Halliwax's weird V3 theory
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Yes, and i specifically see a pommel that was hacksawed open, from each side and the cuts met in the middle. I heard from an older member there were pipes put inside that matched the gauge of the air cannon.
Since the wired saber is missing a nipple I thought I'd find matching damage but found two sabers in R2 instead and never tried to look further
Wicked cool! Those could be hack saw marks or just the seam line from the cast if we can ever prove the nipple area was the pour spout
Flipped from how it is as the ranch saber (in other words correct for ESB), or flipped from ESB.
Upside down like it is today on the ranch saber
Yup! Following the D ring shows how many belt hangers they had.
The wampa cave d ring is actually twisted when they installed it.. don’t see that one anywhere else
I always thought they were small heat sinks
That picture of Hamill looks more like a Da'vinci painting
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Regarding the blade coming out of the V3 in jedi, I think I missed something.
On my pipe stunt, after drilling the little hole on the back, I could access one of the 2 opposing set screws on the blade. It made me think of the blade as one piece, and the saber with the tang sticking up as a second piece. My ESB Graflex has a threaded rod tang so that makes the blade one piece and the hilt, with an empty hole, another. These seem like small differences but I accidentally applied this to the V3.
I'm guessing there were set screws in both the emitter and body, securing it to the (probably steel) tang. That would leave the tang exposed and the blade would be attached to it with set screws. I'm not sure where the emitter set screw would be - the big tapped hole seems to hold the nipple in. This is the part of the logic I'm missing, is the V3 nipple part of the blade or part of the hilt?
On my pipe stunt, after drilling the little hole on the back, I could access one of the 2 opposing set screws on the blade. It made me think of the blade as one piece, and the saber with the tang sticking up as a second piece. My ESB Graflex has a threaded rod tang so that makes the blade one piece and the hilt, with an empty hole, another. These seem like small differences but I accidentally applied this to the V3.
I'm guessing there were set screws in both the emitter and body, securing it to the (probably steel) tang. That would leave the tang exposed and the blade would be attached to it with set screws. I'm not sure where the emitter set screw would be - the big tapped hole seems to hold the nipple in. This is the part of the logic I'm missing, is the V3 nipple part of the blade or part of the hilt?
Part of the blade. That goes down into the emitter.
I find it hard to believe that 5mm set screw is in the emitter during filming
Is that so?! So the idea that they chopped down the nipple isnt accurate - they chopped the tang down and had the low profile nipple/shaft collar the whole time. Blade and blade collar sunken into the emitter. There has got to be a set screw somewhere in the emitter holding it to the tang.
let me draw something up for you
So tom my mind has been bouncing around lately because I now don’t think the stunt we see Guinness holding (which we thought was the v3 ) is now not the same v3 At the ranch today..
There is so many questions one of which, when did the v3 get the 5mm set screw? We don’t see it in any photos we have..
Granted rotj the emitter still had paint on it so that may be hiding the screw.. but I don’t think so..
I am pretty sure the “tang” can not be separated from the blade.. they either glued it in there, or the found part they used for blades have them attached to them already like that.
The nipple acts as a seat for the blade to sit in the emitter
The tang goes all the way down and is fastened inside the booster. The tang is held on with something that can break free thanks to seeing the behind the scenes footage. Locking collar, c clip retaining, or heck they could have tapped the end and have a Nut on it?! No proof just a theory
Pretty sure the emitter was hacked off when it was constructed.. and part of the process of how they were built/assembled them. You can tell by the paint job (if the stunt Guinness is holding is the v3)
the nipple in ANH is the same nipple in RoTJ... ( if the ANH stunt is the v3 )
Contradicts myself.. unless all these stunts had the same nipple except the v2..
The v3 nipple may actually go up inside the blade too.. dunno though
More contradictions.. if the V3 does not have a screw in the emitter how did they fasten the emitter to the nipple?
We now know the v3 has gaffers tape on the neck on some scenes, so maybe that was just it. We see it turning in the behind the scenes footage.. again no 5mm screw?!
I always thought there was a 3mm set screw in the ring under the emitter plate.. I have no proof, and pretty sure all the photos we have of the v3 in the ranch are good enough coverage of the entire emitter, and I can’t see a screw or hole..
If it did.. this would explain how the emitter held to the nipple, and would also explain the ghost machine mark on the yuma.. like the machinist was copying the v3, started the hole and changed his mind..
I find it really hard to believe that all the photos we have that 5mm hole is always on the other side...
Below is how I and others believe the blade is held on in the vader duel, but I am still scratching my head if the 5mm screw is not in the emitter there during filming before the vader duel
There is so many questions one of which, when did the v3 get the 5mm set screw? We don’t see it in any photos we have..
Granted rotj the emitter still had paint on it so that may be hiding the screw.. but I don’t think so..
I am pretty sure the “tang” can not be separated from the blade.. they either glued it in there, or the found part they used for blades have them attached to them already like that.
The nipple acts as a seat for the blade to sit in the emitter
The tang goes all the way down and is fastened inside the booster. The tang is held on with something that can break free thanks to seeing the behind the scenes footage. Locking collar, c clip retaining, or heck they could have tapped the end and have a Nut on it?! No proof just a theory
Pretty sure the emitter was hacked off when it was constructed.. and part of the process of how they were built/assembled them. You can tell by the paint job (if the stunt Guinness is holding is the v3)
the nipple in ANH is the same nipple in RoTJ... ( if the ANH stunt is the v3 )
Contradicts myself.. unless all these stunts had the same nipple except the v2..
The v3 nipple may actually go up inside the blade too.. dunno though
More contradictions.. if the V3 does not have a screw in the emitter how did they fasten the emitter to the nipple?
We now know the v3 has gaffers tape on the neck on some scenes, so maybe that was just it. We see it turning in the behind the scenes footage.. again no 5mm screw?!
I always thought there was a 3mm set screw in the ring under the emitter plate.. I have no proof, and pretty sure all the photos we have of the v3 in the ranch are good enough coverage of the entire emitter, and I can’t see a screw or hole..
If it did.. this would explain how the emitter held to the nipple, and would also explain the ghost machine mark on the yuma.. like the machinist was copying the v3, started the hole and changed his mind..
I find it really hard to believe that all the photos we have that 5mm hole is always on the other side...
Below is how I and others believe the blade is held on in the vader duel, but I am still scratching my head if the 5mm screw is not in the emitter there during filming before the vader duel
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