PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[m2711c]

not anymore...







fact.

[AlpiNord]

Any idea if Speed Radicals and Warden 11s would see screw hole overlap? My template overlaws on photoshop say us but easily remedied by shifting ~1cm, but just wanted to see if others know for sure

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[priapism]

Prep coffee comparo:

Thank you much! Looks like moving the dynafit heel back a bit could get the clearance needed while still within adjustment zone. Or shift the dynafit back 5mm and split the difference on the mounts.

[AlpiNord]

Thank you much! Looks like moving the dynafit heel back a bit could get the clearance needed while still within adjustment zone. Or shift the dynafit back 5mm and split the difference on the mounts.

How much adjustment is there in the heels if you shifted them more than .5mm?

There’s always the insert option to put ‘em where you want ‘em.


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[Adrgha]

Does anyone know what hole pattern Dynafit Speedfit bindings use? Same as Radicals, or?

[andy m]

The Speedfit uses the same hole pattern for the toe piece as the Radical (not the newer 2.0 version) and a few other Dynafit bindings, but it uses a different and unique pattern for the heel piece.

https://skimo.co/tech-binding-hole-patterns

[AlpiNord]

Come on snow!




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[Brasso]

What's the best practice for filing down a protruding helicoil?

I'm mounting up a pair of skis for a friend. They've been drilled 2.5x before, with a couple helicoils in each ski. Some of them are protruding. I plan to file them down with a flat file and follow up with epoxy to seal moisture out. Is there a better way? I was thinking a dremel might work too but may be tricky to hold steady.

[AlpiNord]

I guess file or coarse stone. On the Dremel front, the flexible extensions really help on detail grinding and cutting.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/..._AC_SX679_.jpg


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[halliday]

What's the best practice for filing down a protruding helicoil?

I'm mounting up a pair of skis for a friend. They've been drilled 2.5x before, with a couple helicoils in each ski. Some of them are protruding. I plan to file them down with a flat file and follow up with epoxy to seal moisture out. Is there a better way? I was thinking a dremel might work too but may be tricky to hold steady.

Dremel nice n easy.

[halliday]

Come on snow!




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Hell yes. Nice rig.

[Brasso]

I guess file or coarse stone. On the Dremel front, the flexible extensions really help on detail grinding and cutting.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/..._AC_SX679_.jpg


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Dremel nice n easy.

Rad, thanks dudes.

[waxman]

What's the best practice for filing down a protruding helicoil?

I'm mounting up a pair of skis for a friend. They've been drilled 2.5x before, with a couple helicoils in each ski. Some of them are protruding. I plan to file them down with a flat file and follow up with epoxy to seal moisture out. Is there a better way? I was thinking a dremel might work too but may be tricky to hold steady.

If you have a pair of sidecutters you can clip the protruding coil end in a lot of cases.

[Muggydude]

Anybody try a flush-cut saw to remove plugs? Is it any better than a chisel or razor blade?

This is a personal pet peeve of mine - prior mounts and plugs that protrude from flush.

I just use a nice new sharp razor blade (not attached to anything). Cuts real easy through the bit of plastic plugs that always end up mushroomed on top after hammering them in - and volcanoed top sheet plastic, so everything is flush.

[Muggydude]

4 pairs mounted so far this season. Moment Night Trains, Old School Praxis Concepts, J Skis Masterblasters (using inserts), and another pair of Praxis concepts (forgot to take a photo of them after swapping the toes for STH2).





The real question is what bindings do I put on the Saucerboy Blades (using inserts)? I feel like my Gold Pivot 15s are the correct choice…

Although I could do Attack 13 Demo bindings if I wanted to be benevolent and let some friends try them out from time to time.

Choices, choices [emoji848]

[sb]

Those are awesome!

[dwoovre]

Go with the demos. Those boards are meant to be shared.

[sweatypowderpig]

Felt like the right time with the tide coming in
the matte top sheet is top-notch, giving them a go first thing in the morning

EDIT: they rip!

[SnowMachine]

Dremel nice n easy.

Helicoils are damned hard metal. I think dremel is the right answer. Carbide bit?

[::: :::]

Ok, JONG stuff

I’ve never really liked how my AT rig skis and am getting motivated to change it up.

I finally decided to look up the ramp angle on the AT bindings vs my alpine skis. I never considered this as I’ve never been in a position to A/B different ramp setups to understand the fuss I see on TGR about shimming toes. I just figured it was nerds nerding out.

Look HM12 (Dynafit rotation 12): 13mm delta
Salomon STH2 13: 6mm
Tyrol is Attack 13: 4mm

When I go look up something like an ATK freeraider, I find 7mm of ramp delta. Much more in line with the SHT2 & Attack

Is this the weirdness that’s annoyed me these last few years?

And the fix would either shim the AT toe? Or replace the binding with a more compatible ramp binding?

[doebedoe]

And the fix would either shim the AT toe? Or replace the binding with a more compatible ramp binding?

It could be the ramp throwing you off...or the boots, or the skis, or wearing a much bigger/heavier pack (combined with skis/boots lighter weight.)

You'll never really know until you do a bit of intentional testing. Shimming toes--if you're able to do it yourself--is a relatively inexpensive way to alter your setup, potentially for the better. Shimming radicals (same ramp as rotation) was a big help to me. I find anything >10 I dislike, but I'm pretty OK with variation between 4 and 10.

Different boots also have different internal ramp angles which is part of the equation....

[SoVT Joey]

Ok, JONG stuff

I’ve never really liked how my AT rig skis and am getting motivated to change it up.

I finally decided to look up the ramp angle on the AT bindings vs my alpine skis. I never considered this as I’ve never been in a position to A/B different ramp setups to understand the fuss I see on TGR about shimming toes. I just figured it was nerds nerding out.

Look HM12 (Dynafit rotation 12): 13mm delta
Salomon STH2 13: 6mm
Tyrol is Attack 13: 4mm

When I go look up something like an ATK freeraider, I find 7mm of ramp delta. Much more in line with the SHT2 & Attack

Is this the weirdness that’s annoyed me these last few years?

And the fix would either shim the AT toe? Or replace the binding with a more compatible ramp binding?

it’s easiest to measure all of it if you can use the same boot in both your setups. Caliper from ski top sheet to same points on the bottom of the boot toe and heel in both setups. Then shim from there and ski the at setup and see how it feels. There are some people that aren’t delta sensitive and some that are, I am delta sensitive and actually shim the heels of kingpins.

[::: :::]

It’s the same boots for both (really: all).
I have had zero issues going between pivots, attacks and STH2s…its just the pin setup that has always felt wonky

[waxloaf]

Sounds like giving the toe shim a try is the way to go then. There could certainly be other issues, but as noted above, shimming the toe piece is relatively easy and inexpensive, and seems like a good first step to diagnose.

If you do move on to something else, I’ve loved my time on the Trofeo Plus so far, which has a very low delta and feels similar to my pivots.


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[SoVT Joey]

It’s the same boots for both (really: all).
I have had zero issues going between pivots, attacks and STH2s…its just the pin setup that has always felt wonky

Totally get that. Single boot makes it easy. If you go on the interwebs you can find different thickness’s of hdpe sheets and make shims quickly that don’t have to be pretty while you are testing. I usually. 5mm sheets and 2mm sheets are pretty common. Use your toe pieces as hole patterns. Make sure that you acquire screws as well to accommodate the shims. Measure the screws in your bindings now and add the appropriate shim height to the length. Make sure the screw heads are the same, some times two screws are different then the other two. If you can only find longer ones you can grind them to the correct height.