PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.
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Originally Posted by
MiddleOfNight
Shoulda mounted my own f'n skis.
I don't have the tools or the brains.
Shop mounted one stick on the line, the other stick more than +1 from the line.
Now telling me that 1cm minimum between holes means my choices now are -2 or +3 if i want them equal.
if I wanted a f'd up mount, I woulda mounted my own f'n skis.
1st, I’ve always followed 1cm center to center for normal mounts, 15mm center to center for inserts. Not edge to edge. Especially on a ski with good cores like ON3P.
2nd, I can’t think of a single binding that has hole interference from remounting 1cm behind the first set of holes. They should have just done this to get that ski to the line and been done with it. Hell most alpine bindings wouldn’t even need to remount the heel to do this, just the toe piece.
3rd, now you know why you mount your own fucking skis, because shop mounts with a jig tend to be considerably worse than a mount done with a paper template and careful measuring - as far as centering it on the ski and getting everything aligned perfectly. Some grubby teenager getting paid $10 an hour doesn’t care that much about how good a job he does mounting your $900 custom skis as you would. Especially when he’s got 10 pairs to do before his shift ends
4th, yeah they should give you free binding/mount/tunes or the like to make up for the screw up on a custom ski (assuming they will mount bindings on the line for you properly) Or just ask them to pay for your new skis and learn how to mount them yourself
PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.
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Originally Posted by
skifishbum
acutally im 54 makes bout twice that mount at least 5 if not 10 times that daily been doin it for decades now and even with large drug intake my fuck up rate isn't that high
but you obviously stay at the holiday inns and like to type about mounting expertise
using a lot words
Yes not talking about guru skifishbums [emoji226] And I was assuming this particular tech is getting to this pair at the end of the work day [emoji6]
But really I’d wager many who turn to mounting their own skis do so after a shop screws up their nice new pair of sticks. (Myself included)
Can’t tell you how many used skis I’ve seen with crooked, misaligned, and non-symmetric left vs right ski holes when I mount them. Make difference when skiing them? Usually not. But 1cm off obviously would
Since you’ve used so many jigs you’re surely aware that they’re not the most precise tools to keep the binding aligned straight down the middle of the ski. And it’s easy to have one ski mounted a little bit further forward than the other
Paper templates are slower and require more measuring/patience and would never work in a shop environment. But the end results can be much more accurate. And they’re free
Why not type? I’m just waiting to move back to a state with hills higher than 150ft right now. And I sleep in a van, man [emoji849]
^^ Glad to hear the shop took care of you MiddleNight. Enjoy those skis