Comments on: HOW TO – Make sandals made from old tires http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sc00ter http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322157 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322157 How to become a dirty hippy.
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]]> By: jacobjacobs http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322158 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322158 This is easier said than done, tires within the last decade have steel cables in ‘em making this impossible.

]]> By: Ullr http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322159 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322159 Re: steel belts etc. The secret to making these is not to use old tires, but cast off recaps. Commercial vehicles (like trucks and busses) often get their tires recapped. The process involves grinding down the surface of the tire until it is smooth, and applying a new belt of tread around the tire and bonding it to the tire. Occasionally, these fail, and the tread belt peels off the tire on the road. (This is why it is illegal to run recapped tires on the steering axle). You can see these castoffs on any interstate.

The original “dirty hippy” sandals were almost certainly made from these as people hitchhiked. This belt of tread is much thinner than a tire, has no belts inside it, and can be worked with good snips or shearps, or even with a knife. It also would be much kinder to your feet.

]]> By: pavo6503@yahoo.com http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322160 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322160 This is not impossible, you just need to use the correct tires. I have found that those spare “donut” tires work beautifully. They have belts, but the belts are NYLON, not steel. Worth doing.

]]> By: trailman http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322161 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322161 you stole this from some one else!!! I know the guy in the pic and have his book

]]> By: dirty hippie http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322162 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322162 just wait ’till summer. i can’t wait to do this

]]> By: dirty hippie http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322163 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322163 just wait ’till summer. i can’t wait to do this

]]> By: ANNA http://blog.makezine.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322164 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-make-sandals-made/#comment-322164 Hey, I could plainly see that Phillip T. ~ who posted this ~ gave credit to the source. He provided a link after sharing that he has shoes made from old tires. Then he provided an on line source with instructions on how to make your own tire sandal. The link, which also advertises the book you were referring to, “Participating In Nature” by Thomas J. Elpel was meant to be a point of reference. No attempt to take credit for the photo or for the project appears to be made from what I see. If you know Thomas Elpel, perhaps he could teach you the power “keen observation”. You could certainly use some ~genius~

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