Homemade kydex holsters?

[JGSFAB]

Scanned my RIA Tac Ultra FS-DS

Dunno if 160tons was enough....

Not back for a 1st stab.
I have an outer print so I can have a router jig.
Question is best way to heat the sight channel and bend it. The bottom mold comes off the base plate and pegs together for a complete gun mold.
Just heat gun and fold it over I suppose.

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[JGSFAB]

Forgive the generic screws, more hardware on the way. Not bad for my first try, maybe it could sit lower?

 

[shoengine]

You got a press brake at home?

 

[Koda]

Not exactly "home" made but I admire the craftsmanship. I was a press brake operator years ago, now a CAD designer so I appreciate what your up to here. Ive thought about making my own kydex but without a shop I quickly learned to just buy them.

 

[JGSFAB]

You got a press brake at home?

I consider it home (100ft away).

 

[JGSFAB]

 

[shoengine]

I don't even have a working drill press!

 

[JGSFAB]

Pressbrake made sense , I have a glass linear encoder on the blade drop so its crushes it just right.

 

[JGSFAB]

I don't even have a working drill press!

I'm the product of multi-generational hoarding... Jim's Gun Shop was a machine shop in a basement.

 

[JGSFAB]

Not exactly "home" made but I admire the craftsmanship. I was a press brake operator years ago, now a CAD designer so I appreciate what your up to here. Ive thought about making my own kydex but without a shop I quickly learned to just buy them.

It certainly doesn't take a real press. Vacuum forming looks really fun but a simple foam book press works. The real meat here is scanning and printing the molds, no layers of tape and gum on your gun or a blue gun.
It comes out with drill holes, router jig, etc.

Its totally garage friendly.

 

[edzz]

I'm the product of multi-generational hording... Jim's Gun Shop was a machine shop in a basement.

"multi-generational hording" Cool...

 

[Deavis]

Cut wood and masking tape in place the sight channel onto blue gun before press

 

[JGSFAB]

Cut wood and masking tape in place the sight channel onto blue gun before press

No blue guns/tape/glue/etc. required if you have the tools.

Getting the process down to A to B.
Fusion 360 is really good but Rhino3D seems to be the only program that can shell a mesh.

 

[JGSFAB]

One for my full size G-lock , accessories mounted.

 

[RedLetter]

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Scanned my RIA Tac Ultra FS-DS
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Dunno if 160tons was enough....
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Not back for a 1st stab.
I have an outer print so I can have a router jig.
Question is best way to heat the sight channel and bend it. The bottom mold comes off the base plate and pegs together for a complete gun mold.
Just heat gun and fold it over I suppose.

Can I see more of this process? You scanned your gun and then edit in Rhino3D? What material is the mold printed in?

 

[JGSFAB]

Can I see more of this process? You scanned your gun and then edit in Rhino3D? What material is the mold printed in?

I'm trying PLA+ on the lastest. PETG would be good as well. Rhino would do all the mesh work but I keep getting bugs , might need upgraded. Fusion does a little better. Solid work is in Autocad.

 

[Koda]

I'm trying PLA+ on the lastest. PETG would be good as well. Rhino would do all the mesh work but I keep getting bugs , might need upgraded. Fusion does a little better. Solid work is in Autocad.

If all you need is a mold, creat an assembly model, position the scanned gun and subtract it from the mold block.
I work in Solidworks so I dont know how/possible that is in other CAD systems.

 

[RedLetter]

I'm trying PLA+ on the lastest. PETG would be good as well. Rhino would do all the mesh work but I keep getting bugs , might need upgraded. Fusion does a little better. Solid work is in Autocad.

I used Fusion in the past but it's been years now. More recently I tried FreeCad, but that was not very intuitive. I'll have to play with this some more.

 

[JGSFAB]

If all you need is a mold, creat an assembly model, position the scanned gun and subtract it from the mold block.
I work in Solidworks so I dont know how/possible that is in other CAD systems.

Its simple if your dealing all in solids. Problem is the scans are mesh polygons which get too heavy as solids unless you reverse engineer them into solids.
Programs that do mesh Boolean (add/subtract/etc.) well are a little rare- one does this, one does that. The scans can be really DIRTY (bad faces, holes, etc.).

It took some experimenting in every program I have to get results.

 

[JGSFAB]

Not happy with the sight channel onto the glock, needs tweaking. The Beagle is too tight, printed some 1 peice spacers to adjust it a bit. Overall not bad, I really want a vac press, foam just isn't the same.