Wesco Custom Fit Video

YouTube video by Wesco explaining foot measurement for custom boots

• use measurements to make pattern
• use pattern to make last
• leg fit just as important as foot fit
• molding putty over poly last
• someone else to take your measurements
• don’t try to take yourself
• call if wearing orthotics
• use pencil, not pen
• the socks you’d normally wear
• pull socks snug
• sit
• form on flat board
• stand, bend knee slightly
• take your time
• foot tracing
  • begin with right foot
  • single, clean line
  • pencil held straight up
• measurements
  • behind ball
    • slide tape under foot
    • right behind ball
    • pull snug, not tight
    • mark on foot tracing where tape was placed
  • instep
    • snug
    • mark on foot tracing
  • base of heel
  • leg
    • if wearing pants in boots, measure inside and outside
    • ankle, just above bone
    • 7″ from ground
    • up at 2″ intervals until reach boot height
• don’t assume right and left the same
• notes
  • bunions
  • hammertoes
  • high instep
  • flat feet
  • bumps
  • protrusions
• take your time
• common mistakes
  • no marks of tape positions
  • line tracing incomplete
  • multiple trace lines
  • not using start line on tape
  • not taking all foot measurements
  • not taking all leg measurements
• will keep on file