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Make comfortable platform shoes

video Make comfortable platform shoes

Everybody wants to walk like a big man, right?

Well, we also like to avoid blisters. In this video I took some platforms off of old boots and attached them to some comfy sneakers.

NOTE: You will loose the stability that a lace-up boot provides for your ankles.

19 comments

Oct 7, 2010. 3:35 PMSewLolita says:

I have nothing constructive to add... just want to say that now I /really/ regret throwing away my two fallen-apart pairs of platforms :D

also: YAY! pink fluffy shirtless man! i am now more cheerful for having seen this video

Apr 14, 2010. 9:09 PMpdawgp4U says:

Nice Instructable LOVE the boots...........

Nov 5, 2009. 3:08 AMotoupalik says:

That's awesome I will have to try that for my first year at the Burn in 2010.

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Jul 26, 2008. 10:54 AM

canida says:

Those look SWEET! I'd totally turn my ankle, though.

Aug 29, 2009. 7:36 PMSneakyGeeky says:

Yeah, I'd totally be like: "Dance dance dance.... *CRACK*....Oh God! The pain!"

Aug 28, 2009. 3:59 PMScottSEA says:

I remember when I had abs.

Aug 17, 2009. 7:23 AMkarmacrane says:

ohh fairy floss hair awesome! (oft) any ways awesome platforms! *thumbs up*

Jan 28, 2009. 8:11 AMomnibot says:

Oooohhh!!!! That is so cool. I just love the look on the cops faces and those silly protesters looking uneasy in the background.

Jan 21, 2009. 5:37 PMe-pandemic says:

you remind me a lot of my husband.

Jan 10, 2009. 5:16 PMRozzalyn says:

Did I ever tell you, You're my hero :)

Jan 10, 2009. 6:07 PMHalcyonPink (author) says:

awww, Thank you!! ((HUG))

Jan 2, 2009. 4:04 PMmeg-sway says:

I think I love you! Awesome job and very economically savvy. Nice work, my friend.

Dec 24, 2008. 2:33 PMpoltergasm says:

{laughing}

the drummer w/ whom i live does this all the time.

we have been together for years but i am sure this activity predated me.

[me & my hundred pairs of platform shoes, but nevermind that.]

i thought that this might be a tape he made in secret. for no reason. [double edged meaning purposefully stated herein, hereupon.] especially when i read:

You must terrify your neighbors.

he gets told stuff like that too. me too. if i said which silent movie actor's wife hung garlic on her door to ward away my exhusband & myself, tho, this would be stating entirely too much.

Dec 4, 2008. 11:29 AMHamatoKameko says:

You must terrify your neighbors. Not that that's a bad thing. XD Dear god the pink THE PINK

Aug 25, 2008. 7:30 PMDeadpunk says:

if you wana make any pair of shoes more comfortable cut a layer of mole skin to put inside them it's an old boy scout trick I learnd when I was younger and belive me it comes in handy if you have to hike 5-10 miles