Anyone wear slide plates?

[Vision]

I'm sure that everyone will be glad to pay up as soon as you produce the patent paperwork.

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[ScottBattram]

I'll get right on that! haha

[korky15]

Originally Posted by ScottBattram

You guys all know that you are copying my and Nick Vittucci's ideas and the patent enforcement police will be hunting you down! haha In all serious, the stuff I use is just plain old polyethelyne plastic... I have been doing the plastic on the inline stuff for about 10 years now, it started out as sewn on strips of plastic that Vittucci (he had the original idea to put plastic onto the pads to help him slide in RHI) had on his pads when he played in Buffalo, then the design evolved into actual plates that were user removable throughout the years. The problem with the stitched on plates was that if they came off, there was really no way to get them back on.

Some nice "do it yourself" work on the plates though!

My friend actually owns a pair of Vittuccis Bauers reactors with those slide plates from his days in Buffallo in the RHI, and its what i learned to play in-line net with. BTW they are still working fine, no knee stacks though heh.

[Marauder31]

yep as I thought 1/16" it is...

[PSULion22]

Hey Dev

Any luck getting those slide plates onto your Elites? I'm just wondering how it turned out. I have Heliumes too, and would consider using your method if it worked.

[NJDev803]

Originally Posted by PSULion22

Hey Dev

Any luck getting those slide plates onto your Elites? I'm just wondering how it turned out. I have Heliumes too, and would consider using your method if it worked.

Hey, so far ive attached the knee-wing plates, but thats it..i had to go a different route because if i had laced them throught that nylon on the wing i dont think it would last very long...i couldnt think of any way to lace it through there but not have the cord exposed to the ground...if the cord is in contact with the ground and not the plates then theres two things wrong: 1) the cord will most likely rip, and 2) it defeats the purpose of having slide plates if the cord gets in the way of the plates contact with the ground


I wish the Elites had a leather roll at the knee like they do on the calf and toe



When i finish the claf and toe plates, ill take a bunch of pics and detail how i did it

[soulpatch]

Talk to Scott and see what he uses on the one side of the plates. It is like a think dental floss almost. It is WAY thinner than the nylon cording he uses around the outer roll but it is just as durable. I have played ice and roller on my pads with the plates on for over 2 years now and they are all still going great. No tears in any of the cording. no cracks in the plates or anything.

[NJDev803]

Originally Posted by soulpatch

Talk to Scott and see what he uses on the one side of the plates. It is like a think dental floss almost. It is WAY thinner than the nylon cording he uses around the outer roll but it is just as durable. I have played ice and roller on my pads with the plates on for over 2 years now and they are all still going great. No tears in any of the cording. no cracks in the plates or anything.

wait...you mean that there is more than just the cord weaved through the plate and leather roll on the pad to hold the plate on????

[soulpatch]

Along the "top" there is a nylon type cord through the black binding.

along the bottom of the plates is he floss like cording. that way the bottom of the plate is flush to the pad basically

i dont know how else to explain it. I woul dtake close up pics but the pads are out in my car and I am lazy.......

[c0nquistad0rian]

I completed my slide plates.

Here's a finished photo.


I posted in the "how to: mods" thread in the equipment forum about the process here:
http://www.goaliestore.com/board/sho...d=1#post771202

[NewGoalie17]

Does not having slide plates make a big difference in terms of material being worn down? I'm going to be joining a roller hockey league next summer with my friends so I'm wondering if I can use the ice hockey pads I'm getting.

[soulpatch]

If you are playing on sport court you will notcie almost no additional wear to your pads. You will not slide as easily with leather ice pads as you would with nylon roller pads or with slide plates but you will be fine.

[NewGoalie17]

Oh ok, thanks.

[Boss302]

While I was at home recovering from my custom neck mod ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../NeckSide2.jpg ) I came up with a way to add slide plates to my son's Battram Edge pads. The problem was that there are no medial rolls to lace the plates to and besides, we just didn't want to punch any holes in a new set of high dollar pads. The solution was to stick the plates on using 3M double sided foam tape (1/16" thick) and it worked out great.

Ordered the plastic online from Industrial Plastic Supply out of Anaheim, CA. I went with two 24" X 24" X .062" thick high density polyethylene sheets (HDPE). One sheet was more than enough but it's good to have an extra sheet just in case and it's low cost anyway. This type of plastic is easy to cut and work with as I was able to heat it with a heat gun and easily shape and form it to fit the pads. Here is a link to HDPE page on the company's website HDPE - Polyethylene Sheet Remember it's the .062 thick sheets and come in black or white and various sizes.

Next I just made some posterboard templates and cut the parts needed out of the plastic sheet. As mentioned above I used a heat gun to shape and form the individual plastic parts as required. Very easy and not a big deal at all, just takes a little time to get everything just right.

Applying the plates to the pads:

DO NOT PUT THE 3M FOAM TAPE DIRECTLY ON THE PADS OR THE PLASTIC PLATES. This stuff sticks like crazy and is hell to get off. What I did was to put down a layer of duct tape on the surfaces of the pads where the plates were going to go and a layer on the inside face of all the plastic parts. Then apply the foam tape to the plastic parts, peel off the tape backing and stick them on the pads.

There was some trial and error evolved with getting everything working just right. Notice in the pictures below the notch I had to cut in the boot plate. This was a clearance issue at the boot break. I did not bother with trying to cover the inside boot binding trim with plastic; instead I just covered it with duct tape for protection.

After a few hours of playing time everything is holding up great and looks like the plates will stick until we are ready to peel them off. The plates provide some additional sliding properties just like any slide plates. They provide protection and are very easy to remove if need be and you don't have to punch holes in your high dollar pads.

Pictures:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...2/PICT0010.jpg
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[buffay34]

Wow, great job. I sewed cordura on the knee and leg flaps on my c10s; they have a binding on them so i was able to stitch it on them. When my new pads come in, my may just do this. Looks good, and very functional.