yep! I've had other waterproof socks before. I've had other neoprene socks before. But I can never find these in a size that fits comfortably over heavy wool socks. In usage this should be no different than your boots being waterproof. It's just that these will comfortably fit my feet, as opposed to any mass market boots.
You put neoprene socks on mass market boots? How bizarre!
What's your strategy for sinking the stink? Also, my waterproof boots are also breathable, for varying definitions (Gore-Tex, proprietary WP-B membrane, etc.) Somehow, my feet always feel less clammy after wearing them than they do after wearing my wetsuit booties.
I've been wearing various forms of waterproof socks for years. The difference with these is that they fit properly.
As to smell and feet getting wet with perspiration, when I'm using them I have a lot of wool in the socks that I wear with them and that does a fairly good job of dealing with the moisture. I do change my socks fairly regularly as well. Doing this along with washing them semi regularly seems to do a reasonable job of keeping them from smelling bad.
This is of course just my experiences. Someday I'll pay someone to make me a pair of boots, but until then I'll use things like this.
Yes, with the edges of the neoprene butted together (ideally squeezed together a small amount so there's no gap) zigzag stitch over the two edges. My sewing machine is not made for sewing a tube like this.
Can you point to a picture of one of these? Hell, my crappy sewing machine labels itself with all of those adjectives except for "industrial".
For clarification, I don't think a walking foot will specifically help since I'm not sewing a normal seam. I need to be able to take a tube and sew through it but only one side of it (and not tangential to it). So what specifically would help me is a sewing machine that sewed at a right angle to what a normal sewing machine does. And then have the bottom of it elevated and fairly narrow so the sleeve can fit over it.
http://www.foamorder.com/neoprene.html The pricing is kind of insane but it's the best I could do even for small quantities. Roughly the minimum shipping on anything (since they put it on a roll) is about $20, and doesn't go up much for the first 3 sheets or so. So I bought a single full sheet of 3mm and a "damaged" half sheet of 6mm for an additional $20. So I can make a fair bit more of this sort of thing with what I have.
Cool. We did some neoprene project at work and I got to take home the scraps, of which I made a laptop case. I wanted more a year or two ago, but now I've forgotten what I wanted it for. Maybe inner soles for my snow boots, which have no insulation in their feet parts. ::shrug::
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What's your strategy for sinking the stink?
Also, my waterproof boots are also breathable, for varying definitions (Gore-Tex, proprietary WP-B membrane, etc.) Somehow, my feet always feel less clammy after wearing them than they do after wearing my wetsuit booties.
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As to smell and feet getting wet with perspiration, when I'm using them I have a lot of wool in the socks that I wear with them and that does a fairly good job of dealing with the moisture. I do change my socks fairly regularly as well. Doing this along with washing them semi regularly seems to do a reasonable job of keeping them from smelling bad.
This is of course just my experiences. Someday I'll pay someone to make me a pair of boots, but until then I'll use things like this.
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For clarification, I don't think a walking foot will specifically help since I'm not sewing a normal seam. I need to be able to take a tube and sew through it but only one side of it (and not tangential to it). So what specifically would help me is a sewing machine that sewed at a right angle to what a normal sewing machine does. And then have the bottom of it elevated and fairly narrow so the sleeve can fit over it.
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The pricing is kind of insane but it's the best I could do even for small quantities. Roughly the minimum shipping on anything (since they put it on a roll) is about $20, and doesn't go up much for the first 3 sheets or so. So I bought a single full sheet of 3mm and a "damaged" half sheet of 6mm for an additional $20. So I can make a fair bit more of this sort of thing with what I have.
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