Make Roller Skates from Soccer Cleats (aka Footy Boots)
Roller Skate Revival
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Make Roller Skates from Soccer Cleats (aka Footy Boots)
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Roller Skate Revival
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In this video I walk you through the process as I make roller skates from vintage soccer cleats (aka "Footy Boots", for the Aussies).
I mount them with T Nuts, but that's just because I'm currently in a T nut phase; you can use regular mounting hardware.
Recommended videos which I reference in this video are:
• DIY: Making Soccer Shoe Skates!
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Relevant Timestamps:
0:00 : Intro
0:34 : Why use soccer cleats for a roller skate build?
1:39 : Why I love to buy second hand
2:30 : Drawbacks to a soccer cleat build
3:12 : How to select the right soccer cleats for a roller skate build
4:50 : Cutting the prongs off
7:11 : Where to mount the plate
11:01 : Notes on T nut mounting
14:25 : Actual mounting of skate
17:53 : Skating in them
18:20 : Followup: How do they hold up?
19:57 : Unrelated End Note
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Intro song by the lovely and amazing Kristen Myers, please support her on Patreon:
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