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Chisel / leather / rubber day down Indy way - C. in Indy - 02-15-2025
A rainy Saturday,
Catching up on some watch-strap leather work and shoe-heel rubber work.
A nice cutting edge gets 90% of the trimming done, then I'll move to power sanding equipment.
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RE: Chisel / leather / rubber day down Indy way - C. in Indy - 02-16-2025
And, we're good for a bit more foot-stompin' music....
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RE: Chisel / leather / rubber day down Indy way - Mike Brady - 02-16-2025
You didn't tell us how the new heel is fixed to the sole/heel. I recall from when I wore shoes,
that the heel stack had brads, as well as cement, attaching it the sole. Are those there?
RE: Chisel / leather / rubber day down Indy way - C. in Indy - 02-16-2025
True enough!
The heelstack has some factory brads going downward which had just pierced the heel-lift rubber pieces. I cemented the new heel-lifts with contact cement, but before doing so I marked them and made a few divots (partial drill holes) to allow the existing 6-nails-per-heel to mate to them approximately. I don't have a cobbler's stand or such things, but I walked in them right after gluing on the oversized heels, to really pound the glue joint
