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Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 16:13
by Jug
After riding yesterday I struggled to find a way to air out my leather trousers, can't just turn them inside out like I do with my textiles, so today I knocked up a quick system to deal with that task.
2off old PC psu fans 80mm
1off 12v dc adapter recycled from something or other.
I discovered that the bare fan will zip into the ankle section and hold there pretty well.
So trousers on a hanger, one fan in each leg, leave running for a little while - sorted.
Will also work from a 12v lighter socket in a car/van... so no reason to have stinky leathers on track days.
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 17:08
by Ducaki
Show us your boot dryer
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 17:15
by Jug
LOL, oh.. okay then..
Although I only need this for my MX boots.
You may laugh, but it works...
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 17:40
by Ducaki
Brilliant.
You should of called yourself Inspector Gadget
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 18:00
by Smiler
That's really quite ingenious!!!
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 20:23
by Robbo87
I've been wondering for years what to do with those fans and that old adapter
- they'll do the job nicely on a pair of shreddies I forgot to wash after Llandow
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 16th, '18, 23:14
by menzies3032
Quality gadget
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 17th, '18, 07:55
by Jimbo04zx10r
Awesome idea, maybe that will be a new line of work for you. I looked in to buying a leather drier and they are mental money so I just let them go crusty and give the a shake when required
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 17th, '18, 09:04
by Jug
For jackets or 1 piece suits you could use a wetsuit dryer.
https://www.scubastore.com/scuba-diving ... lsrc=aw.ds
£68 inc shipping.
I'll probably make something like that soon, I've got a few fans kicking around...
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 17th, '18, 09:13
by Robbo87
Re: Made something to air leather trousers
Posted: Jul 17th, '18, 09:25
by Jug
Well... plug your band then...