I have had someone request that I make him a pair of a pair of engineer boots, with the understanding that I have never made any before, so figured I would start a new thread (because why not have multiple concurrent projects going?).
I will probably take foot measurements for him this week, but in the mean time, I started working on a last template for an engineer, complete with a 10” shaft. This is loosely based on the last I designed for my wife’s boots, but with a 26mm heel height, 14mm toe spring, and some softer toe box geometry. Last template is currently sized to a men’s 10D. I will post up some more pictures when I get the heel mock up printed and actually assemble.
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Some more shots now that I have the heel and some comparisons between this and the last for my wife’s boots.
Had some discussion with @thenewreligion and others on refining the shape a bit. Tossed some leather on the toe for a more realistic look.
Side profile looks pretty good.
Top view looking at little too thick
Was given an interesting suggestion for validating the last contact point. Draw aggressively on a piece of paper with a pencil and then rub the last on it to see where the contact point is.
Comparing to the ball line and where the contact should be.
Conclusion being that my mock up heel is a little too tall and the foot bed geometry needs a little adjustment to pull the lateral side up a bit.
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Some do the same for finding ball points on the featherline. You can do it on a straight side of a bench or on top.
It’s all style, of course, but I was thinking the downward view of the toe was shaping up pretty frumpy. It’s rare to see even sandal toes quite that round.
It’s one of the benefits of printing up the CAD model and holding it in your hand at full scale. Things you don’t really notice on the computer end up being painfully obvious.
I did the opposite with my wife’s last. Started way too narrow and tapered then needing to make it wider and wider. Over compensated when I did the initial layout here.
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