Sandals from an old auto tire, pt. 2

Step 2 Chisel the slits for your rubber strips and feed the strips through

I originally made a sandal with rubber tabs but I wasn't happy with how they wrapped around. Uncomfortable and unwieldy, at least on mine. Once you have the basic shape cut out, keep using your chisel to cut slits right through the sandal top to bottom where you want the straps to be. You'll have to cut some 1" wide and 4" long strips of rubber from the tire sidewall at the thinnest point, four per shoe. Feed the strips through the shoe and bend them around as shown.

Comments

[gaspargs]

how did you cut the tire?? Is it A steel radial tubeless? or a nylon bias tire?? This sandals are great!!!

[micmac]

It's steel belted and I cut it with an angle grinder. Wear your safety glasses. I'm serious.

[BromKim]

Forget the chisel if you have a reciprocating saw (a.k.a. Sawzall) or a medium duty jigsaw. Steel belted radials cut easily with either, using a metal cutting blade.