PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[californiagrown]

Pivots look way cooler. Simple as that.

Not even. Bright orange bindings clash with my red skis. And i refuse to ski slow so i can't put them on my blue skis!

[CascadeLuke]

Hmmm. I don’t have trouble stepping into Pivots under any circumstance. Have I assisted the dildo by hand in deep pow- yes. Do I often yard-sale in pow? No.
Would I want to be on any other binding in chop or boilerplate? No.

[Muggydude]

Stupid question: I have a pair of skis that were mounted with STH16s, and then last year i put some FKS180s on them. turns out i fucking hate pivots for pow skis. To remount the STH16 in the same holes, is it as simple as just drilling through the plugs and installing them in the same holes? Or is it more involved than that?

Get a tiny wood screw with an outer diameter smaller than the plug

Drill an even tinier pilot hole in the plugs. Screw in the tiny wood screw in said hole. Use a hammer to pull out the plug. Then insert epoxy or wood glue into holes, and mount the bindings.

Don’t drill through the plugs with the 3.5mm drill bit. Wouldn’t trust getting the drill perfectly centered over the plugs to drill them out and Would not trust the threads of the hole after doing that.

[californiagrown]

Get a tiny wood screw with an outer diameter smaller than the plug

Drill an even tinier pilot hole in the plugs. Screw in the tiny wood screw in said hole. Use a hammer to pull out the plug. Then insert epoxy or wood glue into holes, and mount the bindings.

Don’t drill through the plugs with the 3.5mm drill bit. Wouldn’t trust getting the drill perfectly centered over the plugs to drill them out and Would not trust the threads of the hole after doing that.

I glued those things in there though

[PlayItLeo]

They pull right out, glue or not.

I usually pull the plug, but you can also just redrill though the plug and screw in. A little bit of plastic left in the hole won’t hurt anything.

Plenty of info if you search this thread

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[2FUNKY]

Mounted my own fucking skis. Paper template, normal bit, none of that binding specific shit. I live on the edge.

[galibier_numero_un]

Hmmm. I don’t have trouble stepping into Pivots under any circumstance. Have I assisted the dildo by hand in deep pow- yes. Do I often yard-sale in pow? No.
Would I want to be on any other binding in chop or boilerplate? No.

Same here. I have Wardens on some skis which are really difficult to stomp into in soft snow (same as STH heel?).

Hand assisting with the dildos is a plus.

Lots of other reasons to prefer one over the other, but in my experience, Pivots win in soft snow entry.

... Thom

[Muggydude]

I glued those things in there though

Yep, glue doesn’t really matter

Glue for the most part just lubricates the screw when installing, and provides a little water resistance. Doesn’t do (much) for screw or plug retention

[Doremite]

Mounted my own fucking skis. Paper template, normal bit, none of that binding specific shit. I live on the edge.

Nice work. Enjoy.

[phallic-menace]

First attempt at a mount I cared a great deal about. It went ok I think.
Made 5mm shims for the untested atk freeraider which came in at 35g. Plugged all the old warden holes with hardwood dowels except one, which was huon pine roughly 1000 to 2000 years old, that I made with a drill and belt sander. Could be hoji signature on this pair of 186 white room rens.

[Cocximus]

Does gflex cure clear?

[Doremite]

Does gflex cure clear?

Yellow/brown tint

[margotron]

Bamboo chopsticks


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[burrito]

Planning on doing my first self-mount later this week after a test mount today - Shifts on Bent Chetler 120s. I have some G-Flex 650 epoxy sitting around from fixing a tail split last season. Two questions:

1. Any reason not to use the G-Flex?
2. Do I need to let it cure before popping the boot in and out while fine tuning the mount?

[Reformed]

^^^ somewhere back in this thread there is a lengthy discussion of glue vs epoxy for ski mounts. Coles Notes is that it comes down to user choice. I personally think it's overkill/makes removing screws from the ski needlessly difficult. Others disagree. To each their own.
Just keep in mind that the glue is simply a lubricant and sealant for the screws. Vast majority of binding retention comes from the top sheet/binding retention mat of the ski.

[burrito]

^^^ somewhere back in this thread there is a lengthy discussion of glue vs epoxy for ski mounts. Coles Notes is that it comes down to user choice. I personally think it's overkill/makes removing screws from the ski needlessly difficult. Others disagree. To each their own.
Just keep in mind that the glue is simply a lubricant and sealant for the screws. Vast majority of binding retention comes from the top sheet/binding retention mat of the ski.

I hadn't considered the added difficulty of taking the screws out. I hope to never need to do that, but with these being the first model year of a new binding there's a higher than normal chance of something breaking. It's probably in my best interest to go with wood glue just in case. Thanks for the help.

[XXX-er]

What epoxy does is make stronger threads in the ski, its just way stronger/waterproof/better

IF you need to remove the binding some heat from a soldering iron will break the bond

in fact any time you can't get a screw out try some heat BEFORE you strip the head

especialy if you don't know how it was mounted

[SupreChicken]

Planning on doing my first self-mount later this week after a test mount today - Shifts on Bent Chetler 120s. I have some G-Flex 650 epoxy sitting around from fixing a tail split last season. Two questions:

1. Any reason not to use the G-Flex?
2. Do I need to let it cure before popping the boot in and out while fine tuning the mount?

I would use amazing goop marine edition.

Save the gflex for hole plugging with dyes/dowels per margotron post #2403.

Maybe could use it for inserts.

No need for a standard mount.

That’s gonna be a fun setup.

[cravenmorhead]

Mounted a single ski last night. Picked up this pair of (matched) Nunataqs from a mag, but on delivery noticed that one of them had a minor edge delam. Not a huge issue on its own, but the rocker profile was different between the two skis, suggesting maybe there was enough water penetration to impact the guts. Or maybe it was from a crash, who knows. Fixed the delam and mounted them, but I was always a little worried about 'em. These are also pretty rockered to begin with, so the additional rocker wasn't helping anything when it came to skinning.

On a lark, I posted a CL add looking for a single ski (as well as posting here). To my surprise, someone in my neighborhood had one. Different year so different topsheet, but they didn't change the guts, so same ski. She had worked at REI and someone had returned a pair after breaking one in half. They were going to toss the orphan, so she grabbed it and had it in her basement for a few years. Now it's getting back on the snow.

[Norseman]

looking forward to seeing more of the 300 splat/praxii special edition gems mounted and posted up soon.

It's only 30, Bobby. 😁

[LeoK]

Hi TGR,

I am in the process of mounting my own fucking skis for the first time - a difficult case: I am doing inserts. Now three of the inserts did keep spinning and I was not able to tighten them properly. Now I just went for it and glued everything with good epoxy. The other 3 screws of the piece are always bomber - so only one at a time that is concerning me.

Do you think it will be safe to ski those or should I try to redo the 3 inserts?

Thank you for helping out soon so I can ski these this week-end.

[Norseman]

You probably won't be able to get the three inserts out of the ski... so, I guess give them a try!

[Speedfreak]

Got these done last night. Yeahbuddy.

[LeoK]

You probably won't be able to get the three inserts out of the ski... so, I guess give them a try!

Ok, you don't seem too worried about me dying -> I'll give it a try and ski them hard this Saturday. If they last I am confident.

[Norseman]

Three baddies in one ski? Close together, or spread out?

When the binding pulls out, then we can address the repair. Either helicoil for the inserts, or hardwood plug and start over.