Harlan Barnhart
07-14-2013, 10:50 PM
My three girls go through a lot of sandals and flipflops. I'm not happy with the commonly available stuff, so I decided to try making my own.
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I used an old flipflop for a pattern.
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Trimming the leather sole
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Cutting out the cork footbed. This is the woodworking part since cork is a tree product.
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Barge cement to glue the footbed to the leather sole.
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I clamped the sandwich for several hours.
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While the sole was curing, I cut out some leather strips for the straps. I didn't take any pictures of how the straps were installed but I just pierced the sole with a chisel and glued about 3/4" of and inch of the straps to the bottom of the leather sole.
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I used an old flipflop for a pattern.
266474
Trimming the leather sole
266475
Cutting out the cork footbed. This is the woodworking part since cork is a tree product.
266476
Barge cement to glue the footbed to the leather sole.
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I clamped the sandwich for several hours.
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While the sole was curing, I cut out some leather strips for the straps. I didn't take any pictures of how the straps were installed but I just pierced the sole with a chisel and glued about 3/4" of and inch of the straps to the bottom of the leather sole.