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Post by Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar on Feb 10, 2003 20:03:01 GMT -5
Okay my sabre is almost done, except one detail. I don't know what to use to cap off teh end. I wanted something different. Overall my sabre is very basic, not fancy at all. It is my first attempt so I didn't want to do anything hard. My own design, and I say again, ,very basic. It is made of a 1 1/2 inch pipe. Any ideas? Thanks
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Post by Zorn Shalava'a on Feb 11, 2003 15:32:07 GMT -5
Mine is made out of a pipe too. What I used was a PVC pipe end. It looks like a big knob. The one I used came with a part you can screw off. I attached a flash light to it. I got the end at the home depot.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Feb 13, 2003 5:11:20 GMT -5
yer gonna laugh when I tell you what I capped mine with. There was a plastic cannister filled with candy out at the time Phantom Menace was released...it was really interesting and different...I cut the one end off of the cannister and plugged it with a annodized freeze plug from a Chrysler engine...and voila...end...
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Post by Allto Fatac on Feb 21, 2003 1:09:54 GMT -5
a hole plug works nicely too, try an d u se the chromy looking ones, not the cruddy galvanised ones used for electrical junction boxes, I will scan one of each probably tomorrow so you can see what they look like
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Feb 22, 2003 19:39:44 GMT -5
Does anyone know where to find the faucet knobs like they used for luke's and Ben's in the first trilogy. I can't find them anywhere.
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Post by Roize on May 8, 2004 13:44:44 GMT -5
Greetings my freind, You can use a PVC pipe cap and then use a stainless steel pipe running on top of it. Kindly see it here: community.webshots.com/user/roize1968Hope this help to give you some ideas. May the force be with you... Jedi Knight Roize. |
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Post by Noslen on May 13, 2004 18:34:02 GMT -5
I found a lot of faucet ends at my local hardware store (that also is a plumbing company). They had a lot of old parts they let me rummage through. Didn't find anything I liked, though. I'd check with the smaller stores... they are likely to have old parts they wouldn't mind giving you a deal on. I ended up on my first saber using parts from a tuba. (Yes, the musical instrument) The gold valve caps look great. On my other sabers, I used a hose connector I found at Lowe's. It was brass and had a black plastic knob that kind of resembled a faucet handle. I placed a translucent shooting marble inside it (kind of looks like a jewel) and screwed it to my hilt. You can see the pic on I disagreeembly profile: www.thejediassembly.com/viewmem.php?viewmem=Noslen%20LRac |
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Post by Roize on May 13, 2004 21:08:13 GMT -5
Nice Costume and Light Saber man,
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Post by Tobbok Nassias on May 20, 2004 22:11:40 GMT -5
I have made several, using many different ends. One was a cap from a film container (not my favorite), one is a metal drawer pull that I got at my local hardware store, and my favorite, but also simplest, was a piece of a metal octane boost container...I just cut the end off, I used the other half for the blade shroud. I have also used the end off of a new metal (tin) flashlight.
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Post by Shatir Lavan on Oct 7, 2004 21:16:08 GMT -5
I also used a pipe for my saber handle. Since the end was threaded, I just used a threaded brass pipe cap. It works.
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