Ammo Belt My ammo belt (with a 3D file)

[boydell]

I happen to have a bunch of dark brown fake leather vinyl. Time to start making an ammo belt. I decided the easiest way would be to print up some quick blocks.

Here is the file if anyone else wants it:
https://app.box.com/s/nzvogh3vmiwvlxid1vqj3bly7v4ydbbq

 

[Armydad]

Very cool, how long to print one out?

 

[boydell]

About an hour for 1. The entire set took about 8, so I kicked it off at night, and in the morning I had 8 nice little boxes.

 

[boydell]

Made up a quick template for wrapping the box.


https://app.box.com/s/j5b0tejm572owp1a9amhovvk7bdraman

Printed it on card stock, cut it out and traced it on the vinyl, cut it out and glued it on to one of the boxes with some E6000.



I colored the edges that I thought could show with a black marker. I also made sure the top edges lined up with the top of the box.



That made the bottom a little bit longer, which is going to make those corners hide better later, as the vinyl wrapped around those corners just a little bit.

 

[boydell]

Made up all the cover strips, and sewed in the thread. I got better as I went along. The first few were a little rough.

Glued on one.

I used some brown shoe polish on the edges of the vinyl to make it look more like leather. I like how it turned out. Fairly happy with it. Now to make them all up.

 

[BobasDent1138]

Looking good!! If only we could print the leather and stitching...

 

[boydell]

No doubt!

Sent from my Nexus 6

 

[Level3Fett]

Nice job man. Way to go for it.