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06-24-2021, 02:04 PM #1Registered User
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DIY tech toe inserts, anyone tried it?
Since CAST pretty much stopped doing it, has anyone tried adding tech inserts to their boots? For me, it'd be for low-risk sidecountry and for a binding like a shift that doesn't depend on tech inserts for skiing down, so doesn't need to be over the top bombproof. Anyone tried it? Thoughts? Terrible idea?
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06-24-2021, 02:05 PM #2Registered User
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CAST has some videos on how they do it but it's more involved then what I was looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMDtDY6AAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzfpBd72Ec
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06-24-2021, 02:26 PM #3Registered User
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There was a thread on here pretty far back about grub screws and using them as inserts. Maybe search those words.
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06-24-2021, 05:01 PM #4
I vaguely recall Dawson doing this, some 10 years ago. It might be worth searching Wildsnow.
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06-24-2021, 06:43 PM #5
Blurred was trying to add them to full tilts at one point, wasn't he? I think he was spancered or some shit...
Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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06-24-2021, 07:08 PM #6Registered User
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06-24-2021, 07:55 PM #7Registered User
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06-24-2021, 09:14 PM #8
Yay for the search function actually yielding the info I was looking for!
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...d.php?t=269906
edit: I'll be damned! That's not the thread at all. It's just blurred spraying about his conquest. Oh well, someone else can dig up his original build thread and take that trip down memory lane...Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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06-24-2021, 09:29 PM #9Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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06-24-2021, 10:47 PM #10Registered User
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Has anyone tried to downhill with a tech binder on a CAST retrofit? I hope not, but I'm sure some intrepid soul has tried it at least, and maybe didn't die in the process.
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06-25-2021, 08:54 AM #11Registered User
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06-25-2021, 09:29 AM #12Registered User
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I remember reading at least one story of a guy putting a teck fittings into a boot that didnt have them, there was some routering, screwing in the tech parts & slopping of epoxy, it seemed to work and nobody died but what would be the point when you can buy boots with tech fittings and have a warranty ?
the CAST people tell you their toe pin retro fit is just for going up hill so they don't have liability issues and they only do the toe so you still need a heel piece which is probably easierLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-25-2021, 11:43 AM #13
With the ample amount of good boots with tech fittings out there, in both the new and used market, why would you want to do a retrofit like this?
Seems like high risk, for low reward."Poop is funny" - Frank Reynolds
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06-25-2021, 12:05 PM #14Registered User
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Because I want a boot with no walk mode for the resort but has a tech toe for small sidecountry stuff. The Krypton fits me well and I've thought about buying the 2022 boot with the tech toe but $800 is a lot of money when I just bought new kryptons last season.
I probably won't do it, but I was curious if people had
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06-25-2021, 12:20 PM #15Watch out for sticks.
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I did it to a pair of FTs* with grub screws a long time ago, like mtnwriter said. I don't remember the size or anything like that. Drill holes, add epoxy, insert grub screws, let cure. Once cured, take a drill bit and hone out the allen key side (slowly as to not overheat the insert from friction) until your tech toe fits.
If your boot has a hollow toe lugs like those FT Seths did, you'll want to fill that void with epoxy before you start drilling so the inserts have someplace to live.
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06-25-2021, 12:51 PM #16Registered User
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06-25-2021, 01:27 PM #17King potato
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06-25-2021, 01:41 PM #18Registered User
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DIY tech toe inserts, anyone tried it?
Dude. $10 worth of grub screws and a drill bit. Do it on a pair of throw away boots like you’d do a mount on a 2X4. Then Do it to the boots you want once you know what you’re doing.
https://youtu.be/vC39ku85nAs
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06-25-2021, 02:08 PM #19Registered User
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06-25-2021, 02:53 PM #20
I'd use hex drive, round heads, or socket heads rather than set (grub) screws.
Another thing to consider (before you've mixed up the epoxy and it's started to cure) is a means of measuring the "spread" of the inserts, so you can set the correct spacing, for the pins to engage securely.
I'd be comfortable with this for occasional uphilling, especially taking into account some of the lightweight x-c rigs we've all been on.
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06-29-2021, 09:26 AM #21Watch out for sticks.
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