Can’t say I disagree.
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Can’t say I disagree.
I may be full of sh-t here, but this is an application that I'd be wary of volcanoes in the ski topsheet from drilling/tapping/mounting the bindings. The screws are far inboard, and the heel arms far outboard. If the metal plate sits on top of a volcano rather than dead flat to the topsheet, it will be subject to a back-and-forth bending force from the arms that could lead to fatigue and increased chance of breakage at the place where people see breaks. (It will still see force if it's dead flat on the topsheet, but only bend in one direction.) I don't have access to a turntable heel at the moment to see how it sits on the ski, so you can ignore me if that is not a realistic concern.
So I'd just wanna be careful and do a good job mounting / remounting. There are plenty of threads / places to show how to trim off volcanoes, if there are any.
is it actually this acceptable to re-use screw holes?
Sure ^^ If the screw doesnt strip with wood glue all you need is wood glue, if the hole strips the fix is to use slow set epoxy & a filler like steel wool or chopped FG, so I just use slow set for everything,
if its just replacing the heelpiece in the same holes it should be easy
every thing written in the last 2 pages has been repeated ad nauseum in the mount your own fucking ski thread
This particular break doesn't really effect the topsheet, it's just metal fatigue on the disc/upright. What you are concerned about does happen but really only on K2s with no binding mount reinforcement and one off "garage built skis. If the binding is mounted properly with waterproof glue etc it is as strong as any other mount.Quote:
Originally Posted by coldfeet