Some ghetto grade DIY rollie gear

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Now just to do some water transfer painting. Can make some pretty interesting paterns that look quite professional.

You could probably convert this into a bit of a side-hustle for beer money.

I'm more stuck in the mud than 'old school' so would probably break out in hives if I were to decorate a piece of gear with skulls or american eagles or such like but I know there's definitely a market for it. The nes in the pics haven't been tumbled yet and that really finishes them off nicely leaving a completely uniform and matte surface. It works equally well on the ABS I use for sheaths and holster.

I have thought about the side hustle thing and the key would be a rapid and precise way to do the cutting. I can get sheet water jet or lazer cut at very reasonable rates but not pipe. To make it viable in the absence of CNC cutting I'd need to get a steel jig made up that I could use to guide a flush cut router bit or something along those lines. The real overhead is in trimming and polishing so precision cutting that allows for the finishing to be done in a tumbler is the only way it would be viable. An additional issue is that I'd need to get hands on the most popular loader makes and models to be able to make steel templates as the critical dimensions all vary.     

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You could probably convert this into a bit of a side-hustle for beer money.

Some members of my club saw the carriers I made and twisted my arm gently to make a batch for them. I Got 20 to the point where they were profiled and polished yesterday but I think that had already burned up approx 10 hours. There will still be a an hour or two to mold the belt tails and retention fingers.

I've done a bit of googling and have found Chinese videos of PVC pipe being lazer cut. Anyone know if there is a local company who can do lazer or waterjet or some other method?