June of 2003
Another "How to" page.
Making shoe inserts.
Negatives are made of the feet.
"Positive," after the negative
is pulled off.
A Piece of conduit with a bend in the end is placed
inside to hold
the positive in the vise for application of leather
and fiberglass insert.
Positive is cleaned up and a high arch
is added.
Stirrups are checked for ankle clearance
and fit.
Leather is wet molded to the plaster
positive.
Stirrup on top of dry wet molded leather.
First coat of resin is applied.
That is an old shoe plate in the background
that these new plates will replace.
Finished shoe plates,, not very pretty,
but they work fine.
Grinders and braces
The inserts are inside the above shoes.
Sighting for June 2003
The minute you look the other way,
they're gone.
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