Mostly Hardware Obi ROTS/ANH Hybrid

[Tan Djarka]

After a bit more than a year, I finally (almost) finished an Obi ROTS/ANH hybrid saber. A tutorial of sorts can be found at:

http://community-2.webtv.net/MDChubb/SabreCraft/page11.html

As usual, questions and comments are welcome.

 

[phase pistol]

That looks better than I would have thought! :thumbsup

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

First, looks great. I have the same Hasbro saber and I had thought about the same type of conversion. Glad to see someone did one, it gives me inspiration !

Second, same comment as before, I wish your pictures were bigger !!

 

[Tan Djarka]

Thanks again. It turned out a little better than my first shot at it. There's still a few things I may add or change, but for the moment I'm satisfied.

It's kind of funny though. All the ROTS sabers we've seen built from ANH parts, and I do the opposite. I make an ANH styled sabre from ROTS parts (mostly).

And the size of the pictures are, unfortunately, dictated by the Pagebuilder program through MSNtv.

 

[Tan Djarka]

Well, looks like that satisfaction was short lived. I decided to shorten the neck between the windvane and the emitter by about 1/4". No updates to the page, as it looks about the same, save that quarter inch.

I'll probably build an entirely new neck/windvane (with fins in the windvane) in the future, but for now I'll let it sit. There's a few other projects I still need to get to.

 

[Tan Djarka]

I've updated the page with a pic of the "transistors" on the clamp.

 

[Smiling Demon]

Your background makes it difficult to read anything on your website!:confused

 

[Tan Djarka]

Your background makes it difficult to read anything on your website!:confused

Sorry. I thought the "rivets" background was cool, and it looked okay on my end (but WebTV displays things a little differently than the average PC). I changed the background to plain ol' blue. Hope that helps.

Any further questions or comments about the saber?

 

[Tan Djarka]

I've updated the page with a couple of pics of the new neck/windvane assembly I built for the saber. I went with the actual "vanes" of the ANH design, rather than the solid ROTS version.

With few possible exceptions, I think it's done now. But then again, is any Obi saber (particularly the ANH) ever REALLY done?

 

[OB10]

That is really pretty durn cool. I know there are limitations with what Webtv can do, but if you had some higher resolution pictures, I wouldn't mind clicking on over to a Photobucket site or something to look at them....

I'm all about offering suggestions for other people doing work. Heh, heh! It looks pretty cool, though!

Obi-Bob

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Hey, if you want to email me your pics, I'll host them and post them in this Thread for you no problem.

Honestly I'd love to see some better pics just because I want to do the same project myself and it looks like you did a killer job, so you would be helping me out !

 

[Tan Djarka]

Thanks, that's a generous offer, but there's two problems:

First, though not insurmountable, is that I can only e-mail one image at a time.

Second, and this is probably the deal breaker, is that I upload and e-mail the images via my WebTV box, which only has Audio/Video inputs. I choose my digital camera/camcorder specifically for it's a/v ouputs and compatibility with WebTV.

Even though the image's native resolution is 2304x1728, what I send you cannot exceed the NTSC standard of 480i/640x480 (72dpi). What you get may be bigger, but the resolution will not improve. Sorry.

But thanks for the offer and the encouraging sentiment regarding my work. Should you embark on this journey, I'll offer what advice I can but the images, as you know, will be sorely lacking.

 

[Tan Djarka]

Just dug up this old thread. Now that I can post pics, well... Pics are coming! (That sounded wrong, what I mean to say is they're on their way)

 

[Tan Djarka]

A rebuilt version of the first one I built.


With machined pommel and emitter.

Being rebuilt again.

With a 3-D printed wind vane.

A comparison between the original toy and completed saber.

 

[Tan Djarka]

With an ROTS Anakin circuit card.

With a thicker neck and PVC wind vane.

 

[Tan Djarka]

I've got a few more of these and a pommel and emitter ready to go. I'm thinking about building another one and documenting the process if anyone's interested in a tutorial.

 

[Mouse Vader]

I would, it'd make for a useful stunt hilt. The one with printed weather vane is remarkably good - in photo's a least.

What are you using for the emitter/balance pipe?

 

[Tan Djarka]

What are you using for the emitter/balance pipe?

It's PVC pipe, plastic tube, a 1.25" bearing for the flange, and a Tonka truck wheel insert for the "ring of holes" (in my "Hardware Obi ANH Emitter" thread, which as I type this, is in the related links below).

The pommel is completely hardware too, by the way.

 

[Mouse Vader]

I've seen your tonka thread before, v interesting too.

Defo like to see how you put all this together, it's a neat build.