Howell Mounting Jig (n/c with binding purchase)

$200.00

Howell Mounting Jig* $199. Free with purchase of bindings.

First shipment — July, 2029

*Optional. Each set of Howell Ski Bindings comes with a Howell Mounting Jig; one 4.1mm-Ø x 9.0mm length DIN-standard drill bit; one DIN-standard tap (for DIN-standard alpine binding screws).

Howell Mounting Jig is a precision metal template for mounting Howell Ski Bindings to alpine skis:

Howell Venus & Howell Mars hole positions:
4-bushings for each toe; 4-bushings for each heel.

Howell Planet-B hole positions:
5-bushings for each toe; 5-bushings for each heel.

One jig provides all bushings for drilling all of the holes for all Howell Ski Bindings.

Applies to ski widths from 68mm to 93mm**; boot sole lengths from 24cm to 36cm. Howell Mounting Jig is limited to 93mm ski-width to PREVENT skis wider than 93mm from being mounted with Howell Ski Bindings***.

Automatically configures 'mark for mid-sole placement' or ‘tip-of-boot placement’ (see ski manufacturer for requirements.

Howell Mounting Jig bushings comply with 4.1mm-Ø DIN-standard ski binding mounting drill-bits.

On-line Technical Qualification is available for ski shops, makers and skiers — key provisions apply: see 'Qualified Technicians' within Catalog.

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To pre-order Howell Ski Bindings with a U.S.$95 deposit.

Howell Venus DIN 2.75-8 For smooth-recreational female skiers. Extra ACL, MCL, meniscus, tibial-plateau, femoral-condyle - integrity - expressly for women. 4-modes of release. Additional lateral-heel release. Additional vertical-toe release. Excellent edge control. Easy step-in even in deep powder with short boot soles. Lite.

Howell Mars DIN 4-12 For strong, smooth recreational skiers. ACL, MCL, meniscus, tibial-plateau, femoral-condyle - integrity. Anti-pre-release. Powerful edge-control. Low stand-height. Decisive balance of release and anti-pre-release.

Howell Planet-B DIN 8-22 Only for strong adult racers and extreme skiers. High strength aluminum alloy housings. Super-wide 8-point boot-contact for ultra max edge control. Wide off-center release-pivots provide max anti-pre-release. Low 21.5mm stand-height allows race-plates conforming to FIS stand-height regulations (race plates not included). Floating Mounting System mitigates binding pull-out’s from skis. 1, 2, 3 - degree cant kit, including longer mounting screws for the cants. Adjustable toe-height for solid boot interface. CAUTION: PLANET-B IS FOR EXTREME SKIERS & RACERS ONLY.

Howell Ski Bindings (sm)
PO Box 1274 • Stowe, Vermont 05672 USA
1.802.793.4849 • rick.howell@howellskibindings.com

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* Howell SkiBindings must be mounted, and release-setting-adjusted (ski-shop release testing is optional but suggested) by a Howell Ski Bindings Qualified Technician that has this jig (easy, on-line 'Technician Qualification' is available for ski shops, makers and for skiers). All Howell Ski Bindings Qualified Retailers will have this jig.

(1) For ordinary 2-mode ski-binding release measurement testing, we recommend the Vermont Release Calibrator through Vermont Safety Research in Underhill, Vermont, USA. Howell Ski Bindings is not affiliated with Vermont Safety Research. The Vermont Release Calibrator is by far the best release testing device for measuring the torsional and forward-bending-moment release function of ordinary 2-mode alpine ski-bindings because it measures pure-torque without estimating the location of a given binding’s pivot-points / without estimating boot-sole-length lever-arms. (The Vermont Release Calibrator cannot measure the special lateral-heel release-function of Howell Ski Bindings that uniquely provides ACL integrity — even with 'AT-adapters'. To (optionally) measure the lateral-heel release function of Howell Ski-Bindings — a force-measuring instrument is necessary: See Howell Ski Bindings Tech Manual; and, see Howell Recommended Release Settings chart.)

** Howell SkiBindings is against (a) ski waist widths greater than 90mm AND (b) all 'pin-bindings' (except Trab TR2 and Shift) — due to their association with severe, high-energy tibia-plateau fractures. This type of skiing injury matches the growth of fat-skis and pin-bindings. The high-energy nature of this type of skiing fracture involves multiple-fragments, difficult surgical reconstruction, and 10 to 15-months of aggressive rehabilitation. Fat skis on firm snow are a serious problem for the sustainability of our beautiful sport. (‘Pin’-bindings are hardly “tech”.)

References: (1) Dominik Heim, MD; SITEMSH-Japan, 2016. (2) Zorko; Nemec; Matjacic; Olensek; Alpine Skiing Simulations Prove Ski Waist-Width Influences Knee Joint Kinematics; ISSS-Innsbruck, Austria, 2017. (3) Stenroos; Pakarinen; Jalkanen; Mälkiä; Handolin; Tibial Fractures in Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding in Finland: A Retrospective Study on Fracture Types and Injury Mechanisms in 363 patients; Scand J Surg Off Organ Finn Surg Soc Scand Surg Soc., Sept 2015, doi:10.1177/1457496915607410. (4) Improved Short Term Outcomes in Tibial Plateau Fractures of Snow Sports Injuries Treated with Immediate Open Reduction Internal Fixation; Janes, MD; Leonard, MSPH; Phillips, PA-C; Salottolo, MPH; Abbott, MD, Bar-Or, MD; ISSS-Innsbruck, Austria, 2017.