[TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)

[Bruce Freeman]

I take it you've already made your attept, so this is late for that.

But on rereading this, it brought to mind those old-fashioned fits
any-shoe shoe trees.  Instead of coming in shoe sizes, these had a
split "toe" piece.  When you inserted them into the shoe, the
compression to fit in the heel piece also spread the split toe piece
sideways.

So, maybe something on that order would work.  Chances are, sideways
is not issue, but rather up and down -- i.e., the steel toe is chafing
the top of your toes.  But the principal is the same.

So, imagine making a form the shape and size of the front of your
foot, with maybe a little extra for comfort.  Then split it side to
side or top to bottom, removing a wedge-shaped piece as you do, then
put it in the boot, and drive a wedge between the two pieces.
Ideally, this should spread the two pieces and form the steel to the
shape you want.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:
>

>
> ObSmithing: Trying to build an attachment to an attachment to my
> portapower that I can insert into a new pair of work boots that will
> expand the steel toe caps just a bit so they don't chafe my toes.  May
> not be possible but I'm giving it a go.  Which brings to mind, BTW,
> the reason I'm doing this....
>
-- 
Bruce
NJ