Tabbing Verducci Corsa Boot

Here I'm putting a leather tab (tabs are 40 thousands of an inch or 1 mm thick) on the bottom of the boot next to where the frame meets the boot.

These tabs are put on the outside of the boot and frame, not the inside.

Tabs can be cut out of an inexpensive leather work glove that can be found at a hardware store. (below)

Now loosen the front of the frame and slide the front tab (if you need two tabs put one on top of the other to double the thickness) between the frame and boot until it is flush with the frame.

Now tighten the front bolt and then loosen the back bolt and again slide the back tab between the frame and boot until the tab is flush with the frame (see below).

While doing this try not to move the frame from the center in back and toe in position you initially set the frame at. (below)

Ok, that's how you tab the boot, now let me go into why your tabbing them.

This is looking at the Verducci boot from behind.

As you can see, the frames are coming off the bottom of the boot in a pronated position.

If you try to skate on the boot this way, chances are, the boot is going to pronate (boot will fall to the inside).

The Corsa's have been coming with 1 degree of pronation on each boot. (below)

What we're doing when we tab the frame, is to get the frames to come square or straight off the bottom of the boot.

With the boots having 1 degree of pronation built in, we need only 1 tab to get the frame square with the bottom of the boot.

This is what the boot should look like after tabbing (below).

Now you can do this a couple of different ways.

You can put the frame on and center the back on both boots.

Then toe in the front a bit, with no tabs, and try to skate on it like that.

If your pronating on one skate more than the other, then first try to toe in the frame a bit more on that boot.

You can toe in more on the Corsa than most boots, so don't be afraid to toe in quite a bit.

Always try to leave the back in the center.

If toeing the frame in doesn't stop the pronation, next move the front of the frame back to only a bit toed in and then add one tab to the front and back of the outside of that boot and test it again.

If that's not enough, then toe it in a bit more and test it again.

If that's not enough, again move the front of the frame back to only a bit toed in and put a second tab in and test again.

If that's not enough, then toe in a bit again.

You don't want to use more then 2 tabs on a boot (4 all together 2 front 2 back).

The way I set my boots up, I center both frames to the back of the boot, toe the frames a bit to the inside in front, put 1 tab in front and back of the outside of left boot and put 2 tabs in front and back of the outside of right boot.

Then move the front of the frame in and out to fine tune falling in or out on the boot. If you toe in more in front you will fall more to the outside, if you move the frame more to the outside in front you will fall more to the inside.

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Tabbing a Verducci Corsa Boot