{"id":5961,"date":"2019-10-20T00:26:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T04:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=5961"},"modified":"2019-10-20T00:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T04:30:42","slug":"woodworking-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/20\/woodworking-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodworking shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5151_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"woodshop shoes\" class=\"wp-image-5948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5151_edited-2.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5151_edited-2-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you given much consideration to your <strong>footwear<\/strong> in the shop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>power<\/strong> input and the <strong>control<\/strong> of your tools originate from your stance. If it&#8217;s not well placed and reliable, your performance will suffer. You will also fatigue sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dependable footing is also essential to <strong>safety<\/strong>, especially with machine work. There, you cannot afford to compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our shop floors are usually littered with <strong>sawdust and shavings<\/strong> even with a good dust collection system gathering most of the waste from machine work. No matter what type of floor is in your shop, these make it potentially slippery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, sure, I&#8217;ve been known to get a few things done in my jammies and slippers in my home shop. But for serious work, I like <strong>low-cut hikers<\/strong> or at least trail-running shoes. Lately, my favorites are these sturdy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Red Head Blue Ridge Low (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basspro.com\/shop\/en\/RedHead-Blue-Ridge-Low-Hiking-Shoes-for-Men?searchTerm=men's%20blue%20ridge%20low\" target=\"_blank\">Red Head Blue Ridge Low<\/a> Hiking shoes from Bass Pro Shops. They have good support, wonderful grip, and a beefy toe cover. And the camo accents look kinda cool, don&#8217;t ya think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[I have no affiliation with Bass Pro.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you given much consideration to your footwear in the shop? The power input and the control of your tools originate from your stance. If it&#8217;s not well placed and reliable, your performance will suffer. You will also fatigue sooner. Dependable footing is also essential to safety, especially with machine work. There, you cannot afford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5961"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6001,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5961\/revisions\/6001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}