Merry GRIPMAS!!
Still trying to do more than what I should be doing
Suffering through a lot of pain to keep it moving 
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Have to readjust a couple holes.
My drilling isnāt A1 currently so the holes are off
Due so much pain and loss of focus 
hopefully donāt fuck this readjustment of the inserts rn
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Not keen on running spikes?
I donāt have the money to keep buying a left shoe, yeah I could have went that wood screw route, But I donāt have a wooden deck I just feel like this might be a little better.
Also kind of demonstrating to myself that I can design and make things that are different.
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I mean the actual running spikes rather than using āspikesā I was gonna do something similar for my back foot but just using a nuts and washers on the undersideā¦ would say your vans should be pretty tough knowing how they hold up on BMX pedals but I hear ya.
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Surprised you went m3!
I went m5
My mtb pedals use m3 so went that route. Though my mtb shoes do get pretty torn up lol.
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That looks a little too sharp for me.
Why donāt you just put a magnet in your shoes dude? And a couple on your board
Bro is trying to feel something 
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Yeah possiblyā¦ no worse than some of the pedals I had though. I thought i saw ruxx running something similar. Iām sure when it comes time to move the board on itāll be better without the holes anyway.
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You can prob use something like this. I have an EUC with spikes similar to this and they grip pretty well for me.
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Fess how did you know / determine where to drill these holes?
I accidentally stripped the m3 threads awhile back.
It has held in by sheer awesomeness for some time but the screw finally fell out 
I now am thinking I should drill & tap to m4 screws but Iām concerned about increased width of the m4 drill & tap potentially poking through and destroying
Precious foccer hardware.
My thoughts are right now is just to drill a little less of a depth than the current m3 threads are at (to be on the safer side) as m4 would have more grabbing force overall, But Iām not sure whether itās a good idea just yet. Concerned about damaging the Vesc with the overall width of m4 drill and tap because I am unfamiliar with how the heatsink is laid out on the inside.
If you go this route, definitely remove any electronics from the case before drilling and re-tapping. If nothing else, to prevent metal chips from scratching and damaging the PCB.
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@tuckjohn I am kind of worried about dismantling and damaging the āfetsā Iām sure I could do it but the 5-10% chance that I could fuck it up is holding me back.
Especially so close to esk8con
Iāll see if I can give it a go tho.
I brought my drill + tap to Arizona with me
The cool part of the puzzle will be finding thermal paste out here lol
How do these feel dude. I have some here to try.
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imo drilling into the heatsink with electronics attached is a larger risk 
But thatās definitely an opinion haha
If youāre looking to bodge a fix you could always attach the ESC to the board with VHB tape haha
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