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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 11, 2005 15:59:54 GMT -5
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azreal
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Post by azreal on Jul 12, 2005 20:19:11 GMT -5
good 4 your first saber i made my first way be4 i joined this site
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Post by petary791 on Jul 13, 2005 10:59:32 GMT -5
Ooooooooo pretty! Nice job cutting the little black areas and whatnot if you know what I mean.
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 12:20:50 GMT -5
*Is embarrased and proud* Thanks for the complement, but if you ever see my saber up close you will see that there are alot of nicks and burrs in the cut-outs. But I like it anyway!
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Post by Seda Navilli on Jul 13, 2005 12:58:13 GMT -5
Nicks and burns? Any saber that is worth its salt will have been used long enough to gain a few of them  Seriously though, its a very nice saber, with nice PT influences. A covertech clip would be perfect on it. Good work! |
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 13:06:12 GMT -5
I'm ordering some convertech's from Dave. Actually I put the money order in the mail today.
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Jul 13, 2005 14:48:45 GMT -5
I have to question why you did not clean up your cut outs.
It would look much better if you had filed and sanded the edges smooth before you assembled it.
It looks a bit amateurish the way you did it.
Just some constructive criticism, not trying to be mean. Nice concept, but the execution could have been a little better. It looks like maybe you rushed it. Take a little more time, the next time you build one.
I spent hours on the PVC grips on my first hardware EL saber, filling in where I over cut, filing the edges on a bevel so they wouldn't hurt my hands during dueling, sanding, making sure everything was smooth before I painted it.
Rememeber-- "This weapon is your life."
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 15:00:18 GMT -5
Thank you for your critisisim.....I know its amature-looking and i plan or remaking it sometime soon...It was just a trial run and approval kind of thing!!
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jul 13, 2005 15:15:34 GMT -5
I'm glad Loreen had the guts to say it first, I have to admit I was thinking the same thing about the cuts, although for different reasons... How did you achieve the square cuts at the ends? Rounded cuts, no problem, but square... I just don't see how you did those without cutting the rest of the tubing... That asside, it's a really nice design, I'm sure that the remade version will be even better. My recommendation is that you try using metal tubing rather than PVC as the end result is much more satisfying  |
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 15:27:37 GMT -5
the square cuts were accomplished by using a hack saw to saw the longer sides and a dremel with a cutting wheel for the shorter ones, I plan on doing some metal working sometime later, but not until I am completely happy with a PVC one. Where do you get the stuff to "fill" the cuts and nics in the PVC pipe and what it called?
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jul 13, 2005 15:38:07 GMT -5
Oh, that's what I thought you might have used, but I'd've thought the dremel would have cut into the sides when making the shorter cuts... You have precice control indeed |
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 15:41:52 GMT -5
oh it does has those overlapping cuts...up close...oh well...lol  |
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Jul 13, 2005 15:58:25 GMT -5
If you look closely, you can see that he did over cut on some of the shorter cuts. That's one of the problems when doing that with a Dremel cutoff wheel. That's why I save my short, almost worn out ones, for just such cuts.
And it's still possible to over cut. That's why I had to fill in places on my PVC grips when I did the cut outs on them.
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Post by Xorren Hedrasii on Jul 13, 2005 16:01:08 GMT -5
what did you use to fill them in and where can i get it
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Post by Jeffrek on Jul 13, 2005 19:30:09 GMT -5
If you want to stop the overcuts then start the cuts off with the cutoff wheel and stop before you get near the edges. then taking a sharp craft knife finsih off cutting into the corners to join up the cuts. You have to be careful not to cut yourself of course but as its only pvc its pretty easy to do. Doesnt work on metal of course Thats where a milling machine comes in handy - lol. |
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