Repaired YowCH’s cowboy boots
YowCH’s cowboy boots has great leather, but the heals wore out (as usual). And cobblers are either charging $60 or not able to do so. So YowCH redid the boots by himself, with a little help from David and Esther.
1. Cut off the rubber heels, and replace with timber heels (nice clicking sounds). Timber was cut out from old left-over pine wood from IKEA Sten shelf-legs.
2. The timber heels are screwed on from inside. Note the washer and countersunk screw to prevent injury.
3. The heels were then ground to shape with the rotary sander (actually the drill with sand-paper mounted on the sander tool).
4. Detailed works with a wood file and further sanding with sand-paper.
Here’s a detailed shot during sanding, David holding the shoe with YowCH grinding the heel.
Next step, the rubber base.
1. Attach hard rubber sheet by rubber-glue. The rubber sheet is cut from ‘fridge base sheet’ from hardware shop.
2. Press to set.
3. Trim down the rubber to shape.
4. The timber heel was painted black using stamp-pad ink, which stains deep and leaves a lasting black.
The final product, feel good (a bit taller than before) and clicks nicely.
Total effective time spent on the heels replacement – 5 hours (but done slowly over 3 weekends). A nice simple and practical project.
