@blis
This cutter was made some years ago with less tools as I have now. It is functional and usefull to give used shoes a 2nd life.
@TomB
Well these kind of projecs are very usefull. Many drivers can only play with the equipment they can buy, creating and finding out your own stuff is cheap, does give more possibillities to make changes over the standard and for me it was also a learning proces how to use my lathe which is fun. The pressure plate is one of the things not easy to do without re-seating the part in the lathe but I did find out how to do it with a perfect re-seating.
And yes, I do love the hobby and also the sport with it, it is only a sad thing that the factories and payed drivers are loosing the hobby more and more and making things and rules more difficult for the hobby drivers.