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11-24-2021, 09:04 AM #5126
PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.
Whoa dude, I still praise Jah on the regs. Slow yer roll. I also give thanks to Hofmann from time to time. Just not into alcohol anymore.
Take onecrab in my shoe mouth
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11-24-2021, 09:25 AM #5127Registered User
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Ok, so it sounds like the 110 brakes for the 102's...Thanks!
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11-24-2021, 09:30 AM #5128
id still bend the 95 out
but i got a to wide brake stick in a ripped gaiter of my bibs and locked into an highspeed groomer beatdown
so i go tight is right now"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
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11-24-2021, 09:40 AM #5129
^i have also done that, it is terrifying.
"If we can't bring the mountain to the party, let's bring the PARTY to the MOUNTAIN!"
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11-24-2021, 09:41 AM #5130Registered User
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Before I install my second CAST, the first setup I did a month ago, one of the skis I had to loosen one or two of the toe plate screws maybe 1/4 turn each from tight to get both the Look and Pin toe pieces to move smoother. The second ski was perfect.
Should I be worried...AM I GOING TO DIE?
The Pin toe does 'wear in' so I probably could tighten the screws again but does that require a bit more glue or is it sealed enough I don't have to worry?
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11-24-2021, 09:55 AM #5131Registered User
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11-24-2021, 10:06 AM #5132
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11-24-2021, 10:40 AM #5133
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11-24-2021, 10:51 AM #5134
FTR, The 4.1mm diameter bit or an alpine tap is about the same as the shank of a 5.5mm alpine screw. If the topsheet can compress enough to allow the tap or screw to be driven through without volcanoing dramatically, you may not die, nor will your skis explode. I recommend tapping regardless.
As a point of reference, the thickness of 5 sheets of paper is about the difference between the two bit diameters. So if you are a risk taker, not super anal, are moderately skilled and OK with a slight wallowing of the drill bit you can assimilate the wider diameter at the topsheet....otherwise stick with the manufacturer's recommendation.Best regards, Terry
(Direct Contact is best vs PMs)
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11-24-2021, 10:55 AM #5135Registered User
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^ keep your tips left though
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11-24-2021, 11:08 AM #5136
A 5/32" is 3.97mm. I mean, if you got freedom units handy.
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11-24-2021, 11:35 AM #5137
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11-24-2021, 11:40 AM #5138Best regards, Terry
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11-24-2021, 11:50 AM #5139
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11-24-2021, 11:53 AM #5140
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11-24-2021, 12:07 PM #5141
THIS.. Just don't EVER go wider diameter than recommended. Pretty sure the bit I use to mount skis (probably about a dozen pairs this century) is a smaller diameter than recommended. It may dimple a little at the top when a fatter screw goes in her but she'll adjust and happy with that. Go too fat and you get spinners...
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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11-24-2021, 12:08 PM #5142Best regards, Terry
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11-24-2021, 12:58 PM #5143Registered User
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I've had a setscrewed collar slip, a piece of tape on the drill also slips so I drill thru a chunk of 2x4 or a 1.5 " wine bottle cork is perfect size, leave it on the bit with the length of drill you want showing and thats as far as the bit can go, all that can happen is the drill bit slips in the chuck and you don't drill far enough
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11-24-2021, 03:38 PM #5144
With no place to ski today (not going to go back to Killington until it's t2b) I decided to catch up on some mounts.
(1) Put an old pair of Freeride + on a friend's brandy new FX106 HPs. He's 73 and decided to go short (176) down from some 184 Mantras.
(2) Put a pair of Look NX10s on Mrs. MNIAW's 2nd pair of Ripstick 86Ws. She's tall and rocks them in 173.
(3) Put a pair of Marker Lords on my brandy new Blizzard Sheevas (they're the exact same ski as the Rustler 11 but can be had for almost half price in 188). Was thinking about painting them flat black to hide the topsheet but I'm comfortable with my masculinity so gonna ski 'em as is.
I use paper templates and got a 3D printed centering jig from RFConroy; that tool saved me a bunch of time getting the centerline right.
Don't know why, but I've always done tips left. I must be an idiot savant.
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11-24-2021, 04:11 PM #5145
Re: drilling tapping, ski tips, etc.
Tips go whichever way I put the ski on the saw-horses. It's not even guaranteed both skis of the pair will face the same direction.
I do admit that I've started to drill more than once and wondered if I had it right and wasn't mounting backwards. (Amazingly, as many things as I mix up, I haven't managed that yet.)
And, I dunno, I drill and tap all my holes with the drill.
And apply all the screws with the impact. (I usually snug them up/check them the last bit with a screwdriver.)
Easy touch helps.
Of course, all my skis are heavy as hell with sheets and sheets of metal and have cores made from ironwood, so it probably doesn't matter. (Ok, yeah, the ironwood is exaggeration.)
(I do set the drill clutch really low and a low-gear RPM for tapping, which helps.)
But if we all need to have some drama about it, go for it. I'm good.
Perhaps I'm stupid, have the IQ of a hamster, or lazy (why not all three?) - but it's worked for quite a few mounts so far.
YMMV.
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11-24-2021, 04:15 PM #5146
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11-24-2021, 04:22 PM #5147
I'll be doing 4 mounts in the next few weeks. Three for me (one new, one remount. one remount for Tele) and one using old holes for my daughter.
Plan to screw them all in by hand. No metal, no taps. Paper templates. Always tips left.
Will post pics once done.
Now that I think of it, are there templates for hammerheads? Can't remember when or how I last mounted them..
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11-24-2021, 04:27 PM #5148Registered User
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^ ya hammerhead templates are around. Should be easy to find as I'm pretty sure they have the same pattern as the current 22 designs lineup.
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11-24-2021, 04:32 PM #5149
I've got quite a bit to catch up on after putting mounts off for the last 2 months. 3 sets of CAST (2 second ski kits) and then perhaps a set of inserts for CAST on at least one other ski. 2 skis are new, all others will involve some serious swiss cheese-ing. Stocked up on my oak dowel and g-flex today.
swing your fucking sword.
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11-24-2021, 04:39 PM #5150
The tips face left
Don't eat yellow snow
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