<div class='quotetop'>(JunkSabers1138 @ Jul 12 2006, 10:23 PM) [snapback]1279574[/snapback]</div>
When's the next EZ registration?[/b]
All the time. Don't worry.
However, I don't see much info in the thread on ASAP that is not on the web page.
The clamp was from Roman's Empire. The grip was made from washers, and it was somewhat difficult to line them up because they were all for differently-sized bolts.
When I built a Luke ROTJ-style grip out of washers (it was a custom saber), I first attached each small washer onto a larger one. Then I attached the pieces together by dropping them one by one into a piece of tubing with an inner diameter that fit the largest washers just right. Of course there may be many other methods that are just as good.
You could also use automotive filler or epoxy putty to fill the cracks. File off the excess with a triangular file. Because putty is so much softer than steel, the washers will serve as a guide so you don't file off too much.
To paint, it is easiest to use spray paint and then sand off the parts of the grip that should look like metal.
The pommel cubes look like they were cut from pieces of tubing of different sizes that slid into eachother. I think it would be much easier to use a thick aluminum tube to begin with.
It is difficult to work on pieces that have been glued together, because the friction of a saw blade or file causes heat, sometimes enough to make the glue lose its adhesiveness.
