PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[sb]

Awesome drinking choice.

[Bobcat Sig]

Ha, this is where I am after doing my first mounts ever and putting two sets of inserts onto two pairs of skis to swap bindings.

drill guide saved my shit...not sure why anyone would freehand inserts specifically
(i do see folks maybe freehanding regular mounts)

but now I feel like I can get it done


MMOFS

Those boots match your bindings! Steeze points maximized.

Did those pivot templates work out that I sent you?

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Did those pivot templates work out that I sent you?

Dead on balls accurate, thanks!

[LC]

Mounted two pairs of my own fucking skis this week.

Moved my Plums to a pair of new Zero G 95s with DIY cutting board toe shim and heel blocks. Remounted Watea 106s with Kingpins.

[pfluffenmeister]

Fancy beer-ski.

[Nevada29er]

How often are people replacing their drill bits? I did a mount recently on a metal ski (Fischer Motive 95), and damn near couldn't get the bit to penetrate the ski.

I guess its time for a new bit. Not sure how many mounts I got out of it, but probably should use cutting oil for now on to keep it sharp.

Also, I tried to sharpen the bit on a bench grinder, but I think I took too much off. Real easy to over cut and mess up a bit that small.

[doebedoe]

How often are people replacing their drill bits? I did a mount recently on a metal ski (Fischer Motive 95), and damn near couldn't get the bit to penetrate the ski.

I guess its time for a new bit. Not sure how many mounts I got out of it, but probably should use cutting oil for now on to keep it sharp.

Also, I tried to sharpen the bit on a bench grinder, but I think I took too much off. Real easy to over cut and mess up a bit that small.

Have you mounted lots of metal skis before and are just noticing it now? I assume so (why else would you be using a 4.1mm bit) -- but just checking.

The El Capos were my first metal-laden mount and they were surprisingly hard to get through. Needed a lot more pressure than the other 4 or 5 mounts to penetrate through the metal layer. Glad I had a drill guide, but a more powerful drill or drill press would've been even nicer.

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My n=1
I had to replace a 1/4" bit in process of doing 48 holes for inserts (two pairs of skis, two sets of bindings with 8 screws per binding). Each pair of skis was metal.

[dcpnz]

I did a mount recently on a metal ski (Fischer Motive 95), and damn near couldn't get the bit to penetrate the ski.

Mounted some Fischer's with metal last year (Hannibal's) and they were a lot tougher than any metal skis I've encountered before. Not sure what the heck Fischer is using but makes me feel good about the mount.

[Nevada29er]

I haven't kept track of how many metal skis I've mounted, but probably at least a dozen or so. This pair of Fischers was by FAR the hardest to get through.

New bits are coming from Tognar. Hopefully the cutting oil will help too.

[sethschmautz]

Not my first, but easily the smoothest. Gets easier every time. Have learned to measure lots, but ultimately, to trust my eye.

Seth

[Timberridge]

I wouldn't use cutting oil. How's well is the glue gonna bind if you use a water based glue??

With a good quality bit, you'd have to be using it an awful lot before it dulls out. I bought my 4.1 stepped bit from Binding Freedom about 5 yrs ago, and it's seen about 10 mounts and still flies through the skis. Ski metal is just some fancy aluminum.

If you use a Home Depot bit I can see how.

[skifishbum]

fischer skis are the shits
drill em all w/ the 4.1x9 metal or not
and never a spinner
them armada step bits are sweet and work great on all adult skis

[Bobcat Sig]

Dead on balls accurate, thanks!

[sb]

Two fer Tuesday bitchasses!



Its the first day of wintah and unfortunately its 65 million degrees outside. ugh

[eskido]

Skied my legs off the last two days. Bell-to-bell both days, plus 2 hours of pre-dawn skinning in between.

So I took today off and MMOFS while drinking my SOs last summer-ish homebrew - a Berliner weisse with some raspberries at the end.

Well that certainly doesn't suck

[doebedoe]

Sure didnt. Now if I just didn't have to get on a plane to fuckin' Florida to see the family and leave all these sweet CO snow behind.

[AlpiNord]

fischer skis are the shits
drill em all w/ the 4.1x9 metal or not
and never a spinner
them armada step bits are sweet and work great on all adult skis

Are you drilling everything with the double step/Armada bit?

[Breomonkey]

Cross posting my original thread to get insights on if I'm stupid to try this remount on my GPO's and which would be better. More background here if you want the full story.

Current mount: STH at 312BSL, -1 from dimple
Proposed Mount: Guardian (small) 316BSL
Option 1: Reuse rear pair of STH toe holes, drilling slightly wider. 42 vs. 40mm center. Front toe holes are pretty close to the old and the forward most on the heel is very tight.
Option 2: Reuse front pair of STH toe holes. These are direct match and gain me a bit of clearance on the other set of toe holes vs. the first option. The rear holes look great.

FWIW, I'm leaning towards option #2 as the smarter mount, but ideally I wanted to move the mount forward a hair. Would Option #1 be stupid?

[klauss]

mounted the new low tide skis

[Gerome]

Ok you myofsymfers, I mounted the easiest ski binding combo possible. Dynafit stokes with dynafit ft-12. The problem is that when I pressure the edge of the ski with my Cochise boots, the toes points open up.

I adjusted the heel screw using five nickels as a spacer. Don't tell me there's ice in my toe holes. I've had these bindings since 2007 and sent them back to dynafit for a warranty repair last year and they sent me new toe pieces. They worked fine with my tlt5 boots prior to removal from my older skis. What's wrong?

[gregL]

Funny how no one at Atomic ever mentions step down bits . . .

[dschane]

Ok you myofsymfers, I mounted the easiest ski binding combo possible. Dynafit stokes with dynafit ft-12. The problem is that when I pressure the edge of the ski with my Cochise boots, the toes points open up.

I adjusted the heel screw using five nickels as a spacer. Don't tell me there's ice in my toe holes. I've had these bindings since 2007 and sent them back to dynafit for a warranty repair last year and they sent me new toe pieces. They worked fine with my tlt5 boots prior to removal from my older skis. What's wrong?

Literally 5 nickels, or 5.5mm (which is what you want)? Five nickels would result in heel spacing just short of 10mm.

Good chart for spacing specs here:

http://skimo.co/tech-binding-heel-gaps

[trogdortheburninator]

You want 3 nickels, not 5.

[the_flying_v]

This is how I spent my Christmas after I punched out. Kartel 106 BG top sheet. Merry holidays y'all.