tubing will kink. Thats why I used rod
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Unlimited Run Aluminum vibro axe blade
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Its lined up where it should be However
I used milliput to round the amphenol tube ends and to fill the mounting holes.
Trooper_trent I wouldn't mind, if you're willing to sell me two of your vader rods. Zorg helped me out a lot on this project.
there is also a gap between the top of the pole and the snap nipple on the top. It bothered me so Didn't put it on mine.
Is your printer a resin printer? My dad bought me one right before he passed away that I haven't used yet.
Yeah, DLP printer. Same one I use for all of my kits. I'll post pics in a little bit once it's done curing.
Sorry to hear about your dad. Also sorry to hear about your back injury. I've had something similar in the past and it is SO not fun.
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oh dude, you can HAVE whatever you want that I end up making for this project. I'm just so stoked to get a metal blade.
I'll send you a couple of sets of everything I end up making and you can pick and choose whatever you want to use.
I have that same photo, I honestly never noticed the kink in the tube
Thank you. Yeah the injury initially happened when I was in the Marine Corp but since then has only worsened. I'd rather be missing fingers than have back problems.
I'm definitely going to use rod. But yeah it's hard to say.
It might be an optical illusion. that particular one is not as present in other photos. I know there was more than one prop built, but that white paint chip on the pole below the supermax is present in both photos.
and it looks like a smoothly bent rod from other angles. But it looks like a pretty convincing kinked tube in that one. There are some other photos that show it looking not quite kinked but definitely flatter in other areas that are bent. I'll see if I can find them. It's definitely weird.
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Actually, in your last pic it looks a bit to me like the bent part is flatter and then gets wider again as it straightens.
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That prop is the one I believe that they push Luke into the sarlac pit with. In the photos I have of it it looks like the entire thing I one solid cast. I cant find any photos of the hero axe that lando has in jabba's palace.
when i built mine, i'm 99.9% sure there is interference between the dryer and the connector part, i can't find the ref pic i had but it looked like a small part of the dryer was ground away allowing the correct alignment.
the part you have on the pole where the lower rod part goes in is not circular, it's more of a lozenge shape, flatter top and bottom.
the piece of rod attached to the blade side pieces looks too chunky to my eyes.
found these in the shed just now, the mold has a ton of life left, platinum silicone, the black piece is the tamiya part. i only did a few castings out of this mold because i modified a casting to include the circular divot in the yamaha script and included the base part in the castings i sold.
the part you have on the pole where the lower rod part goes in is not circular, it's more of a lozenge shape, flatter top and bottom.
the piece of rod attached to the blade side pieces looks too chunky to my eyes.
found these in the shed just now, the mold has a ton of life left, platinum silicone, the black piece is the tamiya part. i only did a few castings out of this mold because i modified a casting to include the circular divot in the yamaha script and included the base part in the castings i sold.
I couldn't figure out what they used on that bottom pipe connection to the pole. It has a band wrapped around it. I just used a copper coupling that I filed, then used a coke can to make the band. Filled it with resin.
I'm Making the Yamaha base out of aluminum. As soon as I get well I'll cut some. However I need that Yamaha piece so I can sleep at night. Are you selling them? I found one on shapeways but it is completely incorrect. You can't tell from the photos they post.
Now that I look at it it does look thicker. Well I can live with it. Ill just tell everyone I needed more vibro in my axe.
I think you said you used a 10mm aluminum tube on your amphenol connector. It looked too small at the time I remember so I sized up according to the connector i had.
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