 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone done it? I know most people will say don't do it and take them to a shop to fit them but I like to do things myself and figure if I measure twice and drill once it should be straight forward enough. I've practiced by fitting the bindings to a piece of wood and it all seemed to work ok with the boot size adjustment ending up mid-limit. I might still end up getting a shop to do it but am interested in your experiences.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yes I've done it with ski touring bindings. Like a lot of ski stuff it is not THAT difficult but dressed up as a black art. You should be able to do a better job than a shop skiman with a jig if you take care (I always find jig mounted skis bindings a bit off center).
I would advise buying a new 3.5 mm high quality self centering drill bit. Use a powerful battery drill - less chance of whizzing straight through the ski compared to a mains power drill.
You will need to mark an accurate center line. Then line up where your bindings will go using the ski and boot center mark. Mark with a thin felt tip where the font screw holes will go, with a square edge mark a line at right angles cross the two skis (not as easy as I make it sound as the edge of your skis are not straight!).
Now you need to decide where to drill the holes for the front binding. You could make a template with the binding by felt tiping holes, mark a center line and scotch this to the ski center line. That's what I did. Repeat for the heel. (you may be able to download a template from the manufacturer's website)
You need to wrap the drill bit with duct tape to stop drilling too far, usually about a cm will do. Fill the holes with slow setting expoxy before tightening the bindings. You need to make sure the bindings are flat on the skis without overtorquing the screws.
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Thanks for that Tomsk, very interesting and informative. I don't suppose you have a similar link for Rossignol bindings?
Davidof, I thought it would be possible with a bit of time and care and research to understand the black art of mounting bindings.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I've mounted my own alpine bindings before. It was easy.
(did I mention that I used to have a part-time job as a ski tech, so had all the gear?  )
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Did it a few times when I was 16, a scary 24 years ago. Not too hard really. Although it was more of a case of nailing the boots to the skis...
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Thanks jtr, that's perfect.
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