Kylo Ren: Belt WIP & Guide

[Sni9er]

Hey guys thought i;d share my work on the belt as well as making it a short guide for the leather uninitiated

this is the schematic i'l be working too the dimensions are all extrapolated from my Buckle build of 5 inch height:

anyway I spent a while in the leather shop today to find the right hide the guys in my local shop are always super helpful and pointed me towards this split hide i like it as it's nice flat and heavy

here is it next to my buckle and 2 3/8th straps which are too bIg currently, so using my stap cutter i dropped them down to 1/2 inch to match the exhibit:

(old on the top new on the bottom)

the next step was to cut my stitch groove with a groove cutter, set to 1/4 of an inch:

result:

i did the same to the base belt leather so i can line my sitches up and ensure the streap is in perfect simetry with the edge

all the grooves cut:

next i used a 6 stich per inch pin wheel to mark my holes on the outer and main belt leather:

and a little preview of the stitch wheel marks i'll sew this up tomorrow and add more information

 

[mvanwalks421]

Another brilliant thread of yours to subscribe to

 

[MasterEdi]

Wow!!!... Fantastic Luke!... You truly are a man of many talents and many trades!... Thanks for showing us all how you are accomplishing this.... Can't wait to see all of it together!

 

[Sni9er]

So until i find the saber clip i just printed mine for now i will release the file after i check it on a saber ^^:

excuse the half finished belt sewing haven't had time/been slacking so haven't finished sewing the belt haha it took my 3 hours to sew one strip on ! i'll post the process of that for educational purposes later today. good things come to those who wait and all that

Original:

on reflection i can see how to improve my mesh the baseplate needs to be wider if I use the M3 Hex countersunk screws as a reference i need to increase the base width by about 10mm each side and also improve the countersunk depth slightly for a flush fit

 

[levallois]

That will be awsome =)

I do an comparaison picture even the belt is 127mm height.


The Blue Part is taller than your.
and I think there are M2.5 Hex not M3.

PDF A4 fullsize (vectorial) [Downloadable]

 

[Sni9er]

That will be awsome =)

I do an comparaison picture even the belt is 127mm height.

http://upload.dinhosting.fr/r/q/K/small_comparaison.png
The Blue Part is taller than your.
and I think there are M2.5 Hex not M3.

PDF A4 fullsize (vectorial) [Downloadable]

I agree I'll factor this into tonight's revision good idea RE M2.5 also !

 

[Sni9er]

Updated:

Version 1.00 will be ready soon

 

[vaderjeff1744]

Very NICE!:thumbsup

 

[Sni9er]

Updated to include Video Link also here are some shots of the new modded mesh:

it will be available to download shortly:

 

[levallois]

Maybe this can help you :

I started to build 3D shape from picture with "Match Photo" tool (Sketchup).

This is the result :


I Used AutoCAD to scale it good. and transform to have a good dimention (i.e. 12 not 11.9015246)
well this is the Result:

And the Pdf version:
LINK

 

[Sni9er]

nice work I knew I forgot something (to make it wider)

also FYI i think the bottom two holes can be flat on your drawing as I feel these are probably rivets due to the mangled nature of the head haha

 

[Sni9er]

Updated:
https://www.shapeways.com/model/upload-and-buy/3451496

i have a slightly wider channel than you as i've kept the bar on the saber as a standard 1/4 inch and put the channel a tad wider for clearance thanks for the additional annotation !

 

[Sni9er]

Version 2.0 in the flesh:

 

[vaderjeff1744]

Looks GREAT!:thumbsup

 

[thedarkone]

Awesome work. Will you be offering the leather belts as well?

 

[Sni9er]

Awesome work. Will you be offering the leather belts as well?

Unfortunately this is not something i'm currently looking at as it is very labor intensive and i am but one man ! haha

 

[dday]

Unfortunately this is not something i'm currently looking at as it is very labor intensive and i am but one man ! haha

Time to engage my local leather folks to see what they can come up with!

 

[Sni9er]

I'll happily offer my finished template/guide to all once it's finished

 

[vaderjeff1744]

I'll happily offer my finished template/guide to all once it's finished

Sounds GREAT to me! Please share the type/weight of leather with us that you used. Also, are you going to do a run on the saber clip? If not, how do I go about getting one based on your design? Thanks for the help/info. Your belt & saber clip look GREAT!cool

 

[Chicagovader]

Shapeways link doesn't work, belt looks great and the clip is awesome!