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Thread: boot press options?
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11-03-2018, 09:04 AM #1
boot press options?
Looks like I will not be back at the store i was with, so looking at finishing my own collection of boot fitting tools
Just need a lever boot press and looking for options
http://svst.com/Boots/Manual-Boot-Press/
$1300 with ends
TGR has this home job, but looking for something a bit nicer
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ot-Press/page2
more for ice skates, but will work for ski boots I bet. Price is right at $400 CND
https://blademaster.com/web/en/skate...21-sc6000.html
Electric heater built in. Not sure that is needed
https://protekskiracing.com/protek-e...ic-boot-punch/
I used one years ago. a bit hard to get into the toe area, but overall portable and doable
https://blademaster.com/web/en/boot-...7-be02400.html
mostly for ankle, and seems overkill and not versatile
https://www.boot-doc.com/en_us/produ...g-1979x38.html
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11-03-2018, 06:14 PM #2
Is Soul getting out of fitting or just going a different way?
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11-03-2018, 07:03 PM #3
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11-03-2018, 07:53 PM #4
The SVST option listed first is the best option by far, in my opinion. I was able to score a great deal on a foot pedal operated one for SUPER cheap, but I had to buy the fittings. I bought the exact ones shown in the SVST link. They are great.
The ULTIMATE press is the Keyser tools press. Hard to find, though."Shit, I'll choke her while she's cleaning, and I'll do it wearing a helmet cam mounted on a full-face helmet.
I'll have meatdrink9 do the lighting for the shot. He'll make it artsy as fuck." - Phunk
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11-04-2018, 12:19 AM #5
Agree that the SVST manual press is the best semi-affordable option. The Keyser is burlier and exerts more leverage, but actually less versatile (no lower level for the lower arm) - it also costs around $3500 USD, as compared to the SVST with fittings ($1250 USD). A poor third option would be a used Scott press, but it is limited by short arms in terms of what you can reach. The various Blademaster options have pretty limited use, but it depends what you want to reach (ski boot cuffs are a lot taller than hockey skates).
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11-04-2018, 03:26 AM #6
We have been building a home lab over the past few years. We have a planer (joiner) for canting solid soles, a router for toe lugs, sander, expanders and have been looking for a press for a while. We just found this one.
The silver one. The arms are 8" and we will add extenders to make them 12" and will buy the accessories that we need from SVST or SkiKare.Click. Point. Chute.
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11-04-2018, 03:31 AM #7Click. Point. Chute.
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11-04-2018, 08:08 AM #8
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11-04-2018, 08:30 AM #9
I'll do some measurements on that blademaster one and see if Its workable.
I also have 2 Sidas footbed machines, anyone intersted in buying them, or trading for a punch?
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11-04-2018, 08:58 AM #10
All part of the dumbing down of the industry, it is a shame. Word will get out that you are no longer there and hopefully your customers will find you. You will be surpised how many will tell "I liked working with you but I hated going to that place" validating that it wasn't a good work environment.
Click. Point. Chute.
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11-04-2018, 09:00 AM #11Registered User
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Mike at southern ski tools has a different system, no idea of cost or effectiveness,
Kind interesting though.
https://www.southernski.com/boot-stretcher.html
There is also the Nordica Crocodile-
https://www.nordica.com/osterreich/b...tting-academy/
Again, no idea of cost or effectiveness,
Kind interesting though.
Sorry about situation, but having gone through similar, you'll be better off.
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11-04-2018, 09:02 AM #12Click. Point. Chute.
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11-04-2018, 09:07 AM #13
I have used one, works pretty good. If you have a connection at Nordica, it is a good tool to have. MasterFit also has a pretty extensive tool collection like this stretcher.
Click. Point. Chute.
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11-04-2018, 09:14 AM #14
Thanks for the info on the blademaster:
I have 2 hydrolic /interal stretchers, and some ends, Need to get more ends, and a lever punch now,
I MIGHT have some work with Nordica this winter too, so that might be an option to get tools as well. Or if stores get "free" nordica tools, I might be able to buy the old ones too.
on the plus side, looking forward to skiing more, and skiing in the warmer afternoons
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11-04-2018, 09:52 AM #15
Man, sorry to hear that! They probably have no idea what they’ve lost.
Are you starting your own shop?
Matt Shiller has done that in PC (Pc boot room) and seems to be doing real well.
Best of luck!
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11-04-2018, 10:04 AM #16
That's weak they informed you of this what, a week before the resorts open?
That's douchebaggery at its finest
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11-04-2018, 11:02 AM #17
THanks guys, not really sure what I'll do this winter, but it was not a huge financial hit, But timing sucked
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11-04-2018, 11:52 AM #18
From my shop management days, my math says that if you did 20 punches a week that a customers pay for, or made 3 pairs of customer insoles per week, they are breaking even.
This does not even account for any profit they make off any other sales you make. Not to mention the experience and expertise loss.
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11-04-2018, 12:42 PM #19
I'll ask around here to see if there is any old presses no one is using do to the lack of skilled people. One shop in particular may have a couple from way back but only one person to use them.
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11-04-2018, 02:29 PM #20
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11-04-2018, 02:31 PM #21
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11-04-2018, 05:30 PM #22
Hey, if you were to find one of Blademaster’s boot stretchers and mntlion doesn’t need it, I’ve been looking for one. It’s this thing:
https://blademaster.com/web/en/boot-...4-be02111.html
Vibes to mntlion. .
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11-04-2018, 05:41 PM #23
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11-04-2018, 05:59 PM #24
I’ll start looking!
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11-05-2018, 05:42 PM #25
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