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Post by Sauron Varen on May 23, 2004 23:47:17 GMT -5
yep, im already thinking on working the street corners at night as a second job to fund more sabers   LOL!! seriously though, i bought a lightech T-900 and master replicas vader fx saber last week, and oh man i love em! what can i say about the T-900 but it is a work of art and it is very much the prize and showhorse in my collection now. i would post some pics of them side by side but dont know how. anyhow, i already have my eyes set on 2 maybe 3 others i am wanting (man my wife's gonna kill me!). then my son wants one, so i bought a anakin interactive training saber off ebay to give to him but thought it was too cool to let him have and end up smashing it (5 years old) so i kept it and ordered him an electronic darth maul saber (plus a jedi costume since i felt bad about the anakin saber). IT HAS NO END!!!....... I have got to have more....... MUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA  LOL... i think |
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Post by Roize on May 24, 2004 5:58:10 GMT -5
Raven,
Addictive.... yesss... But.... Be careful with those blades. It might cut ya... And don't let yer' wife kill ya... Muahhhhahahahaha.....
Roize.
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Post by Sauron Varen on May 24, 2004 6:36:30 GMT -5
LOL,
i'm pretty sure if she found out the prices of all the saber related items i'm wanting, she would use a dark side rage on me.
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Post by Xana on May 24, 2004 20:46:41 GMT -5
lol! Shhhh.............. it's a Jedi secret...........  |
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Post by Sauron Varen on May 25, 2004 9:03:39 GMT -5
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Post by Tobbok Nassias on May 26, 2004 0:20:52 GMT -5
I'm glad you can afford all these sabers...I would love to have all of them, but I do find a thrill from building them rather than buying them...that, " This is really mine!" feeling.
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Post by zhidon on May 26, 2004 12:01:01 GMT -5
i agree. those are some really nice sabers, but i get more of a thrill out of building my own EL saber and then when the last machine screw is tightened, to go out as the sun sets, fire it up and duel with my friends. we have just completed our 2nd EL saber, built in 5 hours. the shell was purchased on ebay for $40, then we supplied the electronic guts. it was not all that easy, but well worth the time. we are doing a stunt show at the cancer relay for life in fullerton next month. sith vs jedi...should be lots of fun.
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Post by Sauron Varen on May 26, 2004 12:41:03 GMT -5
i wouldnt go as far as saying i can afford it im only working part time so money is limited. dont get me wrong though, i agree that there is a satisfaction when you build your own, BUT i dont have the equipment (machine lathe, etc..) to build a saber like the T-900 and the sabers i built with a dremel, metal pipe, and plastic do not hold a candle to the craftsmanship of the t900. i was proud of the ones i put together but comparing the t-900 to mine was like wanting a Lamborghini when i owned a datsun. now if i had the tools and equipment to build sabers like parks and lightech, Oh would i be a happy camper!!! ;D ;D  |
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Post by Roize on Jun 14, 2004 21:24:26 GMT -5
A Dremmel Saw would be more than enough.
You see... It's a Jedi's best freind.
I've Almost finished my two new sabers, I'll upload it to my home page as soon as availability is attained.
I will be doing a Tutorial about it... I hope it would inspire everyone to construct your own saber because the materials are really simple. But really needs tons of " Patience. "
I only used a Dremmel Saw for cutting and curving, sand papers for polishing, pentel pen for marking. The most important thing is... " Idea " try to visualize the way you want your saber to look like. Or... use the computer and draw a blue print.
Remember... It's the proccess that makes light saber construction interesting and fun... waiting slowly to see or to modify how will it look like when it's almost done... that makes it rewarding. And at the end, you can say that... This saber that I've constructed is no other saber alike. My signature saber.
May the force be with you.
Jedi Knight Roize.
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Post by Tobbok Nassias on Jun 15, 2004 0:17:03 GMT -5
Roize is right, it really doesn't require too many fancy tools, just patience and imagination...and a little guidence (I could use a little my self on the saber I'm working on at the moment). As far as the "nice sabers they make at Parks and others, sure they lathe solid barstock, but a layering will work just as well. Here is an idea (used by me once, and the result was nice)...if you need a snugg fit for a tube within a tube design use aluminum foil (wrap it tight) around the inner tube until it just slides in with minimum resistance, then coat the whole aluminum wrap in jb weld or other cold weld compound...once it sets it is as good as a solid aluminum barstock.
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Post by Sauron Varen on Jun 15, 2004 1:31:17 GMT -5
yep a dremel does ALOT but a lathe is what i would like to have to get the nice grooves but that just cost to much. i just dont have the patience to do projects anymore. plus working with wiring up those el blades and cycling led lights would cause me to have to take prozac LOL
good idea on the alum foil tobbok, i have used that white plumbing tape in the past to give it a tight fit.
i would like to order a saber from parks and one from a dealer who is holding a saber for me then i will be satisfied with my saber collection.
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LOL!!
