yea, wait, unless the drive shaft (right term?) is a stem. If the blade is slipped over, and set screwed to the shaft, it would leave the spinning emitter and rod attached to the saber.
I'm not sure if this is useless, already hashed out, etc.
Do we have ANY evidence that the V3 had a nipple at some point? At all?
I'm thinking maybe the "crude" socket in the V3 was a first version and the V2/nipple (whether its a separate cylindrical piece or something else) WAS the updated version, with a legitimate machined nipple and/or emitter? good enough to be used for the ANH duel
When they pulled the v3 into action, maybe they had to re-use the old set-up, or copy it, to install a new blade. Looks like a collar for the blade that sinks into the emitter part way
I’m so confused over this damn thing... I’ve made my spinning emitter on the v2 as simple as I could
here's another shot of the V3
note: black on emitter, bent blade connection
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Sharing....
I started moving forward with my “ROTJ Production Version V3” this weekend.
Putting my money where my mouth is, here is the affect I achieved on the booster by using gaffer tape applied over the black paint and ripping it off quickly...
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Here are some quick highlights for saber folk. These were just quick pics. I’m sure nicer scans will be done by someone else, but my scanner is broken.
My favorite is the V2.