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How to Make Shoes : The Basics

How to Make Shoes If you want to learn how to make shoes you have come to the right place!  I’m going to explain the modern, most common ways that shoes are made. This is how the big brands like Nike™, Adidas™, and even Walmart […]

How Adidas Makes Shoes

What does it really take to make a sneaker?

Making A Sneaker The sneaker is a staple of the modern world.  Children and adults around the world have closets full of them. How do sneakers get made and who makes them? What does it take to make a sneaker? It takes an army of […]

What is a Shoe Pattern

How a New Shoe is Made: Shoe Development Process

The Shoe Development Process Once the design concept has been selected and refined, it is time to turn the drawings into a new sneaker.  This is when the footwear developer joins the designer to move the project forward. The developer is an experienced technician that […]

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Update: Over 10,000 Readers in over 60 Countries!  

Read by over 2500 3000 5000   10,000 people in 60 countries! We want to take a minute to thank the 900,000 1,000,000 2,450,000 people around the globe that have visited the SneakerFactory.net website in the past two years. We also want to extend a special thank you to […]

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Shoemaking Hand Tools

Shoemaking Hand Tools Let’s look at shoemaking tools you will need for any DIY shoe projects. These are the shoemaking tools you will find in any shoe repair or handmade shoe shop. Of course, we can also call these cobblers tools. While you will have […]

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How to Make Shoe Cutting Dies

Making cuttinges for shoes Mass production of footwear requires cutting every type of shoe material. Shoe leather, fabric, foam, and reinforcing materials must all be cut into the shoe pattern shapes. While there are many new technologies for cutting shoe materials such as a laser, […]