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I've recently picked up a few new toys and need some holsters for them. I saw a few youtube videos on doing vacuum forming of kydex and thought I might give it a try.
Here is the box I've built, which will have my shopvac connected to the port on the side.
The top is a simple frame suspending a sheet of 12" x 12" X 1/32" silicon, which is heat resistant to 400* and very pliable.
I'll lay the piece to be formed on the box, lay a piece of kydex (heated to 350* for 2 minutes in a toaster oven) aligned over the piece, put the lid over the box/piece to be formed, and turn on the shopvac to vacuum form the kydex to the shape of the piece.
More pics to follow later...
Here is the box I've built, which will have my shopvac connected to the port on the side.
The top is a simple frame suspending a sheet of 12" x 12" X 1/32" silicon, which is heat resistant to 400* and very pliable.
I'll lay the piece to be formed on the box, lay a piece of kydex (heated to 350* for 2 minutes in a toaster oven) aligned over the piece, put the lid over the box/piece to be formed, and turn on the shopvac to vacuum form the kydex to the shape of the piece.
More pics to follow later...