Equiptment
Making your first project can be accomplished with a minimum of equiptment, however, the items listed below will help make your project easier, and improve the level of finish.
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Kydex Press made at home |
| Here is an improvised Kydex Press that I use, and it works so well, I have no need to make a better one. | |
| tags • kydex • press • diy | |
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Eyelet or Rivet Set |
| This is the inexpensive way to put rivets or eyelets into your kydex projects | |
| tags • eyelet • rivet • kydex | |
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Toaster Oven - Even heat |
| This is the family toaster oven, one of the best ways to form kydex out in your workshop. | |
| tags • toaster • shaping • kydex • heat | |
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Table Sanding station |
| A not completely unecissary tool that makes the job much easier. | |
| tags • sanding • finishing • kydex • shaping | |
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Metalic Sharpie Marker writes in Silver |
| This new sharpie writes and stays on Kydex, and since it is silver it shows up well. | |
| tags • sharpie • outline • plans • equiptment | |
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Templates |
| Templates are commonly used pieces that you wrap the kydex around to form it. | |
| tags • shaping • kydex • templates • equiptment | |
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Heat Gun |
| A tool for Shaping kydex | |
| tags • shaping • kydex • heat • equiptment | |
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Sanding Films - The final step before using your Kydex Project |
| Finish sanding may not alway be fun, but it really makes a huge difference in the look of your project | |
| tags • sanding • films • finishing • kydex | |
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Dremel - all purpose tool |
| When I started working with Kydex, I only had a dremel for a sander, and used it from start to finish | |
| tags • dremel • sanding • finishing • equiptment • cutting | |
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Craftsman 14 Inch Bandsaw |
| Bandsaws are in my opinion the easiest way of cutting kydex into whatever shape you like | |
| tags • kydex • shaping • cutting • equiptment • bandsaw | |
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Welding Gloves - hold the kydex as long as you like |
| When forming with the heat gun, my process relies on the welding gloves | |
| tags • welding • gloves • kydex • shaping | |
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Counter Sink - clean up those holes! |
| This can be used to remove the burrs from around the holes you drill. | |
| tags • drilling • kydex • eyelets | |