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    Quote Originally Posted by racingtadpole View Post
    Seeing as we have mentioned boots, I don’t do Blunnies, I stopped buying them when they shifted production offshore. I have a pair of zip sided Steel Blue Argyle boots. I also have some cowboy boot style pull ons but I stopped wearing them in the shed as I tend to pull them over my jeans meaning they become a magnet for hot swarf and spatter.
    The Australian Army buys Steel Blue boots apparently made in Steel Blue's Indonesian factories.

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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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Briangoldcoast View Post
    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.
    I have been using those side zipped mongrels for the past 5 years, they are very comfortable compared to the blundstones. They don't seem to last as long but as I get replacements every year it doesn't matter too much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Briangoldcoast View Post
    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 ........
    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.
    Even Rossi have a similar disclaimer
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by China View Post
    A couple of pics, apart from kindling Duck boards are about the simplest thing to make out of timber, this is the one by my metal lathe

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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,
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    I did not get really technical just used up scraps

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    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.

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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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    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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