What is the best method to add a palm pad?

[MaverickAH]

Ah, right! I remember. It wasn't in pieces, but the orange pad had torn in places along the seam where it was attached.

It wasn't torn in multiple places. One tear. Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure that it was a tear as it was too clean. It was more like a cut. In any case the piece of material was too small & insignificant to be effective whole or not.

 

[Rous]

It wasn't torn in multiple places. One tear. Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure that it was a tear as it was too clean. It was more like a cut. In any case the piece of material was too small & insignificant to be effective whole or not.

I may be confusing it with another GS. I have worked on a couple where the orange foam rubber gave out along the seam where it was attached.

 

[davisrelacing]

An example mitt with Poron XRD as a palm pad. This glove had little use, and, even with that, parts of the pad were already floating around the perimeter. Taken apart last night and de-molded.

 

[smarkley3]

Being an OF I would rather do with out than use that yellow crap, LOL.

 

[Dan240]

Being that this past week has been too cold to do anything outside, this thread gave me an idea to fool around with. I took an older Wilson 1st base glove that I had lying around. I've always liked the glove, but the palm was thin and stung like hell if you caught a hard throw or liner the wrong way. It was past due for a relace anyway. I used some upholstery leather to make a dual layer pad The darker being thinner but stiffer, the other being thicker and more soft. I traced the palm pattern out. Applied some leather glue, then hand-stitched around the edges. I test fit the layered piece into the palm and threw it back together. With a little couch catch I noticed a big difference in the feel. You can feel the pad, but it's not bulky. The real test will be throwing around and seeing what the difference is.
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[ANNASDAD]

THE BIG SCOOP!!

I know it’s just the angle of the photo (maybe not?) but that mitt looks massive in relation to your wrist!

Great work Dan!

 

[Dan240]

Thank you sir. That Mitt is beyond massive. 14" I believe. Certain this thing can catch a coconut and still have plenty of room.