PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

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11-11-2022, 09:05 PM
rfconroy

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Originally Posted by Cocximus

If anyone notices tell them you mounted your own fucking bindings.

AAHHH... That's like..... the title of the thread!!!!!
11-12-2022, 10:16 AM
AlpiNord

PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

http://www.slidewright.com/Bindings/boot_sole_center_gauge.png[/IMG]

https://tgr.scdn2.secure.raxcdn.com/...out_Tool1.jpeg

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11-13-2022, 11:53 AM
g_man80

Can anyone confirm the drill bit size required for the Salomon QST Blank? I’m having trouble finding if it has a metal mounting plate. I think it’s just ABS under foot. There’s nothing printed on the ski and I can’t find anything on Salomon’s website.
11-13-2022, 12:53 PM
Brasso

Quote:

Originally Posted by g_man80

Can anyone confirm the drill bit size required for the Salomon QST Blank? I’m having trouble finding if it has a metal mounting plate. I think it’s just ABS under foot. There’s nothing printed on the ski and I can’t find anything on Salomon’s website.

Blister lists it with a titanal binding plate underfoot: https://blisterreview.com/gear-revie...omon-qst-blank
11-13-2022, 01:02 PM
gregL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brasso

Blister lists it with a titanal binding plate underfoot: https://blisterreview.com/gear-revie...omon-qst-blank

Not sure that's true, drill with a 3.5mm first and see if any metal comes up; if it does use a 4.1 . . .
11-13-2022, 01:37 PM
SoVT Joey

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregL

Not sure that's true, drill with a 3.5mm first and see if any metal comes up; if it does use a 4.1 . . .

ya. Pretty sure it’s a carbon weave of some stuff in the mount area. Don’t think there’s any metal. But just drill it with a 3.5 and find out.
11-13-2022, 04:02 PM
g_man80

The marketing copy on nearly every online retailer says titanal reinforcement under binding area. Looking at the holes left from the previous binding, that appears to be the case. I’ll start with the 3.5 to be sure.
11-13-2022, 04:34 PM
SoVT Joey

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Yup. It does say titanal reinforced under foot on the website. So go for it.

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11-13-2022, 05:57 PM
AlpiNord

Use a 4.1 for titanal and carbon so the screw shaft can slide through the hole without pushing out on the topsheets.
11-13-2022, 06:20 PM
g_man80

Thanks for the help everyone.
11-13-2022, 09:52 PM
~mikey b

listen to that man above you

and buy your mounting equipment from him

https://www.slidewright.com
11-13-2022, 11:58 PM
pfluffenmeister

Quote:

Originally Posted by detrusor

Mounted the heritage lab R120’s tonight. Thanks to Marshal for the advice. Went -12.

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Oh yes.
Perfect binder choice.

Mind posting a rocker / camber puc?
11-14-2022, 09:08 AM
californiagrown

No pictures, but id just like to give a shout out to my HF angle grinder. Had a second set of OG STH CAST plates i was mounting up over the weekend and thought for sure the plates were bent. Nope, im an idiot and it turned out nearly all the screws were like 1-2mm too long, and i was also missing one of the heelpiece screws. No problem, just fire up that angle grinder and after dodging sparks in my pajamas and safety squints for about 15 minutes i had a whole set of proper length screws and a dead simple mount job.

Next up this week or next weekend is mounting an undrilled set of Mfree108s with a similar STH CAST setup with my "good" pair of STH16s. The other pair has a good amount of play in the heels. Anyone figured out the fix for that BTW?
11-14-2022, 10:56 AM
~mikey b

hey y’all

I’m doing my first ever Dynafit mount this week - Rotation 7 with Scarpa Gea boots. I’ve got the Jig-A-Rex plates for the mount. Anything I might not think about or is this a super straight forward mount?
11-14-2022, 11:23 AM
Backward_Banana

If your toes end up out of alignment, don't stress. You can find better instructions here, but you can loosen all the toe screws, clip the boot in and use it to align the toe, and tighten all the screws to keep it in alignment.
11-14-2022, 11:54 AM
AlpiNord

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~mikey b

hey y’all

I’m doing my first ever Dynafit mount this week - Rotation 7 with Scarpa Gea boots. I’ve got the Jig-A-Rex plates for the mount. Anything I might not think about or is this a super straight forward mount?

Wait....are you moving to the dark side? It took me about 30 years before I finally did. ;-)

https://vimeo.com/8913214
11-14-2022, 12:14 PM
~mikey b

I’ve been fixed heeling a lot the last 4 years for patrol, but I still tele. This mount is for my girlfriend, though.
11-14-2022, 01:02 PM
Meadow Skipper

It’s pretty straightforward, but yeah, put the boot locked in before you fully tighten the front toe screws so that you get the alignment as good as possible.
11-14-2022, 02:00 PM
SumJongGuy

Nobody cares that you tele..
11-14-2022, 09:35 PM
Shorty_J

....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0b332e585a.jpg

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11-14-2022, 10:27 PM
XXX-er

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~mikey b

hey y’all

I’m doing my first ever Dynafit mount this week - Rotation 7 with Scarpa Gea boots. I’ve got the Jig-A-Rex plates for the mount. Anything I might not think about or is this a super straight forward mount?

I mount the toe by 1 screw only, clip the boot in, drill 1 more toe screw and the heel should drop into the pins perfectly

also works for any frame type AT binding
11-14-2022, 11:13 PM
waveshello

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXX-er

I mount the toe by 1 screw only, clip the boot in, drill 1 more toe screw and the heel should drop into the pins perfectly

also works for any frame type AT binding

I've seen you post this method before and wondered... How do you center your drill bit in the 2nd binding hole? Eyeball and send it?

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11-14-2022, 11:42 PM
CHAIR_97

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Originally Posted by waveshello

I've seen you post this method before and wondered... How do you center your drill bit in the 2nd binding hole? Eyeball and send it?

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Basically. Us carpenters use self centering drill bits for door hinges would probably work well for this method

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11-14-2022, 11:54 PM
XXX-er

Quote:

Originally Posted by waveshello

I've seen you post this method before and wondered... How do you center your drill bit in the 2nd binding hole? Eyeball and send it?

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eyeball but don't send it

instead draw in the center of the hole, center punch the center of the hole, drill a pilot hole with very small bit, chase it with the proper sized bit
11-15-2022, 01:44 PM
Cocximus

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirVicSmasher

Basically. Us carpenters use self centering drill bits for door hinges would probably work well for this method

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Daaaamn those are sweet. Does anyone know what is the OD of the #6 from the Bosch kit?

I thought I was a genius when I made my own.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b954655cf5.jpg

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