{
 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "snowboard-binding-insert-patterns",
 "name": "Snowboard binding insert patterns: 4x4, 2x4, 3D and Channel",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "Hardware",
 "group": "Mounting standards",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What is the snowboard binding hole spacing (4x4, 2x4, Channel)?",
 "tags": [
  "snowboard",
  "binding",
  "insert pattern",
  "mount",
  "standard",
  "hole pattern",
  "tote"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "snowboard insert pattern",
  "4x4 binding pattern",
  "2x4 binding pattern",
  "burton channel m6",
  "snowboard hole spacing",
  "binding disc pattern",
  "snowboard inserts mm"
 ],
 "overall_mm": {
  "length": null,
  "width": null,
  "height": null
 },
 "official_cad": false,
 "xem_status": "not-scanned",
 "les": false,
 "free_files": 0,
 "url": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/snowboard-binding-insert-patterns/",
 "sheet_txt": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/snowboard-binding-insert-patterns/sheet.txt",
 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Burton binding-mounting guide (maker's published patterns)",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": null,
   "width": null,
   "height": null
  },
  "notes": [
   "A snowboard is over 1 m; the binding-insert pattern is what stomp pads, mounts, wall racks and binding discs are designed around. Patterns and spacing are as Burton publishes them in its binding-mounting guide.",
   "Discs come in 4x2, 4x4, 3D and Channel formats; one disc fits one pattern.",
   "Not published (so no file): the number of holes in each row, the insert thread for 4x4 / 2x4 / 3D boards, the 3D triangle size, and the Channel slot width. Measure your board once."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "pattern",
    "spacing",
    "thread / note"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "4x4",
     "two rows 40 mm apart, holes 40 mm apart in each row",
     "insert thread not stated by Burton"
    ],
    [
     "2x4 (4x2)",
     "two rows 40 mm apart, holes 20 mm apart in each row",
     "insert thread not stated by Burton"
    ],
    [
     "3D",
     "overlapping triangles, 8 holes at each binding position",
     "triangle size not published"
    ],
    [
     "Channel (2010 and later)",
     "slot along the board",
     "M6 Channel inserts"
    ],
    [
     "Channel (before 2010)",
     "slot along the board",
     "M5 Channel inserts"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "Snowboard binding insert patterns: 4x4, 2x4, 3D and Channel — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/snowboard-binding-insert-patterns/  (sheet CC BY 4.0)\nBasis: Burton binding-mounting guide (maker's published patterns)\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nSizes: see table below\n- A snowboard is over 1 m; the binding-insert pattern is what stomp pads, mounts, wall racks and binding discs are designed around. Patterns and spacing are as Burton publishes them in its binding-mounting guide.\n- Discs come in 4x2, 4x4, 3D and Channel formats; one disc fits one pattern.\n- Not published (so no file): the number of holes in each row, the insert thread for 4x4 / 2x4 / 3D boards, the 3D triangle size, and the Channel slot width. Measure your board once.\n\npattern  spacing  thread / note\n4x4  two rows 40 mm apart, holes 40 mm apart in each row  insert thread not stated by Burton\n2x4 (4x2)  two rows 40 mm apart, holes 20 mm apart in each row  insert thread not stated by Burton\n3D  overlapping triangles, 8 holes at each binding position  triangle size not published\nChannel (2010 and later)  slot along the board  M6 Channel inserts\nChannel (before 2010)  slot along the board  M5 Channel inserts\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Burton: How to mount snowboard bindings (insert patterns, Channel M6 / M5) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/how-to-mount-snowboard-bindings\n\nNo true-size file yet: the published figures do not fix the whole shape; a measured scan is planned.\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=snowboard-binding-insert-patterns\n",
 "sources": [
  {
   "publisher": "Burton",
   "title": "How to mount snowboard bindings (insert patterns, Channel M6 / M5)",
   "url": "https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/how-to-mount-snowboard-bindings",
   "formats": [
    "web"
   ],
   "license": "Publisher's page; dimensions are facts",
   "license_verified": true,
   "hosted": false
  }
 ],
 "xem": {
  "status": "not-scanned",
  "sheet_free": true,
  "mesh_price_usd": null,
  "step_price_usd": null,
  "tolerance_mm": null
 },
 "related": [
  "camera-thread-bosses-1-4-20",
  "picatinny-rail-mil-std-1913"
 ],
 "fits": [],
 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What is the 4x4 snowboard pattern?",
   "a": "Two rows of inserts 4 cm apart with holes 4 cm apart in each row."
  },
  {
   "q": "What thread is Burton Channel?",
   "a": "M6 on boards from 2010 on; M5 on earlier Channel boards."
  }
 ],
 "files_license": null,
 "offers": [],
 "markdown": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/snowboard-binding-insert-patterns/index.md"
}