Making some Shards of Narsil... the canon way?

That strikes me as really dangerous, lol. I think the water jet is a pretty decent idea. I'll let you guys know what my machinist has to say.

Hey Stivie, do you take on custom jobs? Like for example, if I were to mail you a brand new UC Narsil, would you be willing to cut it into a Shards of Narsil for a fee, just like you did with yours? I'm just curious.

I use a dremel a lot and I don't think it'd be quite up to a task this big, at least not the larger cuts. I'd say get a die grinder or a legit cut off wheel and cut it that way.

LVCIFER said:

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Hey Stivie, do you take on custom jobs? Like for example, if I were to mail you a brand new UC Narsil, would you be willing to cut it into a Shards of Narsil for a fee, just like you did with yours? I'm just curious.

I have actually been contacted by others about doing this and I'll tell you the same thing. As it is very labor intensive and I burnt up 1 Dremel already I don't think its cost effective for me to do this. I still think that the waterjet idea would be best and to try and contact someone local on the cost.

Hmm... I understand that, and can see your point. But what if I were to include a brand new Dremel and all of the cutting wheels (between 15-20) WITH the UC Narsil when I sent it to you, paid for completely by me?

This would NOT be included with the fee that you'd charge me for the actual labor, that would be 100% separate.

Would you consider it?

I'm not a "cheap" person. Let's just say that I'd be willing to compensate you very fairly.

The thing is, I already have a real, UC 'Shards of Narsil'. I have two actually, one on display, and the other brand new in the box. But YOUR version was extremely attractive to me because of how the final project came out. It was true to the movie. The workmanship, the display, all of it. It was top-notch, and I'm not just saying that to butter you up.

Since this is back from the dead, how would a scroll saw with a metal-cutting blade do? I'd imagine you'd go through a lot of blades, but it seems like it would give really good control.

LVCIFER said:

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Hmm... I understand that, and can see your point. But what if I were to include a brand new Dremel and all of the cutting wheels (between 15-20) WITH the UC Narsil when I sent it to you, paid for completely by me?

This would NOT be included with the fee that you'd charge me for the actual labor, that would be 100% separate.

Would you consider it?

I'm not a "cheap" person. Let's just say that I'd be willing to compensate you very fairly.

The thing is, I already have a real, UC 'Shards of Narsil'. I have two actually, one on display, and the other brand new in the box. But YOUR version was extremely attractive to me because of how the final project came out. It was true to the movie. The workmanship, the display, all of it. It was top-notch, and I'm not just saying that to butter you up.

PM me and we'll discuss it further.

Zlurpo said:

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Since this is back from the dead, how would a scroll saw with a metal-cutting blade do? I'd imagine you'd go through a lot of blades, but it seems like it would give really good control.

Thats a pretty good idea and may be worth a try. It may be hard to cut a straight line though.