Repairs & Modifications

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I blew the button off my Beatle Busters. (Giles was right! I shouldn't have sized down!) So I made a sew-on button out an old copper penny, and affixed it with some Kevlar. It turned out really great. I made the holes in the penny using a center punch, and hammered out the penny making it concave using a ball-pin hammer as a die and a 9 pound hammer. It took 2 blows over a piece of soft pine to make the right shape. I might like this better than the regular button.

[Giles]

I love that…..

[trail and arrow]

likewise

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Thanks. I am most pleased. I needed something that could stand up to the heft of your amazing 25 oz denim!

[Dion]

Wow!

[Pavel Pipovič]

Nice idea/work @FilthyBloodJunkie

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Thanks a lot.

[rocket]

well done @FilthyBloodJunkie

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Again, thank you. Here's the Kevlar, center punch, and ball-pin you need to d-i-y. You can get the Kevlar on eBay for less than $10 shipped. You also need a mini-sledge, and a pre-1982 USofA penny that is not corred with zinc.

[el padre]

Nice work.  Like that idea. Although I feel a British penny wouldn't look as cool. And god only knows how long a euro cent would keep your pants up.

[Giles]

Longer than a Drachma…..

[Seul]

O M G(reek)…

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I have a cute little penny with a starfish on it from Barbados I was gonna use. But it was too small and thin, I thought.

[sabergirl]

Very nice, Mike. The button looks great. I glued a quarter to the button on a pair of gap pants when the front of the flimsy donut got bent. It worked pretty well for a while, but eventually came off. Yours should last forever with the Kevlar!

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[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@sabergirl:

Yours should last forever with the Kevlar!

I first purchased this Kevlar to reinforce the bar tack on that pair I sent you. I have to use diagonal cutters to cut it. My scissors aren't sharp enough. Thanks.

I was shocked to see that this got shared on Facebook. It definitely made my day.

I was looking in the button box for a decent button, after talking to Giles about replacing the button, and there was a penny in there. Thus, the idea sprang forth.

[Finkster]

Excellent job, Mike … this 'product, would be perfect for the 'Craft works - let's get creative' thread, also

Keep it up! 

[Sreeni]

Hello,

Can somebody suggest whom should I approach for the following repairs or alterations?

I should have been more careful while giving the inseam length for my IH-6634. Is there anybody who will be able to stitch together the excess fabric that was chopped off from the bottom? See photos below.

Secondly, is it possible to add a metallic button or tack where the plastic button of my IH-702 used to be?

@Winchy : Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Sreeni

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[Giles]

Re: 6634 I'd take them into a repair shop they may be able to reattach, but you'll lose some length overall. 
Re: Buttons.  http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/jeans-buttons

[Sreeni]

@Giles Thanks. However, I wouldn't trust the repair shops around me to handle this 6634. Railcar has said that they won't do it. Any other places I could send it to?

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[Giles]

Not that I know of.