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Old March 6th 07, 04:36 PM posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Walt
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Default Adjusting Bindings

MoonMan wrote:

With a modern "System" binding, It's not like you can Wreck the ski anymore,
but even before the jigs used for drilling made it pretty difficult to go
wrong.


Now you're talking about mounting the bindings, which is different than
adjusting and testing.

Agreed that the modern system bindings make it easy to mount a binding
on a ski. And before that it was still fairly easy to do with a jig and
a drill press - assuming you had a jig and a drill press.

of course over your side of the pond they always test the bindings don't
they..


Well, yeah. In fact, that's the main reason to take them to a shop - to
actually test the functionality. On the bench instead of with your ACL.

Mounting and adjusting can be DIY with a minimum of tools and a little
bit of knowledge. But how do you know you've got it right? The test
gear, that's how. Proper test gear is expensive, much cheaper to "rent"
the shop's test gear as necessary.



//Walt

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