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Message 5304 (26. Mar. 2008 09:26) (Tree)

Bernhard
bernhard@adinfinitum.de
mounting hockey boots
: Well, I"ve been working on skates again all day/all night : Should I get washers from Home Depot? A skate place?

This guy used washers from the home depot and countersunk them.
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claudine: mounting hockey boots (23. Mar. 2008 06:29)
 Well, I"ve been working on skates again all day/all night the last day. Had a battle with mounting bolts getting them out, HOURS literally. My hands are sore and bright red lol. But my tracker plates are off, they are drilled to make it 1/2" shorter. Pretty sure they are straight, but not sure if its less then a mm off if it will matter. Should be close enough! Holes drilled to the t to the mounting bases. I got my plates off my oak street skates too, finally. So now I need to mount them. The sole is plastic. I'm worried the bolts might pull through. Should I get washers from Home Depot? A skate place? If so what type? Or cut tin? Where can I get this? Or other ideas? Yep,, happy girl here!! :-D Not sure if others take this long to make skates but this alone took me hours and hours to do lol. Its kinda fun though, sans mounting bolts lol.
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Bernhard: mounting hockey boots (26. Mar. 2008 09:26)
 : Well, I"ve been working on skates again all day/all night : Should I get washers from Home Depot? A skate place?

This guy used washers from the home depot and countersunk them.
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claudine: mounting hockey boots (27. Mar. 2008 02:29)
 : : Well, I"ve been working on skates again all day/all night : Should I get washers from Home Depot? A skate place?
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: This guy used washers from the home depot and countersunk them.

Lisa said she had some bolts with flat heads and wings. So I ordered those since flat I think is best for plastic. The ones I took out where those. She sent me some beforehand with washers that sunk down some but she cannot remember and couldnt help me on ideas where to get tin, etc. She is extremely busy nowadays so my odd requests take up too much time now I'm sure. Its odd, how come I can get twice as many skateboard bolts as roller skate ones and still pay less? Roller skate items seem to run 30% more overall, weird.
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claudine: mounting hockey boots (27. Mar. 2008 02:36)
 : : : Well, I"ve been working on skates again all day/all night : Should I get washers from Home Depot? A skate place?
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: : This guy used washers from the home depot and countersunk them.
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: Lisa said she had some bolts with flat heads and wings. So I ordered those since flat I think is best for plastic. The ones I took out where those. She sent me some beforehand with washers that sunk down some but she cannot remember and couldnt help me on ideas where to get tin, etc. She is extremely busy nowadays so my odd requests take up too much time now I'm sure. Its odd, how come I can get twice as many skateboard bolts as roller skate ones and still pay less? Roller skate items seem to run 30% more overall, weird.

Humm...maybe I will put washers under the head if the wings arent too wide, thanx!
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Bernhard: mounting hockey boots (27. Mar. 2008 08:02)
 : Lisa said she had some bolts with flat heads and wings. So I ordered those since flat I think is best for plastic.

Sounds good. This special hardware is kind of hard to locate, however. But if Lisa has those, get them!

: Its odd, how come I can get twice as many skateboard bolts as roller skate ones and still pay less? Roller skate items seem to run 30% more overall, weird.

Simple. The skateboard market is much bigger.
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claudine: mounting hockey boots (27. Mar. 2008 12:50)
 : : Lisa said she had some bolts with flat heads and wings. So I ordered those since flat I think is best for plastic.
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: Sounds good. This special hardware is kind of hard to locate, however. But if Lisa has those, get them!
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: : Its odd, how come I can get twice as many skateboard bolts as roller skate ones and still pay less? Roller skate items seem to run 30% more overall, weird.
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: Simple. The skateboard market is much bigger.

That makes sense, but now with derby at an all time high, maybe it will go down? I'm hoping they will put money into better fitting speed boots. :-D
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