NORDIC SKI PREPARATION

Medium/Coarse structures:
Mainly for classic skiing on coarse moist snow
and wet, glazy new snow between 0°C (32°F)
and +3°C (37°F), a medium/coarse structure is
preferred.
This structure is also used sometimes in free
technique (skating) on wet, coarse-grained snow.
In this case, most racers would prefer to adjust a
medium structure towards a more coarse structure
by using a manual tool. Reference the table
below for specific recommendations.
Coarse structures:
This structure is rarely used in skating. For classic
skiing it is used on coarse wet snow.
Note!
In general, it is better to use a somewhat finer
structure than a structure too coarse.
SWIX SUPER RILLER (T0401)
with Medium 0.75 mm blade.
Swix World Cup Imprint Tool Set
T0405
The Swix World Cup Imprint Tool T0405 is a hand
crafted, high quality tool. It comes with imprint
rollers manufactured in a very high steel quality
undergoing advanced production processes.
The T0405 creates structure in a different
way than other imprint tools by pressing the most
accurate yet shallow base structure in the market.
Structure is applied in a rolling movement. The
steel rollers have a cross-hatch (fishbone) structure
for the optimal result.
Due to high production cost, the T0405 has
been mostly used at top racing levels, but Swix
expects its advantages to be recognized by
club teams, colleges, specialty tune-up shops,
and dedicated World Loppet skiers. See chart on
page 11.
Improving Stone Ground Skis
by using Swix Imprint Tools
The following chapter describes how to improve
and adjust standard stone-ground skis to actual
snow conditions by using manual structure tools.
Swix manual structure tools can be used on all
basic stone-ground structures. We then have the
possibility to adjust less number of skis to actual
conditions. This is convenient for all racers from
World Cup to citizen racers. All Swix structure
tools have rollers which imprint the structure,
except the simple rilling tool T0401 which has
treaded steel producing the pattern.
Swix «Super Riller» Structure Tool
T0401
Swix Super Riller is used in combination with
stone-grinding, normally after scraping, brushing
of glidewax and Cera F powder.
T0401 is delivered with standard 0.75 mm
structure steel. The 0.75 mm steel, and certainly
the 1.00 mm steel, are frequently used as a
”booster” by World Cup servicemen. See table for
details.
The range of optional blades for the T0401:
Fine
0.5 mm
Medium
0.75 mm
Coarse
1.0 mm
X Coarse
2.0 mm
Swix T0405 is delivered with two imprint
rollers:
FINE 0.3 mm:
To be used in new, fine grained and coarse snow
from -12°C to -5°C (10°F to 23°F).
MEDIUM 0.5 mm:
To be used in new, fine grained, coarse, and icy
snow from -5°C to +1°C (23°F to 34°F).
In addition we have:
MEDIUM 0.75 mm:
To be used in fine grained and coarse grained
snow from -1°C to +3°C (30°F to 37°F).
COARSE 1.0 mm:
To be used in wet- and very wet-, coarse snow.
From 0°C to +20°C (32°F to 68°F).
STRUCTURE TOOL SET (T0405)
Steel, with two Fishbone structures,
0.3 mm and 0.5 mm.
For Racing Service and Team use.
1 mm
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