L's boot thread and questions

[ldal]

Got boots in the mail from Kmart and started marking them up! Anyone want to critique before I start cutting? I've been erasing a lot, so I'm open for more.

 

Also, how exactly do you drill out the rivets at the top of the boot to remove those hooks? Will a Dremel drill work?

 

 

 

 

[Griffin-X]

Looks good to me. How are you planning to cut them?

[stasz]

If you drill the lace hooks from the inside of the boot, they'll pop right off.

 

Mark up for your heel cuts looks good. I recommend an x-acto rather than a dremel for that.

[ldal]

Thanks guys. I'm using an X-acto. Thanks for the drill tip, too.

 

Progress! I am so in debt to all the pictures everybody has posted. It's not perfect, I still have to shave down that middle part.

 

[Griffin-X]

Looking good!

[wookieevader]

I have seen those boots somewhere before...hmmmm

 

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[Jobee]

Cutting these things is difficult! I may have completely messed up my first shoe..

 

 

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[kayelbe]

The technique I and some others have used (I totally stole it from them) is to use the appropriate chisel blades. I used two sizes and made my cuts based off that. I first made the cuts on the lines (like you see drawn above) with the standard #11 blade at the appropriate depth. Then I take the chisel blade and push it in either from the top or the bottom as appropriate. Then it's just a matter of flicking out the piece you cut.

 

For the wide open area, the same thing, although it's much harder to cut without leaving it looking chunky like the above pic. I took my dremel and a drum sander bit and lightly went over the area to smooth it out. Worked way better than I figured it would.

[ldal]

Yeah, I used a bigger blade to do the cutting (no idea what size) and then pushed up underneath the hunk with the "flat" blade, like in wookieevader's thread (I think it was??).

Fresh new blades made all the difference.

[Retrofire]

I used the exact same boots...and technique. Just take it slow and use sharp blades. They're looking really nice!

[stasz]

The "push 'n pop" method works great. Looking good, bud!