Docking for Big boys :)
This is FOR SURE a V1 Beta thing right now - more updates coming as I improve the design.
This is an easy to print magnetically retained PCC magazine holster system built around a Tek Mount Mini connector. This is sized for Glock 9mm PCC magazines. Everything is built around M4 screws but other screw types will work. This holster backplate + body + top combo is set up to attach directly to a Tek Mount Mini. I made these to go on my MLGBS system.
--Parts list--
1 x M2 countersunk screw pack
1 x M2 heat set threaded insert pack
1 x M4 countersunk screw pack
1 x M4 heat set threaded insert pack
1 x 25ish mm 60lb countersunk magnet pack
1 x tube of Superglue - Wherever you get superglue from if you are using TPU for the body. I am new to threaded inserts in TPU so there may be better solutions to this I am not aware of.
You will need washers / nuts for the magnets but those usually come with the screw packs. The ones I linked above have them in the same box.
--Parts List per Magazine Pouch--
A bunch of x 6mm M4 threaded inserts (I used superglue for TPU, heat set like normal if not TPU)
A bunch of x M4x12 for the holster body to connect though the backplate to the Tek Lok connector.
A bunch of x M4x12 to attach the magnets to the backplate.
6 x 25ish mm countersunk magnets (16mm if Beretta because the magnets are so strong)
6 x M4 washers / nuts
2 x M2 heat inserts
2 x M2 x 10 screws (many sizes will work)
--How to assemble--
0) Print the backplate
1) Print the holster top and bottom. I roughed up the inside of the holes with some sandpaper and made sure it was free of all support material. It is tricky with TPU as TPU bonds super hard with its supports but do your best. Make sure to pop out the little drainage hole on the bottom.
2) Put the heat inserts into holes on the TPU sections you printed.
---2A) IF you are using TPU, put a healthy dollop of super glue into the hole. Insert a screw partially into the threaded insert and wiggle that sucker in there. It should be very tight and you will have to do some serious wiggling.
---2B) IF you are using PLA / PETG or another material, insert it via soldering iron like normal.
3) Install magnets onto backplate - the tolerances here are loose as 26mm magnets are not all the same (sometimes not even the same in the same pack)
4) Snap the backplate onto the holster body.
5) Screw it all together.
6) Print and attach the Tek Mount Base + Wheel to the backplate. Depending on what screw holes you leave (4) you can move it up and down the holster.
--Print settings--
Body - 100% infill / 0.12 layer height / print on fuzzy skin / Overture Black TPU.
Backplate - 100% infill / 0.12 layer height / Overture RED PETG
--Tips--
1) IF you are using TPU, make sure to really clean the heat insert holes since TPU bonds so strongly to its supports.
2) IF you are using TPU, rough up the inside of the holes a little bit with some sandpaper so the superglue bonds better to it.
3) If you rub your mags down with a silicone rag, you should take that same silicone and wipe around inside of the holster. It will be very slick :)
The author marked this model as their own original creation.