Clamp for skate punching.

[Jbear 113]

Those who do your own...what do you like to use?  I've been using a ratchet clamp and a golf ball into various cups.  It works ok, but I'm considering a screw clamp for more force and less slippage. Wondering what you guys use.

[Vet88 674]

A c clamp with a steel measuring spoon for one side, on the other side I have scavenged a range of D shaped stones that (depending on the shape of the punch I am after) I tape on.

The measuring spoon has a steel ring welded to the bottom of it, this ring slips onto the c clamp and holds the spoon in place. I have a number of spoons of different shapes and sizes.

A long arm door hinge with a threaded bolt with pipe on it so I can wind a nut from the inside to expand the hinge (this is really good to get deep into the toe cap).

I also use 4 blocks of wood to make a frame around the boot and then use 2 c clamps to do stretches.

I'll be using everything next week to punch, stretch and reshape my hyperlites, it takes me around 2 weeks to do both boots by the time I have reshaped the toe, stretched the forefoot and punched / reshaped the heel.

Edited September 19, 2021 by Vet88

[blue_line 2]

I bought a boot punch tool off of eBay a long time ago. I usually have to punch out the area near the base of my pinky toe.

It works well. Heat the boot a bit and then use the punch tool. Lock it overnight and the punched out portion will hold for a good long while.

Here's a discussion of a similar tool on another forum. https://skatingforums.com/index.php?topic=6165.0

I found a similar product using Google. https://footfitter.com/collections/boot-stretchers

 

Edited October 13, 2021 by blue_line

[Vet88 674]

6 hours ago, blue_line said:

I found a similar product using Google. https://footfitter.com/collections/boot-stretchers

I gather you are talking about the cast iron bunion stretcher?

https://footfitter.com/collections/boot-stretchers/products/footfitter-ball-ring-cast-iron-bunion-stretcher

 

[blue_line 2]

 

13 hours ago, Vet88 said:

I gather you are talking about the cast iron bunion stretcher?

https://footfitter.com/collections/boot-stretchers/products/footfitter-ball-ring-cast-iron-bunion-stretcher

 

Yes. Sorry if that wasn't clear. The post from SkatingForums discusses a similar device. I posted the product listing because there were multiple of those devices available from that source.

It works very well and I like that I can lock it in place to work for a longer period.