Recent content by DeVine

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Hello! Here's my Darth Vader saber I've been working on the past month. Wanted to challenge myself by creating one using a Heiland flash handle and sourced parts. This is the final result using parts from Roman, thecustomsabershop and others I found in the junkyard! Using a Heiland is much more...

Mara Jade's Father such a great find! I got a few different ones from the collector I dealt with, I can post them later. I think it's so great to find these articles from right around the films release!

Found some very interesting magazines whilst hunting for collectibles. Both of these issues really caught my eye, not only for their incredible artwork, but for the fascinating articles inside. Some might find them enlightening, the lightsaber description really stands out to me for...

Update! Received the 6mm cabinet bumpers from amazon. Couldn't find these in Home Depot or Lowes so bezos space fund is the best way to go. The calc strip is 50mm in length so I divided it evenly from both sides to get it sitting dead center. Cheers, -DeVine

I've been highly inspired by Tan Djarka Graflex builds on here and wanted to pull some of his ideas into my own hardware build! This handle is for an upcoming "how-to" video I'm making on the ANH Luke saber. Parts Breakdown: Handle: 12" chrome drain pipe 1 1/4" OD Glass eye: White lock-up caps...

What fantastic craftsmanship! Don't think you'll ever need to replace anything on it, very worthy of display

I remeber using wiper blades when I was a kid, I bet the guy I got it from did as well. Let it sit for half an hour and the blades peeled off easy enough but a ton of gunk was left over. Let it sit for about an hour and I was able to clean off all the residue. Since this will be getting...

(Do)n't try this at home

These are all great solutions, thanks everyone! Slightly worried about corroding the surface or potentially starting a chemical reaction that speeds up oxidation. Those are my main conerns so I'll start with WD-40 then try dripping some mineral spirits on it and if that doesn't work I'll try...

Tried prying them up by hand and they're on there pretty good. Aside from using a razor and being careful, is there a way I can dissolve the super glue without damaging the handle? The ring on the bottom is also silver soldered on so I believe I can melt the solder off and clean up the cap...

My 2 thumb screws, the heiland is definitely more appealing

That's definitely the one! Thanks Chaïm for helping me locate the maker as I couldn't find any discernable marks on the inside. If the off-center groove is from a real MPP I'm definitely using this one and I'll use the thumb screw from the Heiland as it's not so chrome. Was able to yet ahold of...

Love your progress! Here's mine WIP doing almost the same method of acquiring parts. It's almost fruitless searching for a real MPP and it'd be prohibitively expensive. The more common Heiland 3 cell is perfect for these purposes, mine was $77 with shipping. Here are my parts: Custom Saber Shop...

I'm doing almost the exact same build right now using similarly sourced pieces because of their rarity. Found some grips online that are hard rubber though, I want the most screen accurate version I can make. Going to pull some wires from some vintage pieces I have for the exposed wires. Any...