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The Pro Shop / Re: Edea soles - removing / reinstalling blades
« Last post by Query on February 24, 2024, 04:28:15 PM »Edea does make machine threaded screw sets that attach from the inside. They make these for quad wheeled skaters.
Edit: I know I saw those online once at a quad skate shop in Florida, but I can't find them now. However quad shops do offer special flat head machine screws that use a washer and nut on the outside. This would work but look a bit strange.
Those hurricane nuts - I think also called T nuts -- would work fine. Just using them in the heels would be a challenge.
Why couldn't you use any flat-top head bolt of the right length, plus an appropriate nut?
If I remember right, a skater who needed to change her blades frequently (I think she had been a show skater, and frequently had to skate on "artificial" plastic ice, which is more abrasive) once told me that she had used bolts and nuts to secure blades. But she used thin nuts - I thought on the inside not outside of the boot.
And years ago (before Edea was popular) a person who ran a skate shop told me roller skates often attached the chassis (is that the right word??) that holds the wheels using bolts and nuts - again using thin nuts.
But I haven't done it, or seen it done. Maybe they really did put the bolt on the inside?
Regardless, if, like most blades, the holes are countersunk, I assume the bolt or nut on the outside should be countersunk too, so it fits right and locks the blade in place. And for both nuts and bolts, I presume stainless steel is much less likely to rust than galvanized steel.
There are a lot of Youtube videos about people who had trouble removing roller or inline mounting bolts, because they stripped the head. As with any screw or nut, you can strip the head if you do tighten or loosen it wrong, e.g., with a tool that doesn't quite fit, which makes them much harder to remove - though there are ways to do it - most of which involve buying extra tools. In addition, hex and square head bolts are less likely to strip then hex key driven bolts. That's especially important if you are going to do this so often.
P.S. There are many threads on this site about sharpening your own blades. If you have the right tools, they fit your blades, and you have some degree of mechanical intuition, you can learn how. Do I remember that you participated in some of those threads?