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i wear a size 36 levi;s or at least thats what i am wearing. i should try to get a size 37 but they're not available. so i ordered a 38. sheesh, can't keep up up cause the but has all gone to the stomach. . . some of you old guys can follow this. I've got a bunch of 36's, brand new in the drawer and have been working on the one pair that i still can button. ? ? ? now what.
i remember when my wife bought me a hat, I'm bald and she figures i need an old many type hat. . . . great, thats too dam tight and i get a headache from it.. ... ....
walking thru my friends bunch of collectables, lo and behold, i spy a "hat stretcher" from the past. beautiful wood craftsmanship. . . hey, i sad, can i borrow this ? well i did and it worked just like it was suppose to, but back to the levi's.
why not make a stretcher for the jeans ? ok, i got a couple cable spools and lots of scrap wood, and i make a two piece rig, looks like it will maybe work:
so i figured this would be pretty neat, it fit the waste band nearly perfect, good guess. then i needed some sort of wedge to spread it until you could almost hear the threads scream "enough". ahhhaa !
so i dug this out from under the bench:
worked like a charm. it took about 3 minutes and i have all my levi's stretched until they go thru the washer and dryer next time. . .
i had to share as my wife just told me there was another way to remedy the issue. . . .
i remember when my wife bought me a hat, I'm bald and she figures i need an old many type hat. . . . great, thats too dam tight and i get a headache from it.. ... ....
walking thru my friends bunch of collectables, lo and behold, i spy a "hat stretcher" from the past. beautiful wood craftsmanship. . . hey, i sad, can i borrow this ? well i did and it worked just like it was suppose to, but back to the levi's.
why not make a stretcher for the jeans ? ok, i got a couple cable spools and lots of scrap wood, and i make a two piece rig, looks like it will maybe work:
so i figured this would be pretty neat, it fit the waste band nearly perfect, good guess. then i needed some sort of wedge to spread it until you could almost hear the threads scream "enough". ahhhaa !
so i dug this out from under the bench:
worked like a charm. it took about 3 minutes and i have all my levi's stretched until they go thru the washer and dryer next time. . .
i had to share as my wife just told me there was another way to remedy the issue. . . .