Most up-to-date drawing for the ROTJ V2
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Tbone
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Okay, no responses? Gotta be some ROTJ experts out there somewhere...
The main reason I am asking is because of the main handle area. This drawing shows the saber with the Graflex clamp on it. The dimension given for the handle is 40mm, but the clamp was designed to go on a 1.5" (38 mm) tube. So should the hilt be 40mm with the clamp over that, or should there be a 38mm section just under the clamp, which would make the hilt measure 40mm wide when combined?
Thanks for any insight.
The main reason I am asking is because of the main handle area. This drawing shows the saber with the Graflex clamp on it. The dimension given for the handle is 40mm, but the clamp was designed to go on a 1.5" (38 mm) tube. So should the hilt be 40mm with the clamp over that, or should there be a 38mm section just under the clamp, which would make the hilt measure 40mm wide when combined?
Thanks for any insight.
Im no expert on this by any means, but I do have a luke V2 my MR (considered to be fairly accurate) and i can tell you that the drawing is not the V2 But rather the stunt version, which IIRC was also known as the "shared stunt" as it was used both as Kenobi's saber and subsequently Luke's Saber. Notice the lack of the nipple on the emitter, and the round cut outs on the graflex clamp.
DARTH SABER
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That is correct.
The area where the clamp goes should be slightly smaller than the 40mm area (apprx 38MM), so that when the clamp is attached it is flush with the lower section.
You might want to wait for someone else to respond, I don't know if any other discoveries on this were made on this detail after I created those prints.
Also, Kurosawa is correct...That is the ROTJ stunt saber, not the V2.
The area where the clamp goes should be slightly smaller than the 40mm area (apprx 38MM), so that when the clamp is attached it is flush with the lower section.
You might want to wait for someone else to respond, I don't know if any other discoveries on this were made on this detail after I created those prints.
Also, Kurosawa is correct...That is the ROTJ stunt saber, not the V2.
Those blueprints are probably based on the photo of the two ROTJ Luke sabers in the book From Star Wars to Indiana Jones Lucasfilm Archive something something.
I think it is important to note that while the 'Stunt' saber from ROTJ is still around, and even went to space recently... it is still never seen in the film itself. However, this saber body is the same as the V2. These are aluminum casts of a hand turned saber made for Kenobi in ANH.
There is a possibility that what we call the Stunt IS the same saber as the V2, just redressed with metal tape to resemble the Hero in color scheme after filming. Maybe.
EDIT: Our very own Anakin Starkiller really gets it when it comes to the ROTJ Luke sabers. He did a run of the Hero with uneven grip rings and all. IMO he's the only guy to get the pommel just right. He knows the V2 just as well I'm sure.
I think it is important to note that while the 'Stunt' saber from ROTJ is still around, and even went to space recently... it is still never seen in the film itself. However, this saber body is the same as the V2. These are aluminum casts of a hand turned saber made for Kenobi in ANH.
There is a possibility that what we call the Stunt IS the same saber as the V2, just redressed with metal tape to resemble the Hero in color scheme after filming. Maybe.
EDIT: Our very own Anakin Starkiller really gets it when it comes to the ROTJ Luke sabers. He did a run of the Hero with uneven grip rings and all. IMO he's the only guy to get the pommel just right. He knows the V2 just as well I'm sure.
Tbone
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Ah, ok... I was getting the two confused then. I was thinking the V2 and stunt were the same saber. Then is the V2 more like the Hero, but with a clamp instead of an activator box?
I may still have the guy turn out a stunt, since I kinda like them. Thanks for the help. Darth, I didn't think to look up you on here and see if you were still posting.... my duh! moment, I guess.
I am also working on a EL version of the V2. Building it out of junk, but its looking pretty good. I was just mixing and matching between the two prints of Hero and Stunt, not really sure which one to go with. I will post up some pics and let everyone help me critique it.
I may still have the guy turn out a stunt, since I kinda like them. Thanks for the help. Darth, I didn't think to look up you on here and see if you were still posting.... my duh! moment, I guess.
I am also working on a EL version of the V2. Building it out of junk, but its looking pretty good. I was just mixing and matching between the two prints of Hero and Stunt, not really sure which one to go with. I will post up some pics and let everyone help me critique it.
Tbone
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Here are a couple of pix of the WIP EL saber. It's all aluminum tubing, except for the neck and the knob. I got one of the tool makers at work to lathe and mill those out. He couldn't get the knob angled just right, so I had to hand file the angle on them. I'm still sanding and finishing it off.
I thought about getting a Graflex clamp, but I couldn't stomach paying $35 bucks for one and then cutting it all to hell. Instead cut some flat aluminum sheet and used the old Reflex pattern for reference to cut the holes out of. I'm going to use some U-channel to finish off the clamp and it will hold the switch for the EL driver.
The circuit board came from an old vid card I had laying around. I created a aluminum frame around it. That way, when I screw it down to the u-channel, it should look a lot like the way a regular clamp looks, and I will have access to the switch should it ever need replacing. The little handle I carved out of some 1/4" bar stock using a coping saw... damn my arm was tired after that.
I've only got about $20-30 bucks in it, and a butt-load of time so far.
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