Scrapping first pair of steel toes from boots

[newattitude]

I wore the heck out of my first pair of steel toed boots, one toe just fell right out! lol lol!

*Iz proudz*

[matador]

Paging Sledge!

[Patriot76]

Sledge - second place?

[hobo finds]

Congrats! I am sure yours were not pink!

[sledge]

Sledge - second place?

Second Place? HA.. I was the originator!


Can't seem to find my pic of my gutted boots at the moment!

[newattitude]

I think he meant *I* get second place!

[DakotaRog]

That's some serious steel in those puppies!!

[eesakiwi]

At a workshop I worked at, it got so cold during winter that in the morning.
I would light up the gas torch and run it over my steel caps so I got a quick thin red hot line across the cap and then turn it off.
A minute or so later the heat came thru the leather and kept my toes warm for the next hour...

Great place to work at. The owner was American, came over in the '50's I think.
His Father, the first owner, had a stroke in the early 80's, but while still in a wheelchair and in his 70's, make from scratch, a complete capstan turret for a Myford lathe.
No mistakes at all and it ran like clockwork.
From scratch... everything in it he machined and turned and ground, drilled and tapped himself from stock metal.
That includes the design, he never copied it from a working model.

[sledge]

dot dot dot..

[akshayv]

I just ordered steel insoles as suggested by my doctor for painful arthritis in my feet. The ordering process was quick and easy. The price for the insoles ($37.97) was high for what it is, just two thin pieces of steel shaped like a foot and covered with fabric; they slip inside my shoes. The fabric adhesive on the steel insole came loose at one spot on the edge of the heel, after wearing them just a few times. That will definitely be a problem if it continues to loosen, because it becomes sticky. The insoles do seem to help somewhat. They do not alleviate my foot pain completely, but orthofeet do help.