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Post by adam21 on May 21, 2005 13:20:26 GMT -5
I'm in the UK, and I'm having my first go at making a saber. It's a variant on Big Yellow Box's style 3, with a hint of style 6. Here's the prototype made from stuff lying around the garage.  Soon I'll post a picture of my hand-drawn design. I won't be able to start properly for a few weeks, but once I do I will post some work-in progress pictures. I'll also list places that I get my parts from, since they seem to be harder to get hold of over here. Edit: the prototype took about 2 hours to make using nothing but a hacksaw, some 1.25" aluminum tube and some 1.5" PVC tube that I had lyting around. I also had some bendy plastic pipe, that's the black stuff I've used for a grip. I used paper to "pad" the gap where the PVC was put over the aluminium, and masking tape to hold it all in place. |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 21, 2005 20:08:13 GMT -5
Very good! It's amazing what one can do with stuff laying around the garage!
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Post by Sef-FireMoon on May 23, 2005 5:48:29 GMT -5
It is a very cool design.
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Post by adam21 on May 23, 2005 10:25:53 GMT -5
here's the design that I'm working from. I haven't decided exactly what I'm using for the grip, or any of the buttons/sockets etc, and it's very much subject to change depending on what parts I can find. The "thin" part of the hilt will be 1.25", and the wider parts 1.5".  |
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Post by Sef-FireMoon on May 24, 2005 5:33:06 GMT -5
That is a nice design, will you be putting any electronics in the hilt, like LEDs ?
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Post by adam21 on May 24, 2005 9:02:26 GMT -5
I don't think so. Since it's my first attempt I thought I'd keep it simple, rather than trying to make it complicated and making a mess of it. I think I''m going to make it so it can accomodate a simple blade, just PVC pipe or something, and make something to cover the hole in the emitter when the blade isn't in.
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Post by Tobbok Nassias on May 24, 2005 22:12:16 GMT -5
very nice for your first saber, my first was quite a mess...
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Post by Sef-FireMoon on May 25, 2005 5:34:55 GMT -5
Very cool, cant wait to see the end result !! I am currently working on my saber, hopefully I will be able to post pics soon.
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Post by tanzanlinnear on May 26, 2005 6:25:33 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see the end results, it definitley looks like you've got a solid design idea you're working too  Best of luck with the project |
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Post by adam21 on Jun 4, 2005 12:15:05 GMT -5
Well, exams finally out of the way, and with a little help from my dad with cutting the metal tube, here's the work in progress:  Still to do: > Paint the white bits silver, except the emitter part which will be black > Stick the rubber wiper blades on > Find some O-Rings to go in between the white bits > Add the activator button, blade length adjuster and belt clip > Glue everything in place |
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Post by petary791 on Jun 4, 2005 12:33:27 GMT -5
Man, that's gonna be really nice when you paint it.
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Jun 5, 2005 10:58:59 GMT -5
I do hope that you are going to also sand the edges of the plastic parts before you paint them! You didn't put that on your list. 
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Post by petary791 on Jun 5, 2005 15:12:25 GMT -5
I do hope that you are going to also sand the edges of the plastic parts before you paint them! Yeah definitely do that. I didn't do it on mine and the paint is coming off. |
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Post by Martorius on Jun 6, 2005 12:30:23 GMT -5
Looks good so far!
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Post by Sef-FireMoon on Jun 7, 2005 7:32:45 GMT -5
Very cool |
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Best of luck with the project 
