Boot Sole cutting options

[Tristancraig]

So ive got my boots,

good old KMax Wheat Rustlers.

(I believe the exact same model that wookievader had, but different logos)

Ive been going over it, and it seems to be the most efficient for me, but alas i do have access to a really nice dremel, so i figured, why not ask...

How has everyone cut/shaped their boots as they made them... dremel or knives?

If anyone has any dremel suggestions throw em at me.

Otherwise I'm definitely leaning towards the flat knife/basic blade combo.

Thanks guys,

tk

[Guest Forrest Patrol]

ok the blade I used is a flat blade pictured below

 

 

then I made the cuts from the top down and made sure the blade was through the sole all the way.

 

removed the blade from the handle while it was still in the boot and used the blade as a stop for the other blade I used to cut into the side of the cuts

 

 

and the cut out piece pops out

 

for the heel cuts I did the same thing with the flat blade. cut the horizontal line first and left the blade in to stop the blade from going too far when cutting up from the bottom then cut the sides out and the little piece pops out

 

for the front of the heel in the arch area don't cut too far or it will remove too much of the heel.....

 

hope this helps

 

 

One more thing......go slow

[Tristancraig]

yep thats the one i was talking about.

[Guest Forrest Patrol]

I'm not sure what most of the dremel bits do, I only use the small drill and cutting disc, so I'm just going to use Wookieevader's method.

[01Hawk]

I don't think dremels work out too well as they just gum up and make a mess/not clean lines

[zarintyr]

I used exacto blade plus those knives that kids use to cut wood.

 

 

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[zarintyr]

I didn't cut the top line on mine.

 

 

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[stasz]

Like Wookievader shared, the "push n' pop" method really works well for clean cuts, and one i got a groove going I knocked out my cuts in a couple episodes of "Breaking Bad"

 

Some folks use dremels, but I'd have to see it fine in person or a video to really grasp how they do it. I made a stinky, melted mess when I tried.

[Dart]

I used a chisel blade on my X-acto knife. One thing to remember is that you don't need to go really, really deep with the cuts. When I measured the Sierra Sneakers I had earlier this year, the lines/grooves were only 1/16" deep. Going more than 1/8" is a pain and completely unnecessary.

[Tristancraig]

Grabbed my xacto kit from the shop today, slowly but surely progressing away, just over a 16th deep. First boot front is finished, second boot front started, gonna sort the back out again because sweaty hands rubbed off my lines round one 😓

Going with wookoevaders tried tested and true method, flat blade for the win.

[wookieevader]

I only used my dremel for the sides of the boot circled and it was with the sanding drum on low speed to smooth out the cutlines.

 

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[Tristancraig]

Rock on, thanks WV for chiming in!

Broke my flat blade last night before bed, looks like I'll need to grab another lol.

[Tristancraig]

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Slow but steady. Grabbed a new flag blade today so I can keep hacking away.