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7th February 2014, 08:55 PM #1
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How to stop metal cuttings going down your boots
Serious stuff this.
Nothing worse than metal cuttings in your socks.
No problem with jeans, you just hang the cuffs over the elasto boots.
But with shorts in the hot weather it's a different story - but here's my solution.
I wear those puttees (sock protectors) that the lawn mower guys wear to keep the crap out of their boots. Cheap and effective. Done so for years.
Am I the only one in the group to admit this behaviour
It also pays to hang your shirt outside your strides for a similar effect. Cuttings in your jocks is even worse.
RobThe worst that can happen is you will fail.
But at least you tried.
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7th February 2014, 09:01 PM #2
You could wear thongs.....
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7th February 2014, 09:48 PM #3
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7th February 2014, 09:52 PM #4
+1 for sock protectors for mowing, metalwork, woodwork and chainsaws.
Looking to cricket pads for brushcutting to keep the rocks off the shins.I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.
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7th February 2014, 10:32 PM #5
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8th February 2014, 11:04 AM #6
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This was never meant to a terribly serious post, but I was curious as to how many others use these cheap sock protectors - Bunnings have em.
The curious thing about them is that they seem to be an Aussie invention (in this form).
When you Google on gaiter, sock protectors, puttees you never see any one in the USA or UK selling this type of thing.
You see heavier hiking gaiters but nothing in slip ons.
RobThe worst that can happen is you will fail.
But at least you tried.
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8th February 2014, 11:05 AM #7
+1 for the puttees
I tried arc welding in thongs, once... but would not recommend thatThe first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
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8th February 2014, 11:08 AM #8
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8th February 2014, 11:55 AM #9
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But how do you stop em going down your neck? This was from a shaper chip that hit me and stuck - at the exact moment I needed both hands.
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8th February 2014, 12:38 PM #10
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8th February 2014, 01:01 PM #11
Yup.
Pic related.
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8th February 2014, 01:15 PM #12
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Damn; that's a horrid sight.
I think you may have mentally scarred me with that. At least a 6 pack to try and dull the memory.
Ken
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8th February 2014, 02:14 PM #13
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8th February 2014, 02:15 PM #14
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Aaarrrrggh.
Help, I've gone blind.The worst that can happen is you will fail.
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8th February 2014, 02:21 PM #15
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The worst that can happen is you will fail.
But at least you tried.