Sunday, July 22, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Installing Quiver Killer binding inserts
I finally got around to a long-planned project--installing some Quiver Killer binding inserts in my "all-around" skis. I have these mounted with telemark bindings now but want to be able to switch to AT bindings. Before the Quiver Killers it was either own two pair of skis or forget about it. Now I should be able to enjoy both!
The first step was just putting the Quiver Killers into the existing telemark binding holes. I figured it was good practice so when I started drilling for the AT bindings I wouldn't be as likely to mess up.
This jig is super handy for keeping the drill straight. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
Also handy is a drill bit with a custom head designed to exactly mirror the shape of the Quiver Killer insert. Nice, huh?
After carefully lining up and drilling all the holes, it's time to tap. The tap is very slightly larger than 1/4" and you need to be careful to count turns-I went 5-1/2 to make sure there was enough depth to get the inserts slightly below the topsheet. I overtapped the first ski (it's a foam core ski so that was easy to do) so here's hoping the inserts stay put!
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The first step was just putting the Quiver Killers into the existing telemark binding holes. I figured it was good practice so when I started drilling for the AT bindings I wouldn't be as likely to mess up.
This jig is super handy for keeping the drill straight. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
Also handy is a drill bit with a custom head designed to exactly mirror the shape of the Quiver Killer insert. Nice, huh?
After carefully lining up and drilling all the holes, it's time to tap. The tap is very slightly larger than 1/4" and you need to be careful to count turns-I went 5-1/2 to make sure there was enough depth to get the inserts slightly below the topsheet. I overtapped the first ski (it's a foam core ski so that was easy to do) so here's hoping the inserts stay put!
Getting the tap started vertically is the difficult part. Make sure to back the tap up (reverse direction) a tiny bit about every half turn. |
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I made sure to attach my bindings very minimally finger-tight so that the epoxy would set up with any "give" that was needed to fit the bindings to the inserts.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
North Twin Sister-West Ridge
Mike, Ryan, Doug and I went up the West Ridge of the North Twin Sister in a day and a half this August 18-19. We got a late afternoon start after pizza and beer (before the climb, which is unusual!).
We had heavier-than-usual packs since we were spending the night. This made the approach more difficult, with a fair amount of walking our bikes...but we knew that we would have a cruiser ride out the next day.
We had heavier-than-usual packs since we were spending the night. This made the approach more difficult, with a fair amount of walking our bikes...but we knew that we would have a cruiser ride out the next day.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Barranco Valley Waterfall
Rescuing photos
I'm starting, very slowly, to rescue some old corrupted images from 2008. My old chipset had a graphics card problem that ate a lot of my favorite photos. Some of them, though, were preserved in the original RAW file form. I'm now slowly developing those and learning a bit about high dynamic range tone mapping--here is one example, with hopefully more to come soon!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Spider Meadows Hike
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