PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[zion zig zag]

So I mounted my own fucking skis and I have a question. Pin/tech bindings; on one ski when the toe is clicked in, the heel fittings drop dead to nuts center of the pins perfectly. On the other ski the heel fittings drop 1-2mm off center, so if you were to set them down lightly, they'd rest on the pins. If you press/twist the boot at all they go in, and course stepping in is no problem. I'm guessing this is caused by the toe being half a cunt hair off? How fucked is this?

[roverdoc]

This can be fixed by unmounting the toe piece on that side. Use only one screw to ensure they are dropping center. tighten down and then add the others with epoxy etc. It is usually one screw that pulls or pushes off center. put that screw in last. lastly check that it is not your heel piece that is off center

[ctsmith]

Sounds like it will work okay. If they aren’t epoxied in you could loosen the toe piece screws, slightly tweak the alignment and re-tighten the toe screws.

[zion zig zag]

This can be fixed by unmounting the toe piece on that side. Use only one screw to ensure they are dropping center. tighten down and then add the others with epoxy etc. It is usually one screw that pulls or pushes off center. put that screw in last. lastly check that it is not your heel piece that is off center

I mounted at a friends and I don't have the right size bit to unmount these without stripping. (I know, I know) Since they were mounted with epoxy and I'll have to wait until tomorrow to fix them, is it worth it to go through the trouble of unmount/re-epoxy? I measured and they are off at the heel fitting by about 1.5mm. This adds to my anxiety about the hollow core of the v-werks.

[AlpiNord]

I mounted at a friends and I don't have the right size bit to unmount these without stripping. (I know, I know) Since they were mounted with epoxy and I'll have to wait until tomorrow to fix them, is it worth it to go through the trouble of unmount/re-epoxy? I measured and they are off at the heel fitting by about 1.5mm. This adds to my anxiety about the hollow core of the v-werks.

Sounds like they'll function fine. Try 'em first and see before fixing?

Alternatively, as mentioned, you could try to fix them. First heat the screw heads and back them out a turn or two, then align toe and tighten.

This situation is why I suggest that you use the boot to align the bindings before letting epoxy cure. Always do a dry mount first to see how things align and adjust as described above.

[zion zig zag]

Sounds like they'll function fine. Try 'em first and see before fixing?

Alternatively, as mentioned, you could try to fix them. First heat the screw heads and back them out a turn or two, then align toe and tighten.

This situation is why I suggest that you use the boot to align the bindings before letting epoxy cure. Always do a dry mount first to see how things align and adjust as described above.

Lesson learned. Honestly I may too much of a worrier to ever mount my own fucking skis again. In the process of re reading the thread for advice I came across the hand tight/5nm torque advice. I have no idea what we torqued them to but it was more than hand tight.

[zion zig zag]

The update you were all anxiously awaiting: they're fine. The screws loosened right up with a posidrive (I'm guessing the slow cure epoxy hadn't set yet?) and I was able to tweak the toe piece enough to get the heal to line up, tightened it back up and hopefully good to go.

[SupreChicken]

You know you go out to eat with a group of your wife’s friends and they’re all like “let’s all order family style” and inside you’re all like ‘but you never order good food, always tell me I ordered the best thing and then insist on eating more than your share of it so I get basically none and have to eat your stupid plate of greens and pretend to like it’ but instead out loud you just say “ok sounds great” and then you come to the conclusion as soon as the food arrives that you have better taste in food than everyone else here and therefore family style is a losing proposition, but you probably shouldn’t say that out loud, so when the “meal” finishes and you look all grumpy, they’re all like “what’s wrong” and you can’t help it, you just say “I’m hungry, that sucked” and they’re like “we thought it was great” and you’re like “that’s because you ate my food and ordered like a moron, which dish has food left on it? Not mine? I rest my case” and they’re all whispering loud enough to hear clearly “you can’t take him anywhere” and your wife is like “girl don’t even”...

Anyway, I mounted my own fucking skis. 189 asym Billy goats. think I have the best taste in skis and topsheets. I will not family style these. Though if you’re at Stevens and mag friendly and also are in the 300-320 bsl range or so, you can take a spin. Stoked the way these came out. Thanks to powtron for making it happen.





Edit: I think I’m funny

Edit 2: the above story is entirely fabricated. My wife is awesome, orders full entrees, gives me the 1/3 she can’t eat and scoffs at her vegetarian friends.

[riff]

Very tempting to sample these...


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[skiing-in-jackson]

A member of the forum gave me these 192 Bros. I always wanted a pair, but was always broke when it came to throwing down some bread.

After a few turns I thought they'd ski a little better if I moved the mount point forward 1.5 cms. So... I mounted my own fucking skis. I got all the bits and stuff I needed this past Summer and have been doing mounts for friends and family.

As a boot guy, I've always been somewhat intimidated by the more committing aspects of back shop work. It occurred to me I have to lay out points and drill stuff all the time- why not skis? Go slow, measure thrice and then proceed. Do not have people around watching. Charge them triple for watching.

In my good collection of vintage skiing goodies, these PM Gear Bro Models are my new favorite. They're an awesome part of skiing and TGR forum history.

Action pic:

[Ted Striker]

think I have the best taste in skis and topsheets.

You do.

And that story is my story - except it's co-workers.

[reckless toboggan]

Fine. I mounted my own fucking skis. Again.

This evening I took my last backup pair out of the plastic and put binders on.

[sealander]

I want to mount my own f'n bindings. After doing research my plan is to mount Kingpins on a Kore skis. The skis are about 14.5mm thick in the middle. It looks like the longest screw through the binding will go into the ski about 8.5mm deep. The screws that came with the bindings have an outside of the thread diameter of about 5.4mm.


My plan is to use a 3.5mm drill bit with a 9mm debth guard.

After measuring 10 times with the template and drilling once, i'll work the marker screws into the holes just enough to get the thread started, next apply alittle locite marine epoxy(dries in 2hrs)into the holes then mount. Does this sound right to you professionals out there?

[N1CK.]

TLDR:anyone aware of issues with the Tecton template? Or can some CAD savvy person make me a template for a 322bsl?


I impulse bought a pair of Praxis Freerides that I'm loving and starting thinking they'd be a good touring ski for non-pow day walks.
I pulled the Pivots off and I'm trying to line up my Tecton paper templates, and things aren't looking right.

BSL is 322, so I had to guestimate and split the diff between 320 and 325 on the template, but when taped on the ski and with boot in place the pattern is off by about 1/2" (12-13 mm)

[AlpiNord]

TLDR:anyone aware of issues with the Tecton template? Or can some CAD savvy person make me a template for a 322bsl?


I impulse bought a pair of Praxis Freerides that I'm loving and starting thinking they'd be a good touring ski for non-pow day walks.
I pulled the Pivots off and I'm trying to line up my Tecton paper templates, and things aren't looking right.

BSL is 322, so I had to guestimate and split the diff between 320 and 325 on the template, but when taped on the ski and with boot in place the pattern is off by about 1/2" (12-13 mm)

Send me the template. I can overlay it on the Pivot template too. What's the dimension from rear toe holes to front heel holes for the Pivots?

How much adjustment do you have with the Tecton bindings?

Did you try a test mount?

[N1CK.]

Send me the template. I can overlay it on the Pivot template too. What's the dimension from rear toe holes to front heel holes for the Pivots?

How much adjustment do you have with the Tecton bindings?

Did you try a test mount?

Thanks Terry. I'll send it a bit later, after a 2x4 test mount, if still necessary.
Pivots are on the line. I love the way these ski on the line so trying to avoid moving +/-

[Reformed]

^^^ I have mounted multiple skis with Tectons using the Vipec template in the template thread. All of my mounts were bang on. Note that the template has marks for the demo version as well. Don’t use those and you should be good.

[AlpiNord]

^^^ I have mounted multiple skis with Tectons using the Vipec template in the template thread. All of my mounts were bang on. Note that the template has marks for the demo version as well. Don’t use those and you should be good.

I had a moment for a quick and dirty overlay using a 'unverified' version 1.1 Vipec template in my library. Click here for a messy Vipec/Pivot 322mm BSL overlay.

[slowroastin]

I did a test mount before drilling into my new Wrens. Everything went perfect.


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[Patarero]

I think I used the powderguides.com one, page won't load for me anymore though to check.

The pdfs are now on github....
https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki/find/master?q=


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[thefortrees]

The update you were all anxiously awaiting: they're fine. The screws loosened right up with a posidrive (I'm guessing the slow cure epoxy hadn't set yet?) and I was able to tweak the toe piece enough to get the heal to line up, tightened it back up and hopefully good to go.

Keep mounting your own bindings. My tech binding mount was off laterally by 1-1.5mm, but once my foot was in the boot it wasn’t noticeable. No problems since, except for a double ejection recently that was obviously equipment failure and had nothing to do with the driver’s skill level.

[bigdude2468]

Keep mounting your own bindings. My tech binding mount was off laterally by 1-1.5mm, but once my foot was in the boot it wasn’t noticeable. No problems since, except for a double ejection recently that was obviously equipment failure and had nothing to do with the driver’s skill level.

I was thinking the same thing, how much off would a mount have to be to be noticeable? My feet are almost one full boot size different, a larger arch on one foot and a leg length difference that is way more than 1 mm. Maybe I am wrong but I would think this is more significant than 3/64 of an inch which is what 1.25 mm is.

[aps241]

^^^ I have mounted multiple skis with Tectons using the Vipec template in the template thread. All of my mounts were bang on. Note that the template has marks for the demo version as well. Don’t use those and you should be good.

I successfully mounted Tectons with the template off of Lou Dawson's blog that was supposedly designed for Tectons. I'm not sure how it compares to the Vipec template.

[aps241]

^^^ I have mounted multiple skis with Tectons using the Vipec template in the template thread. All of my mounts were bang on. Note that the template has marks for the demo version as well. Don’t use those and you should be good.

I successfully mounted Tectons with the template off of Lou Dawson's blog that was supposedly designed for Tectons. I'm not sure how it compares to the Vipec template.

[skiing-in-jackson]

that’s a 17BBI sticker on the cabinet door

Sure is... I'm honored.

I'm thinking about getting to the Bozeman gathering... we'll see how it goes.