Vacuum Forming Kydex Machine
Stuart the owner of blue light tacti.
Vacuum forming kydex machine. We also offer a kydex pinch forming press sometimes referred to as the kydex taco press. 165 177 c 330 350 f for 1 50mm 0 060. Over the last 20 years we have developed the number one selling steel design kydex press systems in the 12 and 24 inch kydex press. I have always wanted to build a vacuum form machine and when i built my latest robot click here i finally had a reason to.
It is the last vacuum press for kydex holster making you will ever need. My holsters come out perfect. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. With over 30 years of designing and developing the most reliable vacuum forming machine in the industry we would encourage you our new customer to review this site and take time to visit our youtube station where you will see one of the largest libaries of projects of our past customers.
We offer time proven industry tested vacuum and thermoforming technology. The thermapress vf 1 is the most versatile and most advanced bench top vacuum former press ever built. Kydex which is a low heat formable plastic works great too but because. I use to have to use my heat gun after i pulled them out of my foam press to do a lot of touch up work and to make the fit just right so that the holster wasnt to tight or not tight enough but not any more.
Forming temperatures guidelines. Easy diy vacuum former. There are several types of plastic but the most commonly used in vacuum forming is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene abs. When forming kydex sheet it is better to rely on the sheet appearance during heating than on fixed cycle times.
The hd 2424 vacuum former and the hd curved jig has made life 100x easier for me. I needed to make a shell or top to my robot and i didn t want to mess around with fiberglass and all of the grinding and. Finally we offer a full range of kydex vacuum forming presses and. Cycle times will vary depending on the oven conditions and grade of kydex sheet being formed.
Learn how to build your own professional vacuum former to make kydex holsters knife sheaths and other tactical stuff. These high tech vacuum forming machines are made for small businesses home hobbyists prototyping labs costume makers and for production lines in some industries.