Denster Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Posted March 28, 2009 Bronsn: I use a bleeder but not the cloth you are refering to. The outlet valve has cutouts and I also made a platnen out of 1/2" plywood that has cutout going completely around, this goes under the outlet valve together they keep the bag from sealing itself at the outlet before the bag has pulled down around the holster. Quote
rhall Posted March 28, 2009 Report Posted March 28, 2009 Denster I had a sheet of .25" SS in the garage that measured 35"X42" So I just drilled,Taped and installed a fitting to hook up that Vaquam pump that I also was not using.I will put some 42" steel legs under it to make a Vaq. table.A good start to trying this method of Casing for Holsters.Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread! Quote
Denster Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Posted March 28, 2009 rhall: Are you making a vacuum table? I'm not sure if I read your post correctly. Anyway what I'm using is a vacuum bag does both sides of the holster at once. If you allready have the pump the bag closure and inlet valve are only $45. Might be an easier way to go. Quote
Members LarryDonaldson Posted March 31, 2009 Members Report Posted March 31, 2009 I was thinking of setting up this exact method. Where did you purchase your bag and other components? Has any one tried the bag method with a shop vacuum as the vacuum source? I have a Sheldon lathe I'm trying to sell to finance my purchase of a Toro 3000. Have about a dozen holsters I want to make for my own use. Who knows if I get good at it I may offer them for sale and develop an extra retirement income. Quote
Members LarryDonaldson Posted March 31, 2009 Members Report Posted March 31, 2009 Denster I'm assuming based on your pictures that you sew the holster before the vacuum process. Do you wet the leather also? Quote
Denster Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Posted March 31, 2009 K-Man : Kere are the pictures that show the detail that is brought up by the full vacuum. These just came out of the bag all I did while they were in was run my thumb along the slide frame line. Larry: I ordered the bag on line. The site is on my other computer I'll post you a link later. Yes the holster is sewen and wet prior to placing it in the bag. Careful with the retirement idea. That was my intention make a few holsters get a little extra fun money and take a big deduction on my taxes for a home business. Worked fine for the first year. Now I work harder than I did when I was working and I'm going to have to be really creative to keep from paying taxes. Quote
Members Tkleather1 Posted March 31, 2009 Members Report Posted March 31, 2009 I have a question, and probably a stupid one, I was noticing in the pictures that the hammer is back in the cocked position. Why? now I am not a holster maker I was just curious. But I do like the way that they form up using the vacuum very nice! Quote Tim Worley TK-Leather If you don't ask and dont try how are you gonna learn anything?
Members BOOMSTICKHolsters Posted March 31, 2009 Members Report Posted March 31, 2009 I can't answer for Denster's specific reasons, but both of those pistols are single action, meaning if there is a round in the chamber, the hammer must be back and the safety must be on. To decock the hammer on a live round is folly; any drop safeties would be bypassed, and it is risky to manipulate the hammer manually. Carrying without a round in the chamber is a tactical mistake; it will severely limit the user's ability to respond in a safe and timely manner in some situations which might mean the difference between life and death. It isn't a stupid question at all, Tkleather1. There is no inherent danger in a cocked pistol - only in poorly trained or negligent people. Denster, it looks to me like there are positives and negatives to both methods. The basic shape comes through enough to find the lines and chase them with a boning tool when using a vacuum bag, so it looks like it is deffinitely a viable option. I do think that more detail is exposed with a press, which might be beneficial if you didn't plan to bone the leather further. It looks like the vacuum bag forming method might yield "cleaner" results in some cases, as the possibility of over compressing the leather exists with a press if one is not careful (not to mention breaking a dummy gun if there is a fault in the material...ERRRRR). Time involved and preperation seems to be comparable with either method. I will try to get some better pictures taken today to show the detail exposed in a press without boning. Quote
Denster Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Posted March 31, 2009 Boomstick: I sure would appreciate seeing those. Oh one thing I forgot to mention the holsters in the pictures are made of 7oz leather. TK: The hammers are back for a purpose. (guns are not loaded of course) If I don't have the hammers back and the safety up the slide tends to get pushed back when I push the gun into the holster for forming and it gives me one more thing to fiddle with. Quote
Members Tkleather1 Posted March 31, 2009 Members Report Posted March 31, 2009 Boomstick: I sure would appreciate seeing those. Oh one thing I forgot to mention the holsters in the pictures are made of 7oz leather.TK: The hammers are back for a purpose. (guns are not loaded of course) If I don't have the hammers back and the safety up the slide tends to get pushed back when I push the gun into the holster for forming and it gives me one more thing to fiddle with. I got ya I was jsut curious if it was detremental to the forming process was all. There is no inherent danger in a cocked pistol - only in poorly trained or negligent people. and Boomstick I couldnt agree more. Quote Tim Worley TK-Leather If you don't ask and dont try how are you gonna learn anything?
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