Apparatus for sharpening/bevelling of ski and snowboard edges incorporating a variable angle adjustment and clamping mechanism

An apparatus for the sharpening and/or bevelling of either a ski or a snowboard side edge or base edge, said apparatus comprising a guide adapted to be held by a user and moved in a lengthwise direction along an edge portion of a ski or snowboard while in contact with a surface thereof, said guide including a device for securing a file thereto such that in use a desired portion of the file can make contact with the edge portion of the ski or snowboard thus effecting edge sharpening or bevelling, said guide including a guide body having an adjustment mechanism to angularly orient the guide body and the file in a plane transverse to said lengthwise direction when positioned at the side or base edge of the ski or snowboard to establish a desired edge geometry or bevel angle, said guide body including a face portion which is positioned adjacent a surface of the ski or snowboard when in use, said adjustment mechanism including a freely rotatable wheel, a peripheral part of which wheel projects outwardly of the guide face portion to rollingly engage the ski or snowboard surface when in use, said wheel being adjustably mounted to project outwardly from said guide face portion by selected distances to establish selected angular orientations of said guide body and the file in said transverse plane relative to the ski or snowboard.