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03-14-2017, 10:37 AM #1Gel-powered Tech bindings
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ID this mysterious small metal part?
I've had one of these sitting around for maybe about a year now.
Our inquisitive little daughter is always asking me what it is -- I have no idea!
And no recollection of where I found it either.
But then this weekend, after unpacking from a race, inside my duffel bag I found another one!
At first I was worrying it might be from my ski boots.
But I can find any part from which it could have detached.
Plus one of the boots would have already fallen apart this season if it was from the boot!
Other sources I've ruled out:
- Definitely wasn't my race bindings, since those were never near the bag.
- Can't be from the bag, since it's a cheap thing that doesn't have any metal parts inside.
- Race skins don't have any rivets, since I just sewed on the tip attachments.
- Couldn't have fallen off any donated prizes from our sponsors, since those were in a separate pack.
- Definitely not my helmet.
- Gloves don't have any metal.
- Not from the ski attachment of my pack.
I also had a cheap briefcase (conference giveaway) inside the duffel bag, but the briefcase doesn't have any metal, and all the registration materials for the race inside the briefcase don't have anything that matches up with this mystery part.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions -- I'm totally baffled...
(Hmm, maybe in the meantime I should keep both in these inside my backcountry emergency kit if I ever find out the hard way what they used to be holding together!)
Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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03-14-2017, 10:39 AM #2Registered User
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Titanium Butt Plug
or could it be the button for a push button locking adjustable ski pole or shovel?Last edited by shredgnar; 03-14-2017 at 10:54 AM.
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03-14-2017, 10:45 AM #3Registered User
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Are you running a back-linking service or something?
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03-14-2017, 11:07 AM #4Gel-powered Tech bindings
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For the former, unfortunately we lost our sponsor for that from prior years.
For the latter, too small to be the button on the shovel that was a prize.
And wasn't using adjustable poles.
I was just trying to be specific with the gear to rule out any possible "what if it was a metal such & such" part of some piece of gear.
(I've been going through everything I used that day, and can't find anything so far that would fit.Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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03-14-2017, 11:14 AM #5
Looks like either a pin for something adjustable or maybe a friction fit cap over a screw on some piece of gear?
Something that small could have been floating around in your bag for a long time before you noticed it, so don't discount the fact that it may not have fallen off last weekend.
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03-14-2017, 11:50 AM #6
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03-14-2017, 12:18 PM #7Registered User
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Looks like one of the push buttons for adjusting a crutch, or something along those lines.
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03-14-2017, 12:42 PM #8
Internal frame rivet from your gear bag?
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03-14-2017, 01:00 PM #9Gel-powered Tech bindings
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Originally Posted by Counselor to the President
It's solid, so not a cap over something.
I was about to write that I sure checked carefully after the prior time I used it last month...
... but then I started thinking about what had been packed in it back then, and -- ah hah:
https://dryguy.com/product/Travel_Dry_DX
While packed in the bag, the end of this car plug totally fell apart:
I reassembled it, and it now works, although sometimes doesn't maintain contact.
The reason must be that at the time I didn't find all the loose parts, so I think the mystery part is the tip that belongs in the far right of the picture.
Now as for how I have two of these, the dryer I originally bought fell apart in exactly the same way.
The company replaced it under warranty, but I probably didn't include the little tip when I returned the broken dryer, since it was rattling around somewhere separately.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Now to move onto the mystery of how much snow we're receiving from this storm?
(Well, okay, that's easy: a whole lot, pretty much everywhere.)Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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03-14-2017, 02:20 PM #10Registered User
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Good detective work! Maybe use a drop of Loctite red to keep this from happening again.
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03-14-2017, 02:34 PM #11Gel-powered Tech bindings
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Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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03-14-2017, 04:07 PM #12Registered User
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I bet there should be a spring that goes behind the tip.
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03-14-2017, 04:29 PM #13
Riveting thread.
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03-14-2017, 04:36 PM #14
Heel pins from a Salomon tech binding that fell off when the glue melted in the sun.
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03-14-2017, 04:58 PM #15
JONG!
There's already a thread for this.
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03-14-2017, 05:11 PM #16
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03-14-2017, 07:18 PM #17
Yes usually some sort of spring behind it, so the red locktite would keep it from moving like it was designed
You could just purchase a new cig. Iighter plug and cut the wire off and reattach to the new. Used to be able to get the lighter plug from Radio Shacks, but no more since most have closed or will close and their inventory has changed to cell phone stuff mostly.
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03-14-2017, 07:25 PM #18Registered User
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Looked like there was a knurled nut of some kind holding it all together in the picture. At least, that's how I saw it. Maybe, maybe not. The red loctite would go on the threads of that. The pin would still be free to move. But epoxy on the outside would work. Or just get a replacement plug.
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