PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

Back in the day ol' Marshal_Olson said use Amazing Goop, and that's what I still use.

I use water resistant wood glue if its a new mount, whatever slowset 2 part epoxy is laying around for a remount or if I'm worried about hole integrity for some reason.

I have been on the G/Flex train for years but removal can prove a tad “sticky” when you need to remount years down the line. May require a little heat to back ‘em off.

GG construction adhesive is what I use now for new mounts. Cheap, readily available for last minute mounts, stays flexible (a lot of glues become brittle upon drying), no mixing, waterproof, no rust on removed screws since I started using it several years ago (easy removal, no heat needed like epoxy). My favorite in 30ish years of mounting my own fucking skis. I doubt many others, if any, are using it for this purpose so maybe a vote of 1, for what it’s worth.

Nothing beats an epoxy like g-flex or 48 hour marine epoxy for remounts or absolute structural strength against pull outs though.

Another point of note, I was a Titebond iii fan for a long time until I started seeing rusty screws on remounts.

G Flex for the name alone


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Can’t remember who, but someone here recommended 3M Marine Adhesive 5200. Used that on the two pairs I mounted this fall, so we’ll see how that goes.

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Seems like a good guess, since if you go to their website here:

http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...33&category=78

And click the link for the SDS, you get this:

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Though maybe Titebond II? That’s what they call their ‘premium’ wood glue. Titebond III is ‘ultimate’.

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I think it‘s Titebond II. The SVST SDS says it has aluminum chloride. There’s a warning on the Titebond website about aluminum chloride on the Titebond II page, but not the Titebond III page.

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Titebond II is not waterproof, only “resistant”
Use Titebond III

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Titebond II is not waterproof, only “resistant”
Use Titebond III

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I don’t disagree with you, and when I’ve used Titebond in the past it was III, but it seems likely that the SVST glue is II.

FWIW, Titebond II is recommended for outdoor use on things like furniture and birdhouses which have similar (or more) water exposure to skis.

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Praxis RX
189 White Powdah Snek w/ P15 lil’ Henriks -mine
184 Black Powdah Snek w/ P15 Pit Vipers -Ski Donkey

^ Your jigs are pretty amazing.

vipers on snakes

nice

Love that self centering drill guide!

Mounted up my new to me lightly used stockli stormriders. Thanks to the community for putting the templates out there, made this a breeze.

I do have to pull everything and fill the previous mount holes. Gotta go get some epoxy. I'm Stöcked.Attachment 476437Attachment 476438

What is that metal drill guide? Dumbasses like me want anything that makes this easier

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What is that metal drill guide? Dumbasses like me want anything that makes this easier

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Here ya go. From SVST/binding freedom

http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...category=41798

punch your center marks, use the pin to center the guide over punch marks, clamp to ski and drill away!

I'm looking to add some 2.5mm heal shims to Pivots to match the ramp of my STH/Strives.

Is it as simple as getting screws that are 2.5mm longer?

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No need to pull all those plugs and fill with wood and epoxy. Sure they’d be stronger, but it’s unnecessary if the mount point in the second picture works for you. Mount them and ski them.

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Agree with this post 100%
Mount as you pictured and ski them.



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I'm looking to add some 2.5mm heal shims to Pivots to match the ramp of my STH/Strives.

Is it as simple as getting screws that are 2.5mm longer?

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Yes. Or, as close to +2.5 mm you can get. If it were my skis I'd be happy with screws +2.0-3.0 mm. Just make sure them holes aint too shallow...

Today I mounted some for science... How weak a boot can you run these with, without the ride being all wonky..? That's what the science in this case is all about.

Picked up these 192 cm LPR 105 for less than a song, sung out of tune, a couple of months ago just because. Had no real plan for them as I already have Legends in better shape. But today the coin dropped!

So I stripped them of the Lg Guardians they were mounted with, and paired them with these binder pieces I had laying around. Beast 14/ Rotation toes and Guide 12 heels, including Plum's proprietary and somewhat rudimentary stomp pad, trimmed to just kiss my boot heels. Yes, will add leashes.

Ptex'd one base cut (shallow, core not shot) and gave some well deserved and needed love to the edges. If this setup doesn't turn out all wonky, they might even accompany me to BBI Yurp come March...

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I should have listened.... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3331e76e54.jpg

Anyone have a template for a protector attack binding? Have some incoming to keep the wife’s acls intact.

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Do they both fit your boot?