The invention concerns a last (2) serving as template for making shoes,
designed for use in an automatic or semi-automatic shoemaking
installation. It is provided with a grip device (4), enabling it to be
gripped and/or immobilized by external complementary members, such as the
jaws of a manipulator robot's clamp. The last (2) is produced as a part
(3) initially cast in synthetic material. An insert (10) is embedded in
the material of said part (3) and designed to receive the elements (7, 8)
of the grip device (4). Said elements (7, 8) serve as support and
reference for machining the cast part, so as to obtain the final
configuration (22) of the last (2).
