Press Molding A Holster. What Rubber Hardness?

[Reaper]

I ordered a 2 x 1 foot sheet of the rubber foam from www.knifekits.com which is used in pressing Kydex for holster making. Place it between two 1 x 12 x 12 pieces of oak I had laying around and clamp the corners with some vise grips. Works pretty well and I can put it all up in a drawer when not using it.

[Bronson]

I went with a 12 ton since it's a floor model instead of the 6 tons which are benchtop.

I wish I would have gone with 12 ton simply it's a floor model. I have the 6 ton and it works fine but it takes up a chunk of my work bench. By the time I buy a stand for it I could have bought the 12 ton floor model when it's on sale.

Bronson

Edited May 20, 2011 by Bronson

[billymac814]

I wish I would have gone with 12 ton simply it's a floor model. I have the 6 ton and it works fine but it takes up a chunk of my work bench. By the time I buy a stand for it I could have bought the 12 ton floor model when it's on sale.

Bronson

I almost got the 6 ton, but the more I kept thinking about it I figured I'd have to have some type of stand which adds more money and I thing the 6 ton only has a few inches to work with if I remember correctly. The 20 ton one looked like it was built much better than the 12 was but for pressing holsters the 12 is perfect, especially for 110 bucks. The 6 ton would be perfect though if someone already had a stand, and at 65.00 bucks it's hard to beat.

If you bought the extended warranty they'd let you upgrade I think. I bought a power washer a while ago and got the warranty because I figured it would break and when it did I took it back and they left me have a store credit for anything if I didn't want the washer, I ended up getting a belt sander instead. I normally don't go for the extended warranty though unless I know I'm going to need it.

[whinewine]

I almost got the 6 ton, but the more I kept thinking about it I figured I'd have to have some type of stand which adds more money and I thing the 6 ton only has a few inches to work with if I remember correctly. The 20 ton one looked like it was built much better than the 12 was but for pressing holsters the 12 is perfect, especially for 110 bucks. The 6 ton would be perfect though if someone already had a stand, and at 65.00 bucks it's hard to beat.

If you bought the extended warranty they'd let you upgrade I think. I bought a power washer a while ago and got the warranty because I figured it would break and when it did I took it back and they left me have a store credit for anything if I didn't want the washer, I ended up getting a belt sander instead. I normally don't go for the extended warranty though unless I know I'm going to need it.

For the hydraulic shop presses, I'd suggest getting the extended warranty. My 20 ton shop press jack died yesterday & I had to get another one- I got the extended warranty on that one & now I have 2 years instead of 90 days with the jacks. (The jacks are probably chinese or taiwanese made, so there is a good chance they will fail- at the MOST inopportune time, as in my case .) And for $10 + tax, it's worth the protection. At some point, I'm going to try to repair the bad one, but it may not be worth it...