Right place at the right time! Story of my life this year.Well done! Great detective work BRRogers.
I was wondering if the original wooden master is probably a tad larger than the hero lightsaber because of the shrinking factor of the aluminum?Right place at the right time! Story of my life this year.
Wow, that‘s really fascinating. A few weeks ago, I had the metal alloy of my original blank analyzed via X-ray fluorescence analysis, but that‘s stuff for a whole new thread.View attachment 1517502
Well, going off the propstore ruler photos…
I had my MK1 handwheel turned ONLY out a few threads (the assembly I have won’t let it go farther at the moment)
It seems like the handwheel on the original wooden buck would indicate it was unthreaded about 1/4”ish further than what I managed.
Those numbers translate onto the ruler (11-1/4” length in the propstore buck) visually matches what I’ve got here sans the pommel which is too close to the booster. (Mine hits at 11” right now)
Dimensionally, that would indicate to me that the shrinkage wasn’t majorly significant with the metal casting… just that the buck was longer than the final stunt assemblies
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...Dimensionally, that would indicate to me that the shrinkage wasn’t majorly significant with the metal casting… just that the buck was longer than the final stunt assemblies...
Wow, that‘s really fascinating. A few weeks ago, I had the metal alloy of my original blank analyzed via X-ray fluorescence analysis, but that‘s stuff for a whole new thread.
Aluminum, Al 91.3 - 93.2 % 91.3 - 93.2 % As remainder Copper, Cu <= 0.10 % <= 0.10 % Iron, Fe <= 0.12 % <= 0.12 % Magnesium, Mg 0.30 - 0.45 % 0.30 - 0.45 % Manganese, Mn <= 0.05 % <= 0.05 % Other, each <= 0.05 % <= 0.05 % Other, total <= 0.15 % <= 0.15 % Silicon, Si 6.5 - 7.5 % 6.5 - 7.5 % Titanium, Ti <= 0.20 % <= 0.20 % Zinc, Zn <= 0.05 % <= 0.05 %
Not only were the Kenobi stunts cast but many other things, e11 parts, and a few r2 parts
Completely agree with yaThe Bapty E11 for Tunisia had some cast parts, R2 in that thread had arm and leg parts cast, and the Kenobi stunts now...I thinking they may have all just come from the same near-by place.