Patent ID: 7530879

Claim:
An apparatus for finishing a steel edge of a ski of a selected length comprising: (a) at least one grinder comprising a motor and a cup-shaped grinding wheel driven by said motor, said grinding wheel having an axis of rotation extending transversely to a feed direction; (b) a setting carriage; (c) a bearing block arranged on the setting carriage and rotatably mounting the at least one grinder, the bearing block forming a pendulum axis extending transversely to the feed direction and perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the grinding wheel; (d) a transverse carriage movable transversely to the feed direction; (e) a guide for the setting carriage rotatably mounted in the transverse carriage about a guide axis extending in the feed direction, the setting carriage being guided on the guide; (f) a control device; and (g) an adjusting device for adjusting angular position of the guide, said adjusting device comprising an adjusting drive adapted to be controlled by the control device in dependence upon position of grinding engagement of the grinding wheel in relation to the length of the ski.