DIY: Cheap Gear Boot

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:19 pm

I have always wanted a very effective gear boot, but i never liked the cheap ones you can get and I didn't want to spend heaps on purchasing a very expensive one from like MOMO or something.

I went to a upholstery place and bough some scraps of leather in a few colours. for like $30, now if i want to I can make about 4 gear boots out of this. Suede was even cheaper... but me wanted leather...

A must for this DIY is a sewing machine... apart from knowing how to use a sewing machine the rest it very very simple...

Requirements:
>> Sewing Machine, Threads & Basic Sewing Knowledge
>> Material (Can be anything, has to be thick)
>> 1 Cable tie

All you do is just take the original one out measure it out cut the materials and sew it together, then put the special ring in with a cable tie (from the original gear boot), and Voila...

Time:
Taking the original one out: 2mins
Measuring material: 10mins
Sewing: 30mins
Trimming & Fitting the new one in: 10mins

My first one is made in white leather, and it looks awsome. Can't put pictures up as atm don't have a camera...

All together, a very nice, and cheap gear boot.

Oh, and if you have a bored grandma... you can even get her to sew it...

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:47 pm

Here is a picture from my phone:

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:53 pm

Looks good Boris.

You should start selling these off your website!

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:56 pm

Made my self another one!

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:46 pm

copy cat

MrFT000 · Post by **MrFT000** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:51 pm

Nice work Boris!
Looks very Pro!

alku83 · Post by **alku83** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:55 am

Nice work Boris...wanna make me one?

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:22 pm

What kind of a phone do you have? Sharp GX30 or something like that?

Maybe you can do me one too...
We are conviniently placed in the same city too...