modify Fritchis for kids

Hike bindings for my kids powder skis.  I've been thinking about doing this for a while.  I'm not going tech with them yet, because the kids feet grow so fast, and Tech would double the number of boots I have to buy. 

I cut down a medium to fit my 2nd grade son.  I was able to reduce the minumum length by 25mm from bsl280 to 255mm.  I elongated the slot by 25mm and moved the end cap forward by the same.   

25mm cut-off - vice and reciprocating saw.


practice hole visible in the cutoff.  the bar was soft enough that I did not need to tap for threads.  The screws cut their own threads.


Since I knew the cut-off length, I could do some addition to mark the new indicator lengths.  Handy.


Marks prior to cut and drill.


I drilled a hole at the end of the elongated slot, and cut the length with a reciprocating saw.  Cleaned it up with a file.


Finished product.  The hardest part was drilling holes in the top of the shaped bar.  I couldn't keep the bit from wandering and I ended up moving the hole in the plastic end cap to fit the off center hole in the bar.

this looks right to me

Can you do this for me? ;D

I mean, my kids?

Dan I have one more pair to do for my son.  I can put that off until next time you are through Wenatchee.  (As long as it is before powder season).  We can do it together.

By the way, I was wrong about crossing off the length numbers and writing in shorter numbers. I didn't change the length between the numbers and the toe, I just moved the heel further forward. (doh!)

Don't wait for me… I'm not sure when I'll be in that zone again… I am hoping to climb in Leavenworth at lest one more time before the snow flies… Maybe in October.