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1. highstream
   Member

   Other than bit size, anything to know about getting a drill that will be useful for rotobrushing and rotocorking?

   Posted 1 month ago #

2. sailguy
   Member

   At a recent Noram sprint, most of the teams were using cordless drills. A few years ago, the people I saw with cordless drills were having battery life issues, but I didn't see any problems this time.

   NiCad batteries are notoriously poor in cold weather, maybe there are lithium battery models now?

   Posted 1 month ago #

3. campirecord
   Member

   First of all, for corking, no comment other than go watch Ian Harvey's vids for Fluor work. simple and easy and don't forget to dress that cork (ski go also has a nice how to). In this case, RPM is not an issue.

   Second, for brushing, unless you can get your hands on a really really nice cordless... stick to corded. Cordless have poor RPMs (specs are one thing, reality is another), it's important to have high rpms and but no pressure for brushing. The chuck and shaft must be straight and tight (I had a drill with a loose shaft).

   High end lithium Makita is worthwhile, however, corded will be almost 66% less for the same output. Lithium also charges crazy fast.

   Third, IMO, rotor brushing not as clean compared to hand brushing, if you are doing volume work with warmer waxes, great. But working in say HF6-4 with horse hair roto, your waisting your time. It's a good mid brush solution but by no means will give you a clean, fast base, finish with a fine high end brush by hand... There is no question about that, I tested this already many time, hand brush ski has always outperformed during my speed tests.

   I don't think this is really new

   Posted 1 month ago #

4. highstream
   Member

   Thanks. Do you have a link to the Ski-go video for dressing the rotocork? I'm not sure what to do, and the site isn't in English and I didn't find any videos. Thanks,

   Posted 1 month ago #

5. campirecord
   Member

   http://www.skiwax.ca/tp/rc_qa.php

   Red Creek = Toko set brushes thanks

   Posted 1 month ago #

6. highstream
   Member

   Thanks! I have the Toko cork and horsehair coming, so will get to check against your experience.

   Posted 1 month ago #

7. rbladel
   Member

   Got a small Bosch cordless with lithium batteries and love it. Quiet, comes in soft case, lithium batteries seem to hold charge well.

   I may not rotocork fluoros anymore, though. Just got Fastwax Basesaver, a teflon-backed sheet that you place between the iron and ski, allowing you to push hard at a lower iron temp. If the u-tube demo is to be believed, the ski looks a lot better when done. Anyone used it yet?

   Posted 1 month ago #

8. tradesmith45
   Member

   Campirecord, its great to hear about your glide testing results. Thanks much.

   But I'm wondering if the issue is drill RPM or type of horse hair brush. I've seen many types. What were you using?

   We had a Swix horse hair roto that was much too soft to remove even HF6. Our Swix horse hair hand brushes work much better but our Solda nylon roto works as well & is much faster.

   On the other hand the stiff nylon roto was terrible with some warmer waxes - it just smeared them around. We had to use a course natural bristle roto to work the soft waxes.

   Posted 1 month ago #

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