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Thread: Fatigue Mats
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18th Dec 2019, 10:33 PM #16Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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20th Dec 2019, 09:30 PM #17Senior Member
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I am using the s/h conveyor rubber belting that you can get from Paramount Browns at my bench, lathe and mill. It certainly improves things for my dodgy ankles and the flat surface means that it can be swept fairly well.
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Ian
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22nd Dec 2019, 04:38 PM #18Senior Member
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Saw a mate wearing a pair of Mongrel boots a while back .
Bought a steel capped pair. Wore them for three months. Went and bought a non steel capped pair for casual wear, since I like them so much.
Made in Australia. Leather and best of all have zips down the side so I don’t need to lace them up every time, so easier for my aging back. A couple of coats of Nugget and some elbow grease and they shine well enough to satisfy the Seargent major.
I have very wide feet and high arches and so it’s not easy these days to get a 4X when the majority of shoes seem to me made to Asian sizes.
Legacy of going barefoot as a Queensland kid until I went to high school.
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22nd Dec 2019, 04:43 PM #19Diamond Member
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22nd Dec 2019, 05:52 PM #20Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Here's an interesting/clever disclaimer from their website.
While the vast majority of our products are made in Australia, should any styles or components require manufacture overseas in order to be competitive – they are made using the safety and quality codes followed in Australia, under the supervision of Victor Footwear manufacturing executives.
Rossi Boots meet their global demand through a mix of Australian made boots as well as product made by international manufacturing partners, who produce some of Rossi’s designs offshore.
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23rd Dec 2019, 11:23 PM #21Senior Member
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I have had a wooden duckboard in front of the metal lathe for 40 years and about a month ago I made one for the wood lathe. Only thing I did was used narrower boards and wider spacing for the stretchers, gives them more spring. I have had a good quality rubber antifatigue matt for years, but it was not giving me the relief I expected.
Rgds,
Crocy.
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24th Dec 2019, 02:15 PM #22China
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I did not get really technical just used up scraps
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25th Dec 2019, 05:15 PM #23
If any of the locals want timber to make stuff like Duck boards -- Im currently accumulating here at the shop.
Hate to chuck em out, but how many can u keep? plus they start to warp pretty soon after leaving them outside. Some of my fabric rolls come in on them, so get some over 6 ft long.
Just ping me a line.
JattFrisky wife, happy life. Then I woke up. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.From an early age my father taught me to wear welding gloves . "Its not to protect your hands son, its to put out the fire when u set yourself alight".
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25th Dec 2019, 09:38 PM #24Diamond Member
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I use some cheap-arsed soft foam squares that have keying around the perimeter to interlock with other squares, as well as narrower edging pieces. Only used them as I had a few lying around from some other long-forgotten application.
Works well, but the soft foam is now fairly well impregnated with hot chips. I guess that adds a non-slip feature?
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26th Dec 2019, 10:12 PM #25Most Valued Member
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So my quest for soft footed standing space in the workshop has kind of resolved itself with largely no input from me other than complaining to SWMBO that my feet were killing me after my last marathon at the mill handles...
Upon returning home from a week of nightshift this morning I was presented with some Christmas gifts from the tribe, and after unwrapping a new live centre, some tool organisation and a diabetic coma size supply of my favourite chocolate treats, I was informed there was more in the garage. Awaiting me were two nice new rubber mats from Paramounts of the variety linked earlier in the thread.
i shall report back on my thoughts once I have the floor swept and vacuumed and the mats laid.
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