Swix Edge File Guide w/Roller Bearings & Clamp

This guide works really well for me.
MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE METAL ROLLLERS CLEAN. Dirty rollers causes a dirty base.
With this guide you don't need to push down on your edge at all. Just pull it across your edge with some pressure to keep it flush to the edge and it does the rest.

The best way to get a razor sharp edge without taking off tons if material and putting tons of force of your file is by alternating back and forth between a wet diamond stone and a clean file.
1) Put a wet diamond stone in your guide and run it back and forth about 5 times (or until it runs smoothly)
2) Switch to a clean file and do 5 pulls. Do not push your file down on your edge, just let it glide on top. (after about 5 pulls your file will stop sharpening the edge and you'll want to push down on it to sharpen more. Don't!)
3) wet your diamond stone again and repeat step 1. You will feel the edge become smooth. (remember, don't push down. Just glide)
4) clean your file with a bronze bristle brush and repeat step 2
5) wet diamond stone and repeat step 1. Finished!
If your edges were well kept before, by now your edges should feel like a katana blade.
If your edges were super dull, just keep alternating back and forth between wet stone and clean file until your edge is razer sharp. Also, if your file always slips down the edge, google search "removing sidewall".
This works the best because your file will sharpen a smooth edge the best. After about 5 pulls of a file, your edge is no longer smooth. Hope this helps someone having trouble getting a sharp edge!

This edge guide is meant to bevel the side edge of the ski only. Not the base. It does a really good job, and is really accurate i.e. if you get the 2 degree, it will sharpen 2 degrees, if you get the 3 it will sharpen 3 degree, etc. It makes tuning your skis at home super easy. The only drawback is that it can sometimes slip off the base while tuning your skis. This usually doesn't affect the bevel, but it is a pain. Overall though, this is a great tool to add to your tuning kit.

Throw in anything you need into it and start getting shit done! Works with any size, any brand, I for example us a Toko world cup file that I have in moth 200mm, and a more travel friendly 80mm. Pop that one out and throw in a diamond stone (swix 70mm) and get all the burrs out. Really easy to swap files out. When mine came it was a little different than in the picture. The hold on the top is the entire length of the guide, seems to be better and makes it hold much more secure, so it is different than depicted in a better way.

Great tool, easy and simple to use to tune your own skis at home. make sure to check online for suggested degrees for skis to be tuned at. Typically a 1 or 2 degree side bevel is more then adaquate. If you are using this for getting a razor sharp edge on your ski, however, the file usually angles up and you really have to hold it down there with your palm. However its great if your just throwing an edge on your ski.

works really well and its fairly simple to use. the only down fall is if your board has anti-camber like mine. it edges different at the curves for some reason. same way with my base edging tool

I bought this for my kids to use, they are 11 and 14. It really makes it easy for them to do thier own edges, with little supervision. It is nice to add something to our tuning gear to give them some independence.