How to Mount Skis Without a Jig

In this tutorial I will show you step by step of how to mount your own skis without having to go to a shop and without a jig. Mounting your skis does not have to be daunting.

DIY ski mount. One thing I did not mention in this video is to please check the screw size that your ski recommends. It usually will say on the graphic, if it does not, please contact the manufacturer and tell them the make and model of your ski and they should be able to tell you.

When you do this, double check the measurements always, go slow, and you should be fine. Once the fear of drilling in your skis is gone, you will have more confidence to work on your skis yourself.

0:00 Finding the Center of the Ski
1:10 Explaining the Center Line of a Boot
1:33 My Reasoning for 5cm back from Center for this ski
2:09 Mounting the Toe Piece
5:59 Mounting the Heel Piece

[lshanny]

Nice guide! When I tell people I mounted my own bindings they usually sound genuinely concerned lol. Just takes a bit of basic carpentry know how to measure out the holes. Not everything needs to be optimized to mm specifications.

I am 100% sure I would never be able to tell the difference between my mount and a jig mount.

[PTMG]

This video made me glad to be a snowboarder

[preston]

I would love to be able to do this but I obviously don't want to mess it up. Is there any concern about not tapping the holes after Drilling them?

[ryanonroy]

Dan you put out some great videos, but you miss a ton of stuff on mounting this ski.

if you go outside of ~2cm of the recommended mount point you're effectively outside of the sidecut and camber profile of the ski, making it behave dramatically differently than it was designed for.

Locating the centerline of the ski is fairly challenging to do, and you should outline that you took multiple measurements left to right to make sure you found the center.


For finding the correct position for the bindings for the BSL, you could have looked up, or printed out a paper template from slidewright of binding freedom.

If you use a drill bit that is the size of the holes on the bindings for drilling the holes, you're most likely going to drill a hole in the ski thats too big. This ski takes a 3.4-3.6mm diameter hole, as it doesnt have a sheet of metal in it.

For screw adhesive you should use a waterproof glue, either marine epoxy for folks who are worried about ripping out of their ski, or standard waterproof glue for most mounts. The importance of this is to ensure that you're sealing the core from any moisture getting in during regular use.

[federalmayhem]

Good video! Personally, I'm just going to pay someone that does it every single day with commercial equipment. I'm tired of being an expert at everything lol

[hughsie]

Jeez.. You don't just measure a ski centre by halving it's length.!.. Not taking rocker and rise, taper etc and ignoring the recommended centre mount point (which takes the former into account) you are just messing up a ski.. Youre are now +6 cms.. Put the bases together and now look how far forward you are on any effective edge negating any benefit of buying such a ski

[touge]

Oh look, 2 days after I mounted my new planks. Now just waiting for snow