Profiling Without Skate

[boo10 323]

Simple question for the profiling pros; Can a set of runners be properly profiled for radius and pitch without being mounted in the skate?

Put another way, if I have a set of runners with mismatched profiles, can I remove them from the holder and send them to someone for correction?

Proper profiling usually requires measuring the boot to find the balance point, so I'm wondering how this can be done without the skate on hand. 

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

If done by hand (with profiling sled/bars) we would have to put the steel in a skate to determine center, then profile the steel. 

@customskateworks has a new jig (based on his FreeRunner) that allows you to profile both sets of steel at the same time. 

[boo10 323]

3 minutes ago, JR Boucicaut said:

If done by hand (with profiling sled/bars) we would have to put the steel in a skate to determine center, then profile the steel. 

@customskateworks has a new jig (based on his FreeRunner) that allows you to profile both sets of steel at the same time. 

Thanks JR.  I have a set of Hyperglide runners that were messed up by a bad sharpener.  I don't know what the heck they did because they've only been sharpened twice, and now one runner is about 1mm taller than the other.  The toe on the shorter runner is also ground down to a shorter radius.

I'm hesitant to pay someone $30 or $40 if I'm not going to get a perfectly matched set.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

That's what excites me about Joe's setup. They will be at equal height and profile every time. 

[oldtrainerguy28 478]

Looking  forward to getting that setup myself,  probably  in December. I have had great luck doing it freehand (with templates) for years. But this new jig  perfect it.