Those closing 30 seconds did it for me. Thanks for the continued quality content. Go Team.
@thecocooreo8 ай бұрын
Thanks Isaac, Your hieroglyph photo would make an awesome kydex print!
@GhostDaTactical8 ай бұрын
YES. In color, or imo, just using the pattern of the hieroglyphs as a “camo pattern”
@jefforymerten96138 ай бұрын
T-Rex Arms: come for Lucas Bot-shooting. Stay for Isaac's Comms & Labs content. Freaking brilliant.
@richardblackhart8 ай бұрын
Bro, that flashback sequence and sudden mystery lore at the end was amazing. I already love T-REX arms, (I'm not an American (YET) so I'm not a customer (YET)), but the new channels add so much more to my learning experience.
@directorDex8 ай бұрын
Isaac is such a freaking nerd and I love it
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
Yep, I'm afraid so.
@Nate-vi4ft8 ай бұрын
Same!
@yummyyumsum8 ай бұрын
is this guy Lucas brother? they talk and look similar
@ZombiePanda17768 ай бұрын
I actually like Isaac's content more than the main channel. Us nerds have to stick together.
@nono-jj9rr7 ай бұрын
@@yummyyumsum Yup
@modernhereticnw8 ай бұрын
Holy crap. That wall at the end… 😱😳😮
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
Pretty impressive in real life.
@Osprey19948 ай бұрын
I have an old Sidecar 1.0 that refuses to break, and I have a 2.0 that I used consistently for about 1 year that broke right near the claw (it was the thinner kydex). I contacted TREX, they responded extremely quickly, had me set up so that I could choose a different color if I wanted, and after expressing my interest in the new adjustable claw they sent me a prototype with my holster. The new holster is holding up well, and I'm confident that if something happens, Trex will have another holster in my mailbox in short order. There are lots of good holster companies out there. But I will continue to support Trex as long as they are a force for good.
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
How you liking the new claw?
@theKashConnoisseur8 ай бұрын
@@isaacbotkintrex I still have to get back to the CS department with my feedback, but the prototype claw solved my issues with fine tuning the holster fit. I had to max out the adjustability with it, so perhaps it could be slightly more extended. And it did end up cracking into 2 pieces after ~8 weeks of daily use. However, I think that's more due to material than design.
@True_Patriotx8 ай бұрын
Was not expecting that ending.
@aaronakiyama8 ай бұрын
The amount of development you guys are doing is fantastic. Having worked for a larger holster company some years ago, what you're doing compared to what we were doing is like comparing space flight to a conestoga wagon.
@JohnShaw26.28 ай бұрын
I wish we were neighbors 😂 I’d learn so much cool stuff from you.
@TheMrpunisher778 ай бұрын
The future of this channel is looking great. Cant wait for more of this.
@andrewm63938 ай бұрын
That 2009 hair was the pinnacle of former homeschooler hair. I’d say it takes one to know one but let’s be real sometimes people can spot us from a mile away. On another note it was cool to hear what you said about watchers of this channel+podcast listeners in the episode introducing this channel. Looking forward to the more technical videos and more history content on the podcast. Keep up the good work.
@directorDex8 ай бұрын
Were those light towers in the room talking about the chemical engineer a call back to Jurrasic Park? Because of so, kudos for that cool Easter egg. Isaac is such an underrated part of this channel. Loving this content.
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Good eye! That is a replica of the 1993 Jurassic Park computers, which were also replicas of the CM-5s made by Thinking Machine in 1991.
@directorDex8 ай бұрын
@@T.REXLabs it never occurred to me until now, when you said the name of the manufacturer, that's who the little DNA strand was referencing when he says, "Thinking Machines, super computers..." I always thought it was just a generic term. Wow. TIL.
@kc8omg8 ай бұрын
Thank you! As soon as I saw it I thought "I know what that is!" but I was racking my brain and could not place it 😂
@TREXARMS8 ай бұрын
@@directorDex We use them for resequencing holster DNA now.
@kc8omg8 ай бұрын
Loved the preview for the new "T.RexDigs" channel at the end there.
@jasonmcclish25808 ай бұрын
Great video guys. Especially curious about the ending.
@AT05-z9h8 ай бұрын
These videos keep on getting better and better
@ebc1f77 ай бұрын
I love that ur heat press’s have tape or webbing so the shorter staff can reach.
@theKashConnoisseur8 ай бұрын
Commenting for the algo. Thanks for everything T-Rex and the Botkin family do to progress the culture of knowledge and training around our 2A rights.
@bthemedia7 ай бұрын
For a title “Why we use Kydex…” this was an AMAZING video! 🤩 I still have goosebumps and am filled with awe/humor after having watched it!
@johndunbar23938 ай бұрын
I'm so glad y'all started this channel. Thanks, Isaac.
@dcusator8 ай бұрын
Continuous Quality Improvement what all great manufacturers do. Keep it up.
@calebdoner8 ай бұрын
As a gun nut who is also an automation equipment sales engineer, this video tickles me in all the right places. :)
@tac4bravo8 ай бұрын
Amazing work Issac! Including the ending, you never cease to impress
@newtoncain8 ай бұрын
Thank you for that end shot! So awe inspiring.....
@kalebcantr52418 ай бұрын
I have purchased many sidecars since 2019 and the most recent one feb of 24’ is the thickest kydex i have seen. This makes for a sturdier feeling holster. Iv carried it for a few weeks daily 8+ hrs per day and i must say this iteration is the most comfortable g19 holster iv ever used. Thank you TRexArms for setting the bar of what quality holster should be.
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Yep, last year we upgraded from 0.080" kydex to 0.093" Kydex, and it made a surprisingly big difference.
@MurryBallstein8 ай бұрын
My sidecar cracked in the same exact spot. T. REX sent me a new one by the end of the week. Thanks guys
@walkerklopfenstein26938 ай бұрын
Isaac could have his own channel and every single one of us would sub and hit that bell
@FreedomandBaconHomestead8 ай бұрын
Love seeing the continual improvements!
@mateokins98 ай бұрын
I got my ragnarok early last year, purely for larping purposes. I love it. Thanks for your hard work
@JoshuaE-BiblePatriot8 ай бұрын
Y’all are definitely one of my favorite if not my favorite company all around
@MrCakers8 ай бұрын
That ending was epic.
@robottwrecks52368 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing your setup! This is very inspirational
@bradhicks30408 ай бұрын
So impressed with you guys, the pursuit of perfection is honoring to God. Thanks, Isaac!
@THirstyCamel10235 ай бұрын
AWSOME! Prototype heat press, Your prototype heat press could be used for any plastic in the end game I’m thinking
@ryanburbridge8 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting. Love to see people continuously improving
@refuztosay94548 ай бұрын
I remember when I worked for R&H back in the 70’s - we invented and made kydex but didn’t know what to do with it. They sold it to someone for pennies. I still have a huge slab of it on my workbench counter top - it was great for that. Never dreamed it would be used for holsters.
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
I know it gets used in airplane cabins quite a bit, because it is flame-resistant, FAA certified, and easy to vacuum form into seat backs and dashboard components and other big pieces needed in small quantities.
@judsoncameron8 ай бұрын
Epic ending to an informative video, thank you.
@TheW3s8 ай бұрын
Keep educating the community, keep up the good work Isaac. Give us some more back ground info of those hieroglyphs!
@blacksmithkid8 ай бұрын
2000's homeschoolers know why you have the best documentation of an Egyptian artifact. 😉
@brandonk82418 ай бұрын
Give us a breakdown. Would love to hear more
@Spessforce8 ай бұрын
A robotic picker that can select the right kydex forms and stack them for a job queue would be a cool way to manage a growing inventory of firearm configuration.
@Eagle6218 ай бұрын
I have four T-Rex holsters… I carry one every day, never had an issue. They are superb 👍
@MapleHillMunitions8 ай бұрын
Excellent video guys.
@djy0tub3r8 ай бұрын
Amazing. I love this channel. Random question. Any chance you would make an orange kydex holster for the Olin/Orion flare guns? It would be handy to carry an analogue signaling device.
@TREXARMS8 ай бұрын
Interesting idea. Where would you mount it?
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Would it go on a belt, chest rig, bag?
@djy0tub3r8 ай бұрын
@@TREXARMS on a belt or across a chest rig
@djy0tub3r8 ай бұрын
@@T.REXLabs on a belt or across a chest rig
@apocalypse11758 ай бұрын
Make a Velcro backer for the appendix holsters. Would love that.
@backcountrythreadworks66088 ай бұрын
Dating myself here, but the LED tower on the server kinda reminded me of Joshua in "War Games"
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Close! The WOPR in War Games had a prototype vaccum-based display. This is the CM-5 from Jurassic Park.
@backcountrythreadworks66088 ай бұрын
@@T.REXLabs I just might be having a nerd-gasm 😆
@texasranger248 ай бұрын
As a chemist myself i have to agree. Since you work with existing plastic sheets there isn't much you can to to thicken high stress areas. So stress relief by very even and slow heating and cooling is the best thing. Annealing / tempering isn't exactly the way to go if your polymer would go back to a rubbery/liquid state. Although annealing slightly below the Tg (glass point) might work, if you make sure that it then stays within tolerances and form factor. That could even be done after all the bending (assuming all other polymer parts mounted at that stage survive that temperature, which they should) to relief that stress and set the polymer chains in their final form. Going for another polymer with thermoset properties (crosslinking) would probably be overkill, kydex should be enough for most holster applications.
@bare-footjo358 ай бұрын
What about a negative pre-press? Heat the plastic, put it onto a flat base with tight fitting sides, then press with a top plate with grooves. Theoretically, you could thin out the sheet where the top plate is solid and move some of that material into the low pressure area provided by the grooves. It wouldn't be a lot since you don't want to melt the sheet to a liquid, but it might shift thicknesses around a bit? Then reheat and put it on the vacuum former. (Alignment would then be rather important)
@texasranger248 ай бұрын
@@bare-footjo35 the idea isn't bad, but that would turn a one step process with one press direction into an alignment based two step process. We gain some material, lose control over like 5 other variables and make it more complicated there...
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
If Kydex liked being cold-formed, I'd really want to try something like Roboforming; much more control over wall thickness and stretching at the expense of longer times.
@bare-footjo358 ай бұрын
@@T.REXLabs I know a custom engineering robotics company not far from Nashville who may be interested in helping out if you want to try it. They don't have any experiance with roboforming, but do other precise motion control operations with 6-DoF arms. If you're interested, I can send you some info.
@olivedrabmind2838 ай бұрын
Another great video- loved the ending
@shooter.25788 ай бұрын
I already have 2 of your holsters that have served me well for 6 years I’ll be getting another when you make one for the psa rock 5.7
@sg_isme8 ай бұрын
I can say from experience that the warranty coverage is top knotch
@rollandleeper38108 ай бұрын
The ending was so freaking cool.
@Matt-po3od8 ай бұрын
I love this company. That’s all. 🦖
@billybarker91298 ай бұрын
Good informative video.
@prcotango6 ай бұрын
Damn! I want more TRex Isaac lore!
@aaronwilson16668 ай бұрын
Just noticed , and I’m probably wrong, but I love that you seem to always have the same shirt. HOOYAH!
@gabrielhawk24498 ай бұрын
I really enjoy this channel
@BlackRifleBear8 ай бұрын
Yes, yes, thats very nice and all... but did you ever find the 7 chevrons we need to get back home?
@shawnstimson2398 ай бұрын
Ok, I would like to know more about your digital documentation of Egypt, or other archaeological finds.
@bendarat8 ай бұрын
Loving this channel and this content. Keep it up T.Rex crew.
@dcusator8 ай бұрын
You had me at Snakes, why does it have to be snakes?
@krazykanuckjr14258 ай бұрын
Do you follow lean principles in your continuous improvement journey? Industrial designer who just loved the look into your shop and detail of the processes.
@musician4453 ай бұрын
Is this from a documentary of sorts? I'd love to know where i can see some of the works you guys have been involved in prior to T.Rex?
@Blackcloud_Garage8 ай бұрын
Great content as always.
@Nate-vi4ft8 ай бұрын
What is it going to take to get silencers unregulated?! The hearing protection act needs passed ASAP as possible.
@wquon20078 ай бұрын
have you heard of the documentary; Pattern of Evidence: The Exodus?
@bootlegengineer23678 ай бұрын
Love this content. Keep it coming please.
@Skees58 ай бұрын
Dude, how young were you when you took those pics!!! So awesome!!
@stupidityonly4788 ай бұрын
Thanks Isaac!
@jcoolhand58 ай бұрын
Wow... Last 30 seconds made me want to watch some Destination Unknown. Definitely need a T.RexArcheology channel now. Would much rather watch Isaac explaining some history then listen to Josh Gates's endless dad jokes and fake dramatics. Lol
@hitman44998 ай бұрын
How was cairo while you were there in 09?
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
Uneventfully peaceful... until right after we left.
@hitman44998 ай бұрын
@isaacbotkintrex I'm glad. My now wife was there then, and she was flown out in September just a few days before all flights were suspended. It was scary then, but now it is another reason we don't trust official sources because we remember the color revolution starting in 09.
@esofhau8 ай бұрын
More content like the last bit about Egypt, and make it weirder
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Oh, he can. He totally can.
@nathantowe41485 ай бұрын
the ending made my jaw drop to the floor
@aureycorreia8 ай бұрын
Here is my comment showing my support for this channel and it’s content.
@danielkemp48608 ай бұрын
Turns out, your backstory *can* get cooler… 👌
@arnoldnemeth85788 ай бұрын
Well I didn't expect to see some Indiana Jones shit but no way I refuse if the opportunity arises.
@joefeola77708 ай бұрын
Anther great video. Much appreciated..
@LimaGolfBravo8 ай бұрын
Very cool video.
@f308gtb19778 ай бұрын
Awesome! If those molds are so “easy” to make, get the rest of the H&K line done, chop chop!😉
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
I'm not sure that we have room in our building for the MK 23 molds.
@AppleJack768 ай бұрын
Since we're referencing 80's movies... "Nerds!" ~Ogre (Donald Gibb)
@Kinny2022 ай бұрын
What a badass channel!
@MrNpc818 ай бұрын
Wait wait wait, can we hear more about the hieroglyphics??
@TheCivilWarriorProj6 ай бұрын
Have you played with Boltaron?
@cameronpike15138 ай бұрын
Did Isaac just use the T-Rex name and channel reach to promote his own accomplishments? 😂 Very informative video nonetheless and I currently own a Ragnarock and love it so much that now I’m planning to get the Sidecar and ironside for when I turn old enough to concealed carry! Love this new channel and great job Isaac on the editing, much more entertaining than cough, cough someone else’s… 😆
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
Oh, he didn't build this thing. We've got a whole engineering team cranking on projects like this.
@cameronpike15138 ай бұрын
@@T.REXLabs Oh, I wasn't talking about the Kydex heater(as fascinating as that is), I was referring to the Egyptian wall at the end! I definitely don't think you would actually promote yourself(I listen to all the T-Rex Talk episodes, I know you better than that!), was just joking. 😁
@TREXARMS8 ай бұрын
There were other T.Rex people on that expedition... the lore deepens.
@cameronpike15138 ай бұрын
@@TREXARMS Haha, that is does!
@GrahamBartle8 ай бұрын
Comment and share boys comment and share. How can we see a digital copy of that Egyptian wall? God bless.
@Rickardsson998 ай бұрын
God tier youtube content. Keep it up!
@dracodraco19824 ай бұрын
This might be some level of idiocy, but do they make they devices akin to immersion circulators/sous vide cookers, but that run closer to 200*C or whatever Kydex requires? Granted, I'm not sure what fluid wouldn't mess with the Kydex, but a nice tank of liquid with ample heating and circulation does wonders for heating things evenly to a specific temperature as all that thermal mass works to your advantage. I don't doubt that a heater/stirrer could be made if one isn't already produced, it's the liquid that stumps me; but, admittedly, I know little of plastics and industrial stuff, it just struck me as an avenue for experimentation. If you don't have to maintain vacuum when cooling, you could have a series of follow on tanks that step down in 10-15 degree increments or whatever the sweet spot is for Kydex. Since the holster is submerged, it'd be inherently even cooling. If you do have to maintain vacuum, well, this is jumping from one rando's theory to wild, uninformed speculation, but I wonder if the liquid used for cooling could be changed. Like, Isopropyl or Acetone evaporate much faster, which might be part of a solution (surely there's other similar stuff that isn't turning your shop into a giant fuel-air disaster). If it's water or nothing, then you might want to see if using those extra fine mist sprayers helps you any. No big drops, so no pockets abruptly cooling (well, unless tiny drops merge, but they're so fine that'd hopefully not be a snag); plus, that extra fine mist is likely to reach areas that get missed given how readily it floats in the air. Pure theory. I would imagine there's reasons they don't do it this way. ..I do wonder if controlling the temperature of the water you're using for cooling would help, too. Say 140-150, so it isn't taking much additional thermal energy to evaporate, but those cheap misters are thin plastic. >.o Similarly, I wonder if adding mass via salt in the cooling water would have an effect. Not sure the juice is worth the squeeze on that, or any of the above, but just a couple thoughts. If not, well, then at least I'm goosing engagement by leaving a comment. :P
@ZIM9648 ай бұрын
That ending 🤌
@yankey48 ай бұрын
I was like # 1000 sub!! Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
@Nate-vi4ft8 ай бұрын
I enjoy the podcast! Keep doing content. Talk government, politics, gun news. You could even bring guests on and have a segment called “shoot the shit” 😂.
@JChris1438 ай бұрын
Love yous guys stay vigilant ❤
@lolk45307 ай бұрын
Beretta PX4 Holster When?
@920WASHBURN5 ай бұрын
Because using kydex to make pancakes doesmt turn out so well?
@kylealancampbell8 ай бұрын
Love the ending
@charles175088 ай бұрын
Cant wait to see what is in the futer for t rex armes .
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
And Terx Orms
@rayban73828 ай бұрын
Did you make this video to have a reason to show us your rock picture?
@T.REXLabs8 ай бұрын
No. We made this video as a reason to use some Indiana Jones clips.
@leopoldbarnes86558 ай бұрын
Indiana Jones ...😂... This channel is the best!
@ryanburbridge8 ай бұрын
Best Easter egg ever
@tylerreis76278 ай бұрын
I love everything you guys do and stand for, but could y’all, please, for the love of kydex, redesign the concealment claw? Other more blocky designs are far superior. The issue, and maybe it’s just me, is because it’s thin and the angle of it, your waistband falls below it when sitting and you go to stand up and the holster is crooked and has to be adjusted
@isaacbotkintrex8 ай бұрын
We've been sending a new one out to folks. It's getting real close.