bEatmstrJ posted:

Its not quite like that, but you're certainly on the right track. We've actually made a number of improvements to the process since I posted this thread, but ultimately the manufacturing part needs to be outsourced to someone with expensive machines. All of our patterns are the same, just a straight line with alternating sizes, very basic stuff.

The basic process for us is applying transfer tape to a row of pre-aligned gems, stretching the sock over a plastic template and applying the transfer tape to the template to line the gems up on the sock. Stick the whole thing in the heat-press a few at a time and you're done. We can do about 12-15pr an hour with this method, but when you start getting orders for hundreds of pairs that are due in a few days its hard to keep up.