Mounting Plums

[Pins and Skins]

Does anyone know of any east coast shops which can mount Plums? Thanks in advance.

[waxoff]

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ighlight=Mount

[halliday]

Send me all of your shit plus one boot and Ill mount them for you.

[gregL]

Send me all of your shit plus one boot and Ill mount them for you.

It's a good practice to check the alignment of both boots on any tech binding mount . . .

[halliday]

I knew that. I was having a type, click, post, look stupid moment.

[Pins and Skins]

thanks for the offer, but it'll cost way more to send my stuff to you and then for you to send it back...

as for mounting it myself, yah I don't trust myself to do it. both the skis and the bindings are no longer available online so I'm not risking a self-inflicted fuck up!

[thefortrees]

You are less likely to mess it up than a ski shop. With a username like yours, I expect you know how to mount pins n skins


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[Pins and Skins]

The problem is I have Yaks to mount, and there are no paper templates to be found. I've emailed the company to see if they can hook me up.

[Cocximus]

If you are serious about mounting them yourself I could make you a template based on https://skimo.co/tech-binding-hole-patterns

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[SoVT Joey]

Aren’t plums all based off the same hole patterns as dynafits? I know the guide is the same as a speed turn. Maybe the yams are different. I’m also pretty sure that on the plum site there are paper templates.

[galibier_numero_un]

It's a good practice to check the alignment of both boots on any tech binding mount . . .

Yup. I had a pair of Maestrales from a previous generation which aligned slightly assymetrically.

... Thom

[halliday]

thanks for the offer, but it'll cost way more to send my stuff to you and then for you to send it back...

as for mounting it myself, yah I don't trust myself to do it. both the skis and the bindings are no longer available online so I'm not risking a self-inflicted fuck up!

I sense a lack of self confidence.

[Pins and Skins]

Most definitely haha! But this thread has built up some confidence for me to try it myself! I've emailed the company to see if they can provide a paper template. Or I may go HAM and just buy the jig.

I sense a lack of self confidence.

[Pins and Skins]

Very generous, thanks dude. But let me first see if the company will reply to my request for a paper template.

If you are serious about mounting them yourself I could make you a template based on https://skimo.co/tech-binding-hole-patterns

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[Wes Mantooth]

Unless the shop is experienced in mounting tech bindings I’d recommend doing it yourself since it’s more involved than a standard alpine mount (I like these tips: https://www.wildsnow.com/16524/do-it...-ski-bindings/)

Practice on a piece of wood or an old ski if you’re very unsure. That said everyone tours now so I don’t think you’ll have trouble finding a shop that can do it if you really don’t trust yourself, just look for one that emphasizes touring gear and ask about their mounting process. Where on the east coast are you?

[Pins and Skins]

I'm in NYC and so the only option is REI here in the city. They've done a few of my other touring mounts and so I know what they can/can't do. The problem is no REI carries the Plum jig, and they refuse to mount off a paper template.

Fortunately, I go to SLC often in the winter and my buddy's place is down the street from Skimo (obviously, no worries there). However, they do charge your first born kid for an accelerated mount.

This thread has gotten me curious to try it myself though.

Unless the shop is experienced in mounting tech bindings I’d recommend doing it yourself since it’s more involved than a standard alpine mount (I like these tips: https://www.wildsnow.com/16524/do-it...-ski-bindings/)

Practice on a piece of wood or an old ski if you’re very unsure. That said everyone tours now so I don’t think you’ll have trouble finding a shop that can do it if you really don’t trust yourself, just look for one that emphasizes touring gear and ask about their mounting process. Where on the east coast are you?

[XXX-er]

you don't need a jig or template of any kind IME, i think tech mount is easier than an alpine binding cuz the binding stays clipped on the boot while you mount as opposed to mounting it where a template or jig tells you is going to be the right spot

figuring out where to put the boot might be the hardest part, so put boot center mark at the ski center mark ( or wtf that mark is ) on the ski, measure from tail on both skis to get them the same ,

mount the heel piece so the boot center is where you want it, the heel piece should just be @ deadcenter side to side on the ski cuz you will let the toe piece move to accommodate pins or wtf, crank all the screws down & the heelpiece is done

in the cneter of the ski mark/mount the toe piece by 1 screw ONLY so the toe piece can pivot around that screw to find its happy place,
Lock the boot toe into the front pins & stomp boot into heel piece boot, now drill/ mount at least more 1 toe piece screw and toe piece is done

now do the rest of the screws one at time just in-case you fucked something up you get another 2 chances

you should be mounted straight & in the right spot, the heel should drop into the rear pins

practise a couple times on a 2x4

[halliday]

I'm in NYC and so the only option is REI here in the city. They've done a few of my other touring mounts and so I know what they can/can't do. The problem is no REI carries the Plum jig, and they refuse to mount off a paper template.

Fortunately, I go to SLC often in the winter and my buddy's place is down the street from Skimo (obviously, no worries there). However, they do charge your first born kid for an accelerated mount.

This thread has gotten me curious to try it myself though.

Damn. Im in Highlands, NJ for a few day I could have grabbed them from you and we'd only have one way shipping. Anyway, good luck and if have to pay $$$ for a fast mount so be it.

[Jonathan S.]

Aren’t plums all based off the same hole patterns as dynafits? I know the guide is the same as a speed turn. Maybe the yams are different. I’m also pretty sure that on the plum site there are paper templates.

The original Guide, yes.
Other Plum models though ... well, you can see the different configurations here:
https://skimo.co/tech-binding-hole-patterns
My Plum jig has to accommodate so many different patterns that it even comes with swappable sections, kind of like a Jigarex.

[SoVT Joey]

The original Guide, yes.
Other Plum models though ... well, you can see the different configurations here:
https://skimo.co/tech-binding-hole-patterns
My Plum jig has to accommodate so many different patterns that it even comes with swappable sections, kind of like a Jigarex.

well that sounds like you could be a solution for this thread on the east coast. I’m gonna need a jig in a couple weeks….

[galibier_numero_un]

well that sounds like you could be a solution for this thread on the east coast. I’m gonna need a jig in a couple weeks….

He's East ... East side of the Pond.

... Thom

[SoVT Joey]

He's East ... East side of the Pond.

... Thom

last I knew he was in mass.

[Jonathan S.]

He's East ... East side of the Pond.

... Thom

last I knew he was in mass.

East side of the Connecticut River, i.e., Amherst as opposed to Northampton.
Kind of cracked me up when we moved here from Cambridge, as that ~15 min drive would be considered trivially short back there.
(And when I became the chair of the town planning board here, I had a hard time taking seriously all the complaints about parking and traffic -- you want to see real parking and traffic problems, spend a single day in an actual metro area, hah!)

[Pins and Skins]

Update: Plum sent me the Yak paper template. I will most likely give it a go myself. There's a nice tutorial video from Plum on YT from April, dude mounts it in like 7 minutes.

Will share the template as soon I know it actually works.

[SoVT Joey]

East side of the Connecticut River, i.e., Amherst as opposed to Northampton.
Kind of cracked me up when we moved here from Cambridge, as that ~15 min drive would be considered trivially short back there.
(And when I became the chair of the town planning board here, I had a hard time taking seriously all the complaints about parking and traffic -- you want to see real parking and traffic problems, spend a single day in an actual metro area, hah!)

when I was at Stockbridge at umass, Amherst was only terrible when all of us college morons were around. The summer I spent down there was pretty nice and quiet comparatively.