbo Iron away from skiing with Kalamzoo Nordic's finest ! I better order that thing. Thanks for the kind words on the suit. The plan for the last version was to go simple and we succeeded, so this time I'd been dreaming of some flash for a long time. That Team Canada suit is probably my favorite, and we were able to get it done nearly the same. Better be fast in a suit that cool! DT- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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