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Mounting my own bindings

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Mezmerize19
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Well I got these new STL's for christmas and I keep bugging my mother to bring me to the shop to get them mounted. Her excuse always is not today James. So at the rate that its going now these arent going to get mounted till next season and im an impatient bastard. So does anyone know how to mount their own bindings?
Jan 5 2008 11:33AM
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thefilmerguy
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dont mount your own skis without professional experience if you plan on skiing them for more than like backyard or urban. the bindings will rip out if you even manage to drill correctly. bum a ride from a friend or ride your bike or something
Jan 5 2008 12:06PM
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Silence
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You really need to know what you are doing man..It is ideal to have a proper jig etc as well.

It's worth calling a cab and getting a ride to the local shop! You would be pissed if you fucked up your skis!
Jan 5 2008 3:54PM
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thefilmerguy
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i believe 4frnt bindings offer a printable paper jig for the bindings...correct me if im wrong

but yeah dont do it you dont want to drill through your skis, or use the wrong bit or miscalculate a hole or something
Jan 5 2008 5:06PM
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Sleet
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Don't mount your ski bindings. My friend did that and he had to take it to the shop to get them redone...cost an extra 5 dollars
Jan 5 2008 5:35PM
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Silence
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^ And possibly an extra set of holes if you fuck it up enough
Jan 5 2008 5:58PM
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KeithB.
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Going against everyone else, and my better judgment, I will tell you what you will need not to fuck it up.
1. time and patience
2. micrometer
3. drill
4. the correct bit (what does the manufacturer recomend)
5. glue, I like gorrila glue
6. posi-driver (screwdriver that works best for binding screws, different from your standard philips)
If you do not know what any of these things are or have a hard time following instructions or you are not very mechanically inclined then do not proceed. If you want to proceed then respond, otherwise I am not really feeling like I want to type a complete list of instructions.


Jan 5 2008 6:19PM
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Snowcase
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I've mounted many pairs of skis. All I can say is take your time, measure twice cut once and don't drill through your base.
Jan 5 2008 6:24PM
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