an innertube wallet
July 12th, 2008 | Published in gear | 6 Comments
My wallet was stolen a couple of weeks ago, and being the cheap bastard i am, i made myself a replacement from a blown mountain bike tube. It’s just glued together with rubber cement, but so far it’s holding up well.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:08 pm (#)
that’s beyond cool! awesome!
any chance of a schematic and a howto photo set for us dolts?
July 12th, 2008 at 8:58 pm (#)
Funky! You should totally sell those at the bike shop. ;)
July 13th, 2008 at 12:21 pm (#)
I wonder if sewing with a light strong cord would work
July 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pm (#)
there are some sewn ones available on etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5936195
July 15th, 2008 at 1:18 pm (#)
I don’t have any sort of drawing or anything, i just laid out a couple of strips of rubber and measured against a dollar bill. Leave a little margin, scuff the rubber (like you’re patching a hole) and glue together. Likewise with the pocket patches, just make a rubber piece the size you want, trim and glue.
b – a whip stitch at the corners would probably keep that seam stable, i’ll see how it holds up.
There are lots of examples of pretty nice sewn rubber wallets around, but having no machine i just stuck with glue.
November 9th, 2008 at 1:42 am (#)
I came across this website that sells recycled innertube wallets. they have an instructable w/ schematic so you can build your own. -http://www.crankcreative.com