 Poster: A snowHead
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A major reason for buying my own skis was that I could keep check of that the bindings were in good nick.
But it hasn't proved as easy as that. Spyderjon's excellent machine cannot cope with the width of my Missions. And when I talked to Lockwoods today, they didn't have a machine at all.
I really do want a machine check. I ruptured my achilles tendon ins a skiing accident last year. I think the binding of the rental ski may have been faulty, and I don't want to rely purely on a techhies experience anymore.
Anyone know where there is a shop reasonably close to Lincolnshire (or Wengen for when I go to the MSB) that can do the checks?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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achilles, In Havant near Portsmouth I'm afraid, but www.filarinskis.co.uk does have such a machine, so if you need a reason to visit the Beautiful South........ 
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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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Central sport have one - middle of the main street in Wengen.
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better check with central sport, I know their binding ski thingymajig isn't that wide.
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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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There's a bloke in Nottingham with a cheap one in his garage.
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marc gledhill, Yup. But as I said, it can't cope with the Missions' width.
stab, thanks, I'll check them out tomorrow - ironically Wengen's easier for me than Hampshire!
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achilles, You should have mentioned it at the weekend.
A couple of weeks ago I tested the bindings on my Sugar Daddy's (99mm underfoot) by clamping the pair of 'skis in the flat' that I use on my Campbell Balancer in my Huber machine & then clamping my SD's to them. It worked fine so long as they're clamped securely. With both of us there we could also take one end each to make sure they don't move. I reckon it's worth a try?
I've drawn up some wide clamps for my machine for off-season manufacture.
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spyderjon, looks a goer to me. I'll PM you. Thanks.
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