Building a kydex press.....

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I received 4 (12" x 12" x 1" thick) pieces of the PVC (kydex) foam, and I need to build a good kydex press.
Any ideas, web links, advice, ect. would be greatly appreciated.
 
I wanna build a hydraulic press for kydex. Don't have to be too powerful, just something that'll move fast and give me the best kydex sheaths I can make. When I make a batch of neck knives it gets old doing the sheaths by hand.
 
Japanese Kydex press



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canranger said:
Japanese Kydex press



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Bwahahahahahahahah!
Getting them to stand still for 20 minutes may be a problem. :D

I am curious to what type of glue I should use for the wood/foam?
 
You don't need no stinking glue! At least I go glueless and it works for my press. Be sure to use a release agent of some type or you'll get a bunch of fuzzy little blue dots that have melted onto your Kydex from the foam. That stuff doesn't like to come off, either. A healthy squirt of WD-40 works great. I actually have been using cheap cooking spray and that works even better.
 
Chiro75 said:
You don't need no stinking glue! At least I go glueless and it works for my press. Be sure to use a release agent of some type or you'll get a bunch of fuzzy little blue dots that have melted onto your Kydex from the foam. That stuff doesn't like to come off, either. A healthy squirt of WD-40 works great. I actually have been using cheap cooking spray and that works even better.
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HiJack!

Did you know you can also use cooking spray to coat your sawblades with? Oh yeah, baby! Works great, and makes the blade saw better and stay cleaner. :)

UN-hijacked... Yeppers, a simple sleeping pad is probably the best choice for a kydex press. Use Ensolite if you can find it. :cool:
 
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