J55tyger88
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I was fishing with a friend on Saturday, and through his convictions, convinced me on investing in some studs for my boots. I have the Korker boots with the interchangeable soles (Omni trax I think). The studded soles on their website are about 40 bucks, and me being frugal (some say cheap, as I made a vise-grip tying vise) thought about installing studs myself. Heres the website to the soles, my PC wont let me link it.
http://www.korkers.com/soles-accessories.html
Heres my plan,
Install the proper sized T nut on the inside of the interchangeable sole, and buying some sort of bolt, screw with the most aggressive head and just thread them in. Maybe put some loc-tite to ensure they don't unthread, stream side. I thought about just screwing sheet metal screws in but, eventually they will have to wiggle out, causing damage to the sole. Using the T nut, I can ensure less damage (potentially, if my plan works) to the sole by decreasing the amount of holes I would have to put in with just screwing sheet metal screws in.
My question to you is, do any of you have any experience in doing something like this? I have a separate set of felt bottom soles that came with the boot, so if I ruin the rubber pair im not SOL. Do you think this would work? I don't wanna start ripping and tearing without some go or no go advice.
Thanks in advance.
Tyger
http://www.korkers.com/soles-accessories.html
Heres my plan,
Install the proper sized T nut on the inside of the interchangeable sole, and buying some sort of bolt, screw with the most aggressive head and just thread them in. Maybe put some loc-tite to ensure they don't unthread, stream side. I thought about just screwing sheet metal screws in but, eventually they will have to wiggle out, causing damage to the sole. Using the T nut, I can ensure less damage (potentially, if my plan works) to the sole by decreasing the amount of holes I would have to put in with just screwing sheet metal screws in.
My question to you is, do any of you have any experience in doing something like this? I have a separate set of felt bottom soles that came with the boot, so if I ruin the rubber pair im not SOL. Do you think this would work? I don't wanna start ripping and tearing without some go or no go advice.
Thanks in advance.
Tyger