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Made my toe spikes today with some help from Bcarp100's pencil sharpener tutorial Cheap and Easy 5 Minute Toe Spikes and general craftiness.

I got some 5/16 aluminum rod and fashioned points using the pencil sharpener method as well as my belt sander. In the end I found the belt sander more consistent and easier. Cutting the tips from the rod stock was tricky, some of my tips got caught in my miter saw. In the end I had a set of decent toe spikes.

I used 1/2" x1/8" aluminum for the brackets, bent to fit my boots. I drilled holes for mounting screws, using metric phillips head machine screws in counter-sunk holes from the back to hold them on. I broke a couple of screws in the spikes so had to resort to seconds for two of the spikes, luckily I made extras. Now I have to figure out how to mount them to my boots. When that's done, I'll add the piping and weather the boots.

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You may notice that I made them so the spikes don't stick out past the toe, this is so I don't trip and make a fool of myself or get hurt. I'm open to mounting advice as to nail/screw type and I will use a white polyurethane adhesive.

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<blockquote data-quote="Gregory" data-source="post: 420688" data-attributes="member: 8301">Made my toe spikes today with some help from Bcarp100&#039;s pencil sharpener tutorial <a href="http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/cheap-easy-5-minute-toe-spikes-54088/" target="_blank">Cheap and Easy 5 Minute Toe Spikes</a> and general craftiness.&nbsp; I got some 5/16 aluminum rod and fashioned points using the pencil sharpener method as well as my belt sander.&nbsp; In the end I found the belt sander more consistent and easier.&nbsp; Cutting the tips from the rod stock was tricky, some of my tips got caught in my miter saw.&nbsp; In the end I had a set of decent toe spikes.&nbsp; I used 1/2&quot; x1/8&quot; aluminum for the brackets, bent to fit my boots.&nbsp; I drilled holes for mounting screws, using metric phillips head machine screws in counter-sunk holes from the back to hold them on.&nbsp; I broke a couple of screws in the spikes so had to resort to seconds for two of the spikes, luckily I made extras.&nbsp; Now I have to figure out how to mount them to my boots.&nbsp; When that&#039;s done, I&#039;ll add the piping and weather the boots.[ATTACH]57389[/ATTACH]You may notice that I made them so the spikes don&#039;t stick out past the toe, this is so I don&#039;t trip and make a fool of myself or get hurt.&nbsp; I&#039;m open to mounting advice as to nail/screw type and I will use a white polyurethane adhesive.[ATTACH=full]57389[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gregory, post: 420688, member: 8301"] Made my toe spikes today with some help from Bcarp100's pencil sharpener tutorial [URL="http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/cheap-easy-5-minute-toe-spikes-54088/"]Cheap and Easy 5 Minute Toe Spikes[/URL] and general craftiness. I got some 5/16 aluminum rod and fashioned points using the pencil sharpener method as well as my belt sander. In the end I found the belt sander more consistent and easier. Cutting the tips from the rod stock was tricky, some of my tips got caught in my miter saw. In the end I had a set of decent toe spikes. I used 1/2" x1/8" aluminum for the brackets, bent to fit my boots. I drilled holes for mounting screws, using metric phillips head machine screws in counter-sunk holes from the back to hold them on. I broke a couple of screws in the spikes so had to resort to seconds for two of the spikes, luckily I made extras. Now I have to figure out how to mount them to my boots. When that's done, I'll add the piping and weather the boots. [ATTACH]57389.vB[/ATTACH] You may notice that I made them so the spikes don't stick out past the toe, this is so I don't trip and make a fool of myself or get hurt. I'm open to mounting advice as to nail/screw type and I will use a white polyurethane adhesive. [ATTACH=full]57389[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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