Cheap Boot Snap Installation Tutorial (PICS)

Okay, so I didn't want to go to the cobbler and pay him to install some snaps in my boots for the shoe armor. I also didn't want to shell out a bunch of money for a professional snap setter. Here's the cheap as dirt method I came up with for installing the boot snaps.

Step 1: Drill a hole in the heel of your boots where the snap will be installed.

Step 2: Place the snap in the hole just like you would with any other snap.

Step 3: Purchase a 2" C-Clamp from Home Depot for $3.97

Step 4: Glue/Epoxy the pivoting end of the C-Clamp so that it won't move around when you clamp down.

Step 5: Take a Regular Snap Setter and cut off the end with a metal cutting wheel on your dremel

Step 6: Place the snap setter end into the snap just like you would any other time except now the setter is way too short to hit with a hammer.

Step 7: Place the clamp over the snap and start screwing down onto the setter. It may take a couple of tries but you will get it.

Step 8 (OPTIONAL): Epoxy the setter tip onto the clamp itself. It should increase stability, but your clamp will be permanently ruined (not too big of a loss considering it cost $4).

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Hey what a cool idea! That's better than trying to bang it in the old way!

Yeah I tried banging it in the old way, but it's too difficult. I couldn't get a hard enough surface on the inside of the shoe.

so freakin cool...

Absolutely perfect! It was always a hassle before.:thumbup

um, AWESOME!!!!! THANKS DUDE! 8):cheers:thumbsup:cheering

Great idea Donny! I might use this for setting snaps on all of my props. It looks 20 times easier than to try to use the hammer, it also leaves a perfect mushroom in the snap; often it shifts for me.

interesting idea fox...better than my method of jamming a piece of 2x4 into the heel and setting like normal...

That...is one GREAT idea!! 8)

-Rex

Thanks guys...you may want to continue to use the old fashioned hammer method for most of your applications. This new device isn't quite perfect, but its a great alternative for those hard to reach areas where you just can't use a hammer. It can also help finish off those snaps that you just can't seem to get fully set.

Thanks a bunch for posting this. I just might have to redo mine ... I just used Goop. It works, but I don't know how much longer it will hold.:doh

That's awesome! It would have come in handy on my stormtrooper belt! I used the hammer tool and put too much pressure on in and it started to break the ABS...EEEK! it's all good now though.

Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup

Hey Donny,

Are you thinking of getting a patent for it? Maybe I'll see you on late night TV info-mercials! ;)

-Gene

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Originally Posted by TD2253

Hey Donny,

Are you thinking of getting a patent for it? Maybe I'll see you on late night TV info-mercials! ;)

-Gene

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Haha, what would be awesome! I think that's a good idea, you should look in to it!