Found! Obi-Wan Kenobi ANH Lightsaber Emitter

[Gigatron]

Gabe,
So the ROH and thin wall tube are one part? I wonder if they were machined that way, or just press fit so that they were damn near inseperable.

Personally, before you drive yourself absolutely nuts, you should wait till someone can either get one in hand or have an owner of one make excrutiating measurements. It will be the only safe way. Otherwise you'll just end up making one CAD drawing after another making little tweaks each time.

I think right now, we should all just sit back, relax, take a deep breath and accept that the hard part is over. We know what it is, where it comes from and that they do exist in reality. We just have to figure out if there is a NOS supplier who has these things (part numbers would make this much easier).

Congratulations everyone, we did it :thumbsup .

Now just to look into that damn gear..............

-Fred

 

[Serafino]

This is how I'm interpreting Chris' comment about a 2nd ring, and my assumption (true? false?) that the 'lip' is contiguous with the inside tube:

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I only have MS Paint at work, so apologies for the crude monkeying with Gabe's fine work.

 

[Gigatron]

That's what I got from the description as well. It would explain the 'step' in the front between the flange and ROH.

I still don't see where the crush ring or even some sort of sealant (as seen in the original cutaway) would go.

-Fred

 

[JHVanOphem]

Never mind my comments, they were addressed.

 

[amish]

I have to ask out of curiosity, with the actual part now being found, who made the most accurate emitter compared to the photos we have seen?

Thanks again guys.

Gabe, awesome rendering again. I cant wait to see more pics of this thing

 

[JOHNLP (OBI-JOHN)]

Originally posted by amish@Oct 6 2005, 12:27 AM
I have to ask out of curiosity, with the actual part now being found, who made the most accurate emitter compared to the photos we have seen?

Thanks again guys.

Gabe, awesome rendering again.  I cant wait to see more pics of this thing

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YES...YES.....What amish said.

 

[phase pistol]

Stop it you guys. You're making my MR "as built by" go DOWN in value. :angry

 

[Prop Runner]

Originally posted by Gigatron+Oct 6 2005, 12:23 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gigatron @ Oct 6 2005, 12:23 AM)</div>

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@Oct 6 2005, 12:10 AM
This is how I'm interpreting Chris' comment about a 2nd ring, and my assumption (true?  false?) that the 'lip' is contiguous with the inside tube:

I only have MS Paint at work, so apologies for the crude monkeying with Gabe's fine work. 

Thst's what I got from the description as well. It would explain the 'step' in the front between the flange and ROH. I still don't see where the crush ring or even some sort of sealant (as seen in the original cutaway) would go.
-Fred[/b]

Fred & Andres, I didn't incorporate Chris' "second ring" for two reasons:

1) We don't see it in the photos

2) I don't see a mechanical/functional reason for it

3) The cutaway diagram doesn't have a second ring (unless you consider that it belongs to the interconnector on the left facing the one on the right.

4) If we replicate this assembly, I don't see a point in making a second ring unless it spins around like chrome wheel bling.

Seriously, though: a second ring may or may not account for the step seen in the Chronicles photos and screen caps, depending on how thick it is, but since we're dealing with two concentric mated parts, the ring-tube could still have been impacted into the interconnector, thus giving us a step. It could also mean that the interconnector in Chris' photos has both rings, with the outside one being flush with the flange. And do BOTH inside and outside rings have lips, or just the outside one? Any of these scenarios still has to account for the fact that in the cutaway diagram the ring PROTRUDES AWAY from the flange and shows only one ring.

Also, if two interconnectors in the cutaway diagram face each other, and assuming that both have inside and outside rings, does one outside ring have a lip while the other has a groove, or a lip with a smaller or larger OD that fits into the first lip? Are both lips the same height, thickness, and geometry? Does the opposite-facing ring have a smaller ID if it has a smaller diameter lip? If so, which interconnector is the one used on the emitter, if from the outside they both appear the same, but at the lip area they're different?

Argh... This CAN drive one insane. :confused

Chris - where are you? you're needed here desperately... :lol

- Gabe

 

[amish]

Originally posted by phase pistol@Oct 5 2005, 08:43 PM
Stop it you guys. You're making my MR "as built by" go DOWN in value.  :angry

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I will give you $100.00 for it right now

I still would like to know who may have gotten the closest with their replica of this found item before it was found.

Otherwise, I cant stop looking at those pics... Please post more if more are available.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Spellbinder99]

In reference to the hand engraved nature of the serial number Chris, many of the parts on the Rolls Royce jet engines I work on here have the serial and part numbers hand engraved. It puts far less stress on the part than stamping the numbers.

Stamped numbers cause stress raisers that can later become failure points on a part.

Cheers

Tony

 

[Prop Runner]

Originally posted by Serafino@Oct 6 2005, 12:10 AM
I only have MS Paint at work, so apologies for the crude monkeying with Gabe's fine work. 

Andres,

You do some pretty damn fine MS Painting yourself, my friend, so monkey away.

Tom - thanks for your kind words as well.

- Gabe

 

[Serafino]

Gabe--as to why you didn't put the 2nd ring in--right. In the end, at the moment, we're just uh, well, we're just uh, actually we're just sort of pleasuring ourselves when you get right down to it...

Amish and John--fer crying out loud, time enough to find out the Serafino/Obee1 was closest when the specs get published.

 

[amish]

Damn you Serafino... Curtains.

 

[the iron 1]

We have witnessed history this day....

 

[PHArchivist]

Originally posted by phase pistol@Oct 6 2005, 12:43 AM
Stop it you guys. You're making my MR "as built by" go DOWN in value.  :angry

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Wonder what MR is thinking today.

 

[bobasfett]

Incredible find to everyone involved. Thanks for getting those pics up Chris....also looking forward to your future comments. Congrats...

 

[Brinn 71]

AWESOME. Just AWESOME..

Great work EVERYONE.

B

(I'm still happy with my Roman Emitter)

 

[adamata]

Outstanding work.

Its just a shame it didn't some from a '74 pinto. Much easier to find the parts. It would be easier for me to fly to the moon and look for bigfoot than to find one of these.

Again, great detective work. It always amazes me what we can do when we work as a team.

 

[MonCal]

I don't know what y'all are so giddy about. We all know it's a sink drain...






hehehe

AWESOME ... FREAKING AWESOME..
Now, somebody go out and pick up about a dozen of these engines to gut

 

[ssdesigner]

Now, somebody go out and pick up about a dozen of these engines to gut

I'm thinking when we finally DO get one of these to gut out....there will be ALOT more parts from it used in SW than what we have found so far.

-Ss