Not sure who to thank,but I recently used the Marker GW Griffon demo paper template on the Bonafide 97’s. Worked perfectly! I owe somebody a beer!

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Playing with paper templates (thanks gregorys) demo bindings, and playful skis.

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Mesmerizing. Beautiful. Well done.

Seems like you’ve never had to heli-coil a pair of metal skis either, but are dying to have that experience. [emoji6]

Get a 4.1 and a tap…and buy more skis with metal to make the investment feel...

Beautiful work! Exactly what one has come to expect from an REI tech! Bravo!

Are people not concerned about breaking the tap anymore? I never have, but some of my shop buddies had before. Seems like the “drill-to-tap” method would have that risk of breakage.

I have a full bankart repaired shoulder from those bindings. I think a full 13 release value is equip to like a 5 on any other brand. Good luck!!

A little heavy on the up, but I bet that makes for a killer side country setup!

I’ve had my kids mount a lot of their own skis, but never mounted skis with my kids attached to me! Good work!

I used jigarex plates for a few years before I found the STH2/Warden jig. It does make mounting Salomons stupid easy. I cannot remember if I bought it here or on eBay. It certainly felt like finding...

Mounted these today. Fairly pedestrian job when you have all the right tools…

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He's correct...I just checked, too. Only like a 2-mm difference in stack height of the toe.

Lots of good data over on skitalk.com about bindings. Phil Pug and that crew feel out more than we do about some stuff (which is cool)...

Finally got around to mounting these...

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Thanks to gregorys for his Warden 13 demo template. Now that my son can manage my skis, the “demo fleet” is growing and my kid is digging it!
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The bit size is correct. What do you mean by “center mount”? That comment worries me and I’m sure I’m not alone...

My youngest mounted his own damn skis tonight...and he’s rocking a release value of “3” to start the season! [emoji16]

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Bandit Jr wanted to mount up his new Pettitor 120’s tonight so I let him, with a little oversight...
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I think the criticism is fine and sounds like it is warranted. I was a shop rat for 10 years and still own OEM jigs. Been pleasantly suprised that the Jigarex has worked so well for me given others'...

Jigarex works great for me. Mounted Dukes, Guardians, Griffons, and lots on Salomon STH2...never an issue.

Bandit Jr mounted his new Shiro's last night in ~20-min. He's stoked on his 100-mm fatties with burly DIN 2-7 bindings.