Splat sacrificed a lot for those, treat them with respect.

My personal opinion is tapping is unnecessary into wood cores--go ahead quote on how some study said otherwise and I don't care. Just buy the Armada style stepped bit for for your metal top skis...

While we're at it on Pivots and new Mantra's--specifically the M6. I was reusing some older Pivot heels on my new M6's and the two (wider) rear holes on the Pivot heel are real close to the mounting...

I'm no Pivot simp, but you're a 1x/season mounter type dude just do a 2x4 mount first if you're not sure.



This might take off in a sort of asymmetric sidecut way. If so, we'll need to...

Terrific...thanks.

Question on Pivot template. I usually mount freehand but I can borrow a shop jig and an older manual ~ circa 2010 says close down the jig plate 5mm shorter than BSL. So does this mean for a 315 I...

Those seem a bit wide for N. VA, but good job.

Alrighty...thanks noslow!

Mounting a pair of last season Volkl Kenjas for my bird. The ski has three indents --no other marks--on the top sheet for mount position. Forward is short indent, middle longer and bottom...

You need to put some glue in there. I find epoxy the best at sealing the hole and resisting degrading over the years, but if all you have is outdoor wood glue it's fine. If you think you might pull...

Let the radius from the center of the hole to the center of the torus tube be c, and the radius of the tube be a. Then the equation in Cartesian coordinates for a torus azimuthally symmetric about...

Oh my. The skis come from the factory with plates, who would take of a plate from a race ski then try to mount them flat? I guess this shop did, but that's crazy.

Don't most kids race skis have raceplates?

I'm killing it lately on mounts so I challenged myself last evening. I mounted a pair of Attacks on J skis Allplay with only the following :\
--pencil
--small L square with cm markings
--painters...

Sure that works, but imagine how great it would be to have a Lego centering tool with Batman holding a laser guide. I'd be finding centers on everything in the house.

I'm working on a Barbie...

Some just use nippers but they tend to crush the dowels and leave a point. For a nice clean cut use a woodworkers pull saw like this. If you put a piece of painters tape on the backside of the saw...

Terry,
A Lego version with a laser line projection would be tits.
If you added a Lego Batman to the top as an option, I think it would forever settle the argument on which is the best way to find...

I like the Lego version.

Good point.

I can also vouch that both thumb and heel retention are solid. I believe its why they are such a beloved binding.

Ok, question. I have both a set of STH2 13's and Attack 13's sitting in a box....

Yes, once it bites in, it will thread itself in. Main thing to watch is that you are going in 100% vertical when you are doing inserts. When it bottoms you'll feel it.

I've never tapped a regular...

That's fine. We all love gadgets and if your thing or somebody else's thing gives someone more confidence to do something themselves, all the better. I have a burnishing tool with a walnut handle...

I'm just preparing you for when the laser and CNC boys show up here and give you drill press fanboys a real shakedown.

It's completely unnecessary for a standard non-insert binding screw if you use a real binding bit like the one that chap is using there. But if you got a press go for it. And it's not faster. But...

And yet more complicated than it needs to be.

Reindeer semen.

Also if you access to a Nd:YAG laser you can focus the beam on the screw which will heat it up. Just remember to wear eye protection and keep kids and pets away from the beam.

"The Princess and the Mounting Point Off by the Width of a Pea"

If I was regularly mounting skis without a jig, I'd invest in one of these little handy saddle square things. But for now my notched square works fine.

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^^+1 The square and tick mark method is so easy and works on any ski I dunno why anyone would mess with another method. If you get a thick enough square you have the ability to run it along the...

I'll always use an insert if reusing holes. It's so easy to spin a screw on the second try IMO especially with many mfgrs using poplar and softer wood cores. YMMV.

If we could zoom in to the underfoot area, I'm certain we'd find the remnants of a ski shop sticker.

Plus the drill looks staged.

Yeah I'm calling BS on this claimed self mount.

If any of you are dentists, you can use the the titanium posts you use for dental implants and cement them into the holes. If its behind or in front of the new binding its fun to embellish them with...

Always measure twice before drilling.

Nice job! -- you got some big feet Bobby--
You know what the girls say about guys with big feet?

I used to buy into steel is better but I have a collection of broken bits of steel too.

I converted. My current favorite in the non-touring plastic group is the Attack 13 or 16--light,...

I wouldn't mind if Pivot heels went the way of the dodo bird. I'm done with Pivots. Brakes suck, no heel adjustment one bsl size up or down, etc. If I had to move 1/2 or a whole Pivot I'd just rip...

A proper binding bit like Wintersteiger is tapered. Unlike a machine thread screw (like the ones that go into inserts) the binding screw has a taper as well. If you had a magnifying glass on a...

I still don't get it. The only time I've not been able to get a flat mount is 1) if the hole is not deep enough or 2) the hole has a volcano. Or in the case of inserts you leave them proud.
...

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about here.

If he used a regular drill bit which leaves a volcano he needs to shave it flat w/ a chisel or make a pass with a countersink bit. Even a shouldered binding bit can leave the hole high, so if you...

I always accepted the idea that the factory put the recommended mount point on the ski for a reason.

That's racist.

Hopefully you didn't use the the same guy who mitered those corners.

High VOC glue can do that.

Speaking of the opposite of thin skis. I just mounted some 4FRNT mogul skis for junior. Things are like 3/4" thick. Made me nostalgic.

I like to use a lot of glue.

I've only used BF inserts, but always file down the point of the insert. 80% of the time if you don't, you get dimples.

or drink less beer.

SFB,
How would one lose a thumb mounting skis? The usual suspects: saws, planers, routers, etc. are absent from my mounting toolkit. I may be doing it wrong tho.

Reminds me, I gotta order...