X Men Wolverine claws: UPDATE

[jedilos]

this is sweet are there any tutorials out there to make our own?

 

[LogansRunner]

Not that I know of.. I just used ref pics, and my scanning.

 

[GBFreek83]

DAMN that's badass, i've love to have some of my own. What material did you use there? Actual metal work would be hard to pull off...I guess if I got measurements I could have a machine shop do it....how'd you do it man, how'd you do it.?

 

[LogansRunner]

I got a printout of one of the claws that was used in the first movie, took my measurments from that. Ordered an acrilic/plastic sheet 10 by 10, cut out the basic shape from that using a dremel. Then after that I when to a lathe and created the beveled edges, after that I used another dremel to make the slots in the back for the wire bars, I bent the wire bars so they would fit my hand. Afterwards a guy who knows my dad offered to do some finishing touches to them with a band saw, making them even smoother. When I got them back a couple of days later I still had a lot of work to do, I had to bondo a lot in some areas, and I had to sand in a lot of areas still to make them perfect. I actually had to do a lot of that work by hand, using sand paper and a file, because the dremel isn't working... I have since moded these claws, just little tweaks. I will probably install hex screws into them to, to keep the bars in place better.
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Any other questions?

 

[CTF]

Dude, those pics on page 1 rule. Awesome work.

 

[LogansRunner]

Thanks I'll try to get some pics up, I was going to do it today but I was super busy, I've been out since 8 and just got home.

 

[CTF]

Thought I'd give this a 'lil bump since Wolvey is so cool.

 

[koroth]

I got my set from a guy in Canada who has been offering aluminum kits for 2 years or more. They turned out nice after I finished them.
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