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Workshop slippers?
bobbyb13:
I'm almost entirely a form follows function kinda guy but man are those things ugly.
My footwear of choice for the workshop is actually a pair of slippers as they are known here, otherwise referred to as flip-fops, slaps, thongs, sandals, etc... depending on where you live.
I have a 100 yd walk to my shop but admittedly it is a different climate than most see.
Not osha approved of course, but I am not dealing with a lot of metal shavings regularly either I guess.
And of course local custom is to leave your shoes at the door and be barefoot in anyone's home.
If it was cold, I think second to crocs would be javeryh's suggestion of slip in sandals like the ones all my soccer playing friends wear.
Adidas ones are pretty comfy.
RandyT:
USMC issue RAT boots. Closed tongue, so nothing can get in. For full comfort mode, tie a knot at the ends of the laces, leave them unlaced and pull your pant leg down over them.
If you are wearing slippers, or any soft-toed/open shoe in the shop, you are asking for trouble. Feet are too important to leave them unprotected.
bobbyb13:
When dealing with heavy, hot, sharp, etc. things where I am concerned about maiming myself my feet wind up in the steel toed boots that I use for all else when necessary.
Except for ripping full sheets of plywood I can usually get away with slippers while working on arcade machine stuff though.
Just wind up with dirty feet.
If I was still living on the East coast I would be dressed quite differently!
Zebidee:
Everything at our place was built by workers wearing flip-flops, even while doing stuff like cutting and welding steel. They might take them off sometimes when climbing over a rooftop or something.
I go a grade higher and wear sandals around in my workshop, but that is mainly because otherwise the hard concrete floor makes my feet filthy and kills my arches. Oh, and we have centipedes here, freaking large red/black/orange/yellow ones over 30cm long with a powerful neurotoxin that hurts like nothing you can even imagine if they bite you (actually you can - imagine that you just stepped on a land mine and your foot is now bologna but is still on fire for several days, I know what I'm talking about). So, sandals.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 31, 2022, 11:29:30 am ---Everything at our place was built by workers wearing flip-flops, even while doing stuff like cutting and welding steel. They might take them off sometimes when climbing over a rooftop or something.
--- End quote ---
I was working on a project on my CNC and accidentally knocked a 12" square piece of 3/4" MDF onto my Nike-clad foot. It hit corner down on the bridge of my foot. Had me limping for several days.
Do what you want, but it doesn't take something massive to do damage. An unlucky incident is all it takes. But hey, if you're into taking those kinds of chances, no skin off anyone else's toes :D
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