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Kydex Water Bottels
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Are you talking about a kydex bottle holder or an actual kydex bottle? If so, how would you make it watertight? What advantage would a kydex bottle (if it existed) have over plastic, stainless steel or titanium
Well, you could make them at your house for one thing. I do not have the means to make Nalgene bottles at my house, do you?
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Well, to the best of my understanding kydex generally comes in flat sheets. It requires heat and pressure to mold it into the required shape, such as a sheath or holster. How would you take a flat sheet of plastic and form it into a watertight container using ordinary household items? I think I'll stick to my Nalgenes that I get from the store or failing that I'll reuse a plastic pepsi bottle . . .
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I'd have to wonder if kydex wouldn't leach anything in chemicals into the water. Not to mention the temperature sensitivity of it...
I don't think it is a good idea.
I don't think it is a good idea.
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Speaking as a 'kydex guy',It would be theoretically possible but your cost would be higher than just buying a normal bottle. Besides home making it what would be the advantage?
Ask around, I like the untried and new ideas in kydex as much as the next guy but don't see it happening.
(watch, next post will have a pic of someone who did one already
Ask around, I like the untried and new ideas in kydex as much as the next guy but don't see it happening.
(watch, next post will have a pic of someone who did one already
You could form it around a large flask or something, with one side being flat. Then you could rivet it and seal the seams with a water proof/tight sealant.
I have not thought greatly about it and my intention is not to confuse you.
I am just a little bored and got to thinking about it.
(I am actually a little confused about your response, it is not like you are obligated to use this hypothetical water bottle, any how. I was just looking for ideas.)
I have not thought greatly about it and my intention is not to confuse you.
I am just a little bored and got to thinking about it.
(I am actually a little confused about your response, it is not like you are obligated to use this hypothetical water bottle, any how. I was just looking for ideas.)
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No problem. If your not confused your not on the internet
Hmmm. The sealing compund would have to be food grade/watertight. Why Kydex? Why not just heat a 1L. or 2L. bottle to the 'shaping' point and then flatenning it out in a mold press to the size and shape you want, like a glass blower shapes glass on a pipe.
No problem. If your not confused your not on the internet
Hmmm. The sealing compund would have to be food grade/watertight. Why Kydex? Why not just heat a 1L. or 2L. bottle to the 'shaping' point and then flatenning it out in a mold press to the size and shape you want, like a glass blower shapes glass on a pipe.
Why Kydex? I do not have a reason, I like to think and when an idea comes to me I have the tendency to roll it over in my head, like this one.
Mostly a passing thought, do not read into it too much.
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I suppose you could make a two part flask, like you do with leather.
The orange PVC cement WILL fuse Kydex and stands up to actual use.
I have laminated sheets of .080" Kydex this way for projects requiring thicker material.
Probably not the most practical and who knows what's in/on Kydex that you don't want IN you, but you could do it with a single half-flask mold. form two halves and cement/rivet together like a two-part sheath, but with cement.
Actually, might not be the best water bottle idea but could make some neat containers for other stuff that way.
The orange PVC cement WILL fuse Kydex and stands up to actual use.
I have laminated sheets of .080" Kydex this way for projects requiring thicker material.
Probably not the most practical and who knows what's in/on Kydex that you don't want IN you, but you could do it with a single half-flask mold. form two halves and cement/rivet together like a two-part sheath, but with cement.
Actually, might not be the best water bottle idea but could make some neat containers for other stuff that way.
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If not as we type, someone will eventually. That's where so many of the cool Kydex thingies came from that we are so proud to make.
I have seen some really creative stuff come from people experimenting with Kydex. The original idea does not necessarily always work out, but the inquiry and curiosity tends to eventually lead to something useful.
I have a box full of my own "failures" under the bench, but each of them taught me something new. I won't learn anything new if I can't step outside the box.... or water bottle, whichever the case may be.
Someone will make a water bottle and it will be deemed a failure. I can almost promise that. Someone else will eventually use part of the idea to make something else more useful later and it will be all the rage for a while.
A cold, flat sheet of Kydex is an invitation to create something new and makes it possible for people with limited resources to do so. "Adapt, improvise and overcome....?"
you can make Kydex sheets at home, or you can take a Kydex sheet you bought and make stuff from it at home?
perhaps i blinked, but i haven't seen anyone posting any homebrew Kydex threads to make the materials at home. so you're still stuck buying something. and compared to a stainless or ti container, you can't cook in it, compared to a plastic Nalgene container it will be somewhat brittle and crack easily. (easir than Nalgene at any rate)