A 305 degree oven works good for heating up kydex too. Not looking too bad kr. Did you see the kydex sheath I made today in my custom knives thread? Oh and my mechanics gloves work fine for it just do not sit and hold the kydex when heating it up. Only grap it when ready to work with it, but I am using a foam press i put together and then sometimes free hand shape some spots.
@ pieces of foam i got from knifekits and some plywood i had for backing then squeeze in my bench vise. I need to get some hinges and revamp mine into a table top like press
Roy, 2 pieces of 2x6, one hinge and some kydex press foam. I cover the foam with paper towel to make it last longer. Was out of blue shop towels, but regular kitchen paper towels work, too.
Here is the press i put together today. All I needed was the hinge I got at walmart. The rest I had already and was using my bench vise to press it together. One piece of foam from knifekits 8x24 cut in half so I have 2-8x12 pieces, it is backed by some old dresser drawer pieces 7 1/4 x 13 then used some 2x2s screwed to the dresser drawer pieces then the hinge screwed to the 2x2s, the front side I used a couple more 2x2 pieces to keep it same heigth as the back when sitting on table top and gives it space to get a c-clamp or even a bar-clamp on it. My c-clamp not big enough it is only 3" so I need a new clamp.
Here is the press i put together today. All I needed was the hinge I got at walmart. The rest I had already and was using my bench vise to press it together. One piece of foam from knifekits 8x24 cut in half so I have 2-8x12 pieces, it is backed by some old dresser drawer pieces 7 1/4 x 13 then used some 2x2s screwed to the dresser drawer pieces then the hinge screwed to the 2x2s, the front side I used a couple more 2x2 pieces to keep it same heigth as the back when sitting on table top and gives it space to get a c-clamp or even a bar-clamp on it. My c-clamp not big enough it is only 3" so I need a new clamp.
Forgot to put paper towels in the pic. They are used on each half of foam as a mold realese to keep hot kydex from sticking to foam. Replace paper towels every couple times when they wear out.