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Old January 4th 06, 04:10 AM
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i have a 3-piece profile that fits into a suitcase when disassembled. I
also take 2 C-clamps with me (with an at least 3" opening). Finding a
table to set the profile up on is usually not a problem.

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Old January 4th 06, 04:27 AM
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If you can't count on finding one at the other end, the Swix portable
three-piece set does ok, tho it's expensive:
http://store.yahoo.com/gear-west/t0supvis.html

Gene

"dave w" wrote:

There is a lot of talk about flying with skis. How about travelling
with the wax bench?
What do those of you that travel do?

Dave



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Old January 4th 06, 05:17 AM
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Dave W wrote:

There is a lot of talk about flying with skis. How about travelling
with the wax bench?
What do those of you that travel do?

I cut my profile from a 2 x 6. I drilled lots of two inch holes in it.
The holes lower the weight and allow the profile to be mounted on
almost anything using two c-clamps. The profile goes in the ski bag
and provides protection for skis.

Ski Exuberantly,

Hank Garretson

Mammoth Lakes, California

(where we received 95 inches of snow over the last two days)

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Old January 4th 06, 12:33 PM
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At the airport recently I talked to a manager from Easy Jet (the cheapest company) and asked about their policy for transporting quivers of skis and complete bikes.
He was full of the Christmas Spirit and said
'No problem mate, we put them on the roof rack'

Mike
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Old January 4th 06, 12:46 PM
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dardruba wrote:

At the airport recently I talked to a manager from Easy Jet (the
cheapest company) and asked about their policy for transporting quivers
of skis and complete bikes.
He was full of the Christmas Spirit and said
'No problem mate, we put them on the roof rack'


I hope it was accompanied by a "b-boom tsss" from a nearby drumkit! ;-)

Pete.
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Old January 4th 06, 06:11 PM
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The CapLoc works for me:
http://bmary.com/XCOregonWaxBench.jpg
the hard part is finding stuff to clamp it to. I usually travel with a
c-clamp and a 30" length of leftover oak 1x3 to extend a tabletop when
needed. Dining room tables, balcony railings, and kitchen counter tops have
all served. The photo above is from a motel room last year. I couldn't make
the board/c-clamp trick work. I had to take the drawers out of a desk in the
room, turn them on end, drape a bed sheet over them, and clamped onto the
front of the drawers with the caploc. It worked quite well even though I
didn't bother with the center post. When I was done, I walked out into the
parking lot and shook the excess wax off. neat.

Bob

"Gene Goldenfeld" wrote in message
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If you can't count on finding one at the other end, the Swix portable
three-piece set does ok, tho it's expensive:
http://store.yahoo.com/gear-west/t0supvis.html

Gene

"dave w" wrote:

There is a lot of talk about flying with skis. How about travelling
with the wax bench?
What do those of you that travel do?

Dave





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Old January 4th 06, 08:45 PM
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Bob, motel rooms are good, but I once, after leaving a spot on the
carpet, ended up with a note saying that I will have to pay for
re-carpetting of the whole room. Luckily I had a can of orange solvent
with me and the incident was resolved. I try to find a table at the
skiing place itself.

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Old January 4th 06, 09:33 PM
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Edgar wrote:
klh wrote:

i think it says one item which is one bag of skies and one bag of boots
... not one pair of skies
interesting. would seem that together they count as one checked item.
need to enquire there and make sure that doesn't use up your two item
luggage limit, that is, if you are traveling peon class.


The various airlines have "different" yet similar rules.
Alaska/Horizon clearly define one as ONE PAIR. That said, I have flown
Horizon to Canada and Montana with more than one pair of XC skis, poles
etc but my ski bag doesn't weight more than the typical back of Alpine
skis. Keep the weight down and be kind to the luggage handler's back
and they are not likely to open the ski bag.

I've flown many many times with skis - many times on Alaska. What
they're looking for is tow checked bags and if one (or both) are ski
bag, under the weight limit, period. I've never had them take a second
look, nor have I heard of anyone who's been questioned about a single
ski bag, no matter how large or how many skis are in it. I ALWAYS have
at least two pair of skis, packed with soft clothing. I have often
traveled with 4-5 pair in a bag when I'm with my family. The ski teams
travel with large, multiple ski bags.

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Old January 4th 06, 11:00 PM
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 10:11:09 -0800, "Bob" wrote:

The CapLoc works for me:
http://bmary.com/XCOregonWaxBench.jpg
the hard part is finding stuff to clamp it to. I usually travel with a
c-clamp and a 30" length of leftover oak 1x3 to extend a tabletop when
needed. Dining room tables, balcony railings, and kitchen counter tops have
all served. The photo above is from a motel room last year. I couldn't make
the board/c-clamp trick work. I had to take the drawers out of a desk in the
room, turn them on end, drape a bed sheet over them, and clamped onto the
front of the drawers with the caploc. It worked quite well even though I
didn't bother with the center post.


The vertical adjustment part of that center post strikes me as very
fragile. I've got one, and it always looks like it's going to break.

JT

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Old January 5th 06, 01:06 AM
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"John Forrest Tomlinson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 10:11:09 -0800, "Bob" wrote:

The CapLoc works for me:
http://bmary.com/XCOregonWaxBench.jpg
the hard part is finding stuff to clamp it to. I usually travel with a
c-clamp and a 30" length of leftover oak 1x3 to extend a tabletop when
needed. Dining room tables, balcony railings, and kitchen counter tops

have
all served. The photo above is from a motel room last year. I couldn't

make
the board/c-clamp trick work. I had to take the drawers out of a desk in

the
room, turn them on end, drape a bed sheet over them, and clamped onto the
front of the drawers with the caploc. It worked quite well even though I
didn't bother with the center post.


The vertical adjustment part of that center post strikes me as very
fragile. I've got one, and it always looks like it's going to break.

JT


I don't know what you mean. The center post is spring loaded and ratchets
down (with a button on the side to release the ratchet). Whenever I use the
caploc (I use a full profile bench at home) I push the center all the way
down to put maximum pressure on the tip and tail. That locks the ski pretty
firmly on to the end supports. The end supports are rubberized so it turns
out you can use it (carefully) without the center support. Granted, without
the center support the ski can move (I wouldn't use it this way for steel
scraping - but I use the profile for that anyway) but gentle ironing and
scraping don't need the center post and I can use my free hand to steady the
ski while brushing.

Bob


 




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