Recent content by Dewy

That’s awesome, congrats! They come in quite the variety:

Support concept 1: There was no good way to make this type of concept not visible. Even with grub screws. Plus I’m guessing adding all these screws and threading really starts to add cost, and we’re veering further from the concept of being as accurate to the original prop in materials and...

Straightening would have been a real challenge. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a way to remove material from the back and even add some metal reinforcement. Because of the slots on the bottom of the grip shroud and how narrow shroud is in the grip section, there just wasn’t enough...

But it would be more accurate!

We should consider having them start with off white or gray ABS and then paint black over it.

Not my listing, but FYI: Star Wars - MGC Safety Kit

Renshape, thank you! I could not remember the name for the life of me. I think it’s essentially a polyurethane plastic/foam that can be sculpted and machined right?

The working theory is that all of the non-metallic sections of all of the Episode 1 sabers were resin castings. We can see casting bubbles in all/most of the sabers. My personal opinion, based on some of the things I’ve seen is that the masters for the cast resin pieces were originally made...

My theory: Acetal/Delrin stock is made one of two ways, it can essentially be cast or extruded. The extruded stuff has a ton of residual stresses in the material from the extrusion process. Without some type of stress relief heat treat before machining, the part can warp during machining. I...

It warped significantly when machining the deep grooves in the grip. The whole central black grip would curl up.

I don’t think the source was ever identified. Nor has anyone found an MPP with a steel shroud as far as I am aware. I’ve seen theories ranging from it being an aftermarket replacement part for MPPs/Heilands/etc. that just wasn’t common, to perhaps very, very early or late production MPPs used...

Disappointed I missed this!

Just picked mine up! Congrats Dan!

Unfortunately, I am unable to take any further orders for these stunt sabers. The mold is very much at the end of its life! For those of you on the interest list I am still very slowly working my way through! It has just been a very busy end of year at work and holiday season with family! Just...

Interest list in the first post updated!