The "How to" (mods and repairs) Thread

[Mr. D]

The blue thing is the foam that I used for the stack. It's a gardening knee pad that I cut to size (2 gardening knee pads = 4 knee stacks). This type of pad is great for hockey mods because the blue side is soft while the 1/4" black layer is much harder.

Edit: unless you're talking about the kitchen rag looking thing which is our dinner place mats

[Keeps33]

Hmm the knee pad thinsg i got at Home Delay were just foam, not like the ones you got. cool.

[Keeps33]

Adding yet ANOTHER CupraJake glove refurb project thread, damn dude get a hobby yer making us look bad!
http://goaliestore.com/board/showthread.php?t=52234

[heritage]

I got a Mission Helium Elite blocker which I really like but I felt it needed a little more protection for my index finger. I got the idea from a pair of Battram gloves I had been borrowing. I took some nylon from an old pair of player pants and made a little tapered nylon sock about 3 1/2" long and tapering from 3/4" to 1 1/4." I stuffed this with a thick piece of foam from one of those swimming noodles. (Ahh, if you have young kids don't let them witness the harvesting of the foam. It can be quite disturbing to them . I sewing one edge along the glove finger stopping at where my 2nd knuckle bends and sewed the top of the sock to the elastic that comes down to the side of the glove finger at the knuckle. (On this paricular glove I also shortened the elastic at the front of the glove and attached it to the bottom of the index finger of the glove.) It works great and the finger is still as flexible as before the mod.

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[goalieboy29]

Got to shorten the arms on my c/a some...Where do you get eyelets? I can't seem to find them, just big huge brass grommets for fixing tarps etc.

Thanks

[Mr. D]

I get the eylets for my mods from Fabricland, any fabric store will have them though.

[goalieboy29]

Hmmm, might be tough to explain a trip to Fabricland to the wife. Maybe I'll say it's for something macho like "I'm gonna build you a couch..."

Thanks for the tip.

[goalieboy29]

Mr. D.

I made the trip to, ehemmm, Fabricland, and got proper eyelets that came with a punch tool. I hacked the arms off my c/a, shortened them and re-attached by lacing the arms into the eyelets. Worked a charm and I saved a ton 'cause I was ready to give up on this unit and get a new one. Mods rule!!!

Thanks to Mr. D and the boys at Wellsie's clinic for suggesting I shorten the arms....

Grateful and slightly richer,

Goalieboy29

[Mr. D]

That's great, glad to hear you're happy with your final product. Did you take any pictures of the process or at least the finished unit?

[Keeps33]

Or perhaps a how to with pictures and explanations on how it was done.-Just wondering.

[netminder_32]

my mods to date:

~ refaced my blocker to match the rest of my gear and replaced the palm
blocker before and after pics
- The best tip I learned for this project actually came from the eagle website. I used contact cement to bond the materials together before stitching them down. It stops everything from trying to wander under the pressure foot of the sewing machine.
- Also, use 100% nylon upholstery thread (10x stronger than heavy duty thread) and denim needles work better than leather needles for stitching the synthetic leather together. (tips from an employee at Fabricland)

~ added a thumb cheater to my trapper
trapper before and after pics
- simple lexan triangle internal
- stitched 2/3 of the triangle inside out for a bindingless seam, turned it rightside out, inserted the lexan and stitched the last 1/3 closed.
- drill some holes, lace it down and voila... you have instant extra coverage

[RichMan]

Originally Posted by netminder_32

my mods to date:

~ refaced my blocker to match the rest of my gear and replaced the palm
blocker before and after pics
- The best tip I learned for this project actually came from the eagle website. I used contact cement to bond the materials together before stitching them down. It stops everything from trying to wander under the pressure foot of the sewing machine.
- Also, use 100% nylon upholstery thread (10x stronger than heavy duty thread) and denim needles work better than leather needles for stitching the synthetic leather together. (tips from an employee at Fabricland)

~ added a thumb cheater to my trapper
trapper before and after pics
- simple lexan triangle internal
- stitched 2/3 of the triangle inside out for a bindingless seam, turned it rightside out, inserted the lexan and stitched the last 1/3 closed.
- drill some holes, lace it down and voila... you have instant extra coverage

Awesome work man! I take it you own an industrial sewer? I would love to replace some colour on my pads, but the work seems tremendous

[netminder_32]

Thx.

Actually I just use an old heavy duty singer machine. It'll do up to three layers no problem. The old units are all metal construction so they're quite sufficient for this kind of work. Beyond that you would need an industrial machine though...

[Ahhhh!]

My blades got rusty I must have forgot to whipe them at the last game of the year! Does anyone know how to remove this (without spending hours scraping it off) Does CLR work?

[Keeps33]

Just some steel wool or a scotch brite pad should do it. try wiping the blade with a lil oil on the rag next time keeps the water from doin its business and formin rust.