Belt canisters

[NegativeEleven]

I am asking around and not getting answers from anyone, so here's a post so maybe I can get an answer and it will be easily searchable for other people. What are the dimensions of the 2 rear belt canisters? I just keep hearing the vertical one referred to as "pringles can." Is that accurate? Should I just use a pringles can with slightly larger top/bottom caps? How about the horizontal one? Length, width, width of raised ridges?

[BikerScout007]

No idea where the Pringle can terminology originated but it's not a very good indicator of the size of these canisters.

Going off my Imperial Surplus armor, the horizontal one is 7.5 inches wide and 2.6875 inches in diameter

The vertical one is 5.5 inches tall and 2.6875 inches in diameter.

[NegativeEleven]

Thanks! Wonder if 0.2 inch is too far off. I already bought Pringles.

[NegativeEleven]

So, I cut a vinyl decal as a template to make ridges to on a pringles can, cut from sintra. I can share the file later if anyone else wants to try this method.

Used aluminum rolled inside 3" pvc pipe to get approx same size form to shape sintra. Sintra is easier to work with than styrene or ABS. I folds more like a sheet of paper when heated, where ABS gets all warped and stretches if you use too much heat.

Thin strips of sintra to thicken inner surface.

Spot putty, sanding, primer, and paint...

And yeah, I cropped photos intentionally to show the other slow-moving project currently occupying most of my garage. 😉

[NegativeEleven]

Here's the file I came up with if anyone else decides to try this method. I exported as an older Adobe Illustrator file, so most plotter/cutter software should open it.
http://negativeeleven.com/bikerscout/ST-belt_cannister.ai

It's kinda time consuming, but as long as I can't work because of pandemic, I have time. If anyone wants me to make more, you can PM me. I have plenty more of that light grey sintra (great for mando building as any scratched paint just looks like natural weathering).

And just to clarify, the 1/8 inch sintra, around the Pringles can is gonna be a good bit wider than the measurements Mickey gave me up there. I'm pretty tall, so I think it will look close enough, but it's probably at least half an inch wider diameter.

[NegativeEleven]

Pretty happy with my 2 Pringles cans now. Everything is staying "walnut brown" until I have all the building done (except the belt boxes which I painted a while ago). I'm still waiting for a vendor to get me shins and backplate. And ordered a SkyGunBros helmet over 9 weeks ago, so I hope that's coming soon.