Mouse Vader
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Yeah dig that hole! Remember to make it a tapered one though.
ESB Bladed Stunt Graflex Lightsaber "The Core!"
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Any news about the antenna yet?
Slow going for me on this issue with a lot of other things backed-up on the project list.
We sure can! Thank you for all your work here too. I've been putting off applying the blue tape because engineering week has started at my job and I'm supposed to show up next Saturday with star wars crap. I don't want the tape peeling before then lol I may do it tonight or tomorrow though, it's close enough.
Last night I cut up some boba fett shin tools, so I was a little busy
Okay, so here it is. Some of the sections of tape are not lined up... some overlap and some don’t quite reach completely around, but the nice thing is that I can replace sections if they come off.
Now, from far away with the light effect, this looks great! It even shines through the holes in the emitter.
This is an artistic choice I guess, since we’re still researching stunt blades and their attachments. If we ever nail stuff down I can just secure another 3/8 16 rod in the new blade
Now, from far away with the light effect, this looks great! It even shines through the holes in the emitter.
This is an artistic choice I guess, since we’re still researching stunt blades and their attachments. If we ever nail stuff down I can just secure another 3/8 16 rod in the new blade
Mouse Vader
Sr Member
You should know by now I'm not sold this ol' ski pole option as film pukka but that doesn't stop 'em making really nice blades. Knocks the merd out of the straight polycarb/led jobbies. Nice work.
Halliwax, check fleabay for 'reflective tape' there's all sorts of stuff & colours, just not call scotchlite.
Halliwax, check fleabay for 'reflective tape' there's all sorts of stuff & colours, just not call scotchlite.
thanks!
This stuff is called Reflexite conspicuity tape. I've used the red, green and now blue for three different lightsabers. It's really high quality stuff and will stick to a water bottle for years but succumb to high angled corners.
Yea, once we really find the blades, I'm definitely wrapping it in scotchlite and glueing it on
This stuff is called Reflexite conspicuity tape. I've used the red, green and now blue for three different lightsabers. It's really high quality stuff and will stick to a water bottle for years but succumb to high angled corners.
Yea, once we really find the blades, I'm definitely wrapping it in scotchlite and glueing it on
have you tested it on corners or a tight wrap like on a skinny pole?
Look for 'Retro-reflective' tape, Retro-reflective type is what 3M movie screen material is made from.
It works perfect on my golf clubs! What I do is use blue painters tape and tape the scotchlite face down.
I peel the scotchlite half way. And slowly roll the gold club onto the tape ( this is of course after I have covered the tip of the club with a small piece of scotchlite the comes down the side of the clubs)
I roll the club ever so slowly, applying pressure with a flat surface. Wood block, butter knife (on the flat end) I’ll roll another 1/8” and rub the wood block or knife down it again, and do this to the whole thing until it’s completely covered
Before this, I bought some safety scotchlite which had patterns on it like yours
I wanted to remove it and try the version Trent uses
I started ripping it off the club and it was a complete mess... ripping off itsy bitsy pieces...
I gave up trying after struggling with a heat gun and getting absolutely no where..
So I ended up putting the new scotchlite over the old, and where the missing pieces are you can see it all screwed up..
The first go I had it smooth and tight, this second time i made a mess. So now I’m going to have to just use one of my extra clubs
Mouse Vader
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For my 1st efforts I've bought this Chinese cheepy stuff from fleabay ;
NEW REFLECTIVE TAPE 25, 50, 100mm SELF ADHESIVE VARIED COLOURS WEATHERPROOF | eBay
5 metres x 25mm £3.36. they do lots of different colours. I'm quite impressed, it sticks really well, is thin & flexible & you can even stretch it a little.
Here it is on my golf stick resting against my (raw) V2.
It's been on a couple of days now with no sign of peeling. I take you all are giving your cores a good degreasing with meths/ethanol before application.
If I remember right lighter fuel is good for removing sticky tape. As I may need to redo mine I try & remember to get some.
NEW REFLECTIVE TAPE 25, 50, 100mm SELF ADHESIVE VARIED COLOURS WEATHERPROOF | eBay
5 metres x 25mm £3.36. they do lots of different colours. I'm quite impressed, it sticks really well, is thin & flexible & you can even stretch it a little.
Here it is on my golf stick resting against my (raw) V2.
It's been on a couple of days now with no sign of peeling. I take you all are giving your cores a good degreasing with meths/ethanol before application.
If I remember right lighter fuel is good for removing sticky tape. As I may need to redo mine I try & remember to get some.
The lightsaber blade in the behind the scenes video at the archives with Roger Christian seems to show a blade that has been coated or spray painted with a reflective paint perhaps (it “lights up” when they take the photo of Roger holding it at the end, with the flash, but otherwise looks dull gray).
The black marks on the blades, in the behind the scenes photos, look like like marks where the paint, or coating, has been rubbed off due to blade strikes)
Is it possible that they could merely be coated with a reflective paint like this?
Rust-Oleum Reflect. Coating Spray Paint, Clear, 10 oz 214944 | Zoro.com
The black marks on the blades, in the behind the scenes photos, look like like marks where the paint, or coating, has been rubbed off due to blade strikes)
Is it possible that they could merely be coated with a reflective paint like this?
Rust-Oleum Reflect. Coating Spray Paint, Clear, 10 oz 214944 | Zoro.com
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Great possibility
I am not sure if any of these types of products existed back in the latter half of the 1970’s:
Roger does describe the blade as being “painted” with a reflective paint:
Roger does describe the blade as being “painted” with a reflective paint:
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