My ANH OWK lightsaber cut away project

[ATL Kenobi]

Making a cut away isn't all that difficult. All you have to do is buy perfectly good saber parts and cut them in half :lol .

I probably have a couple months worth of work to do before it's completed. I need to add some more greeblies, 2 more LEDs, and some lamps. No batteries here. It'll be mounted on a base that will contain a 2 amp power supply.

Many thanks to Howard for inspiration, direction, and cutting techniques. And thanks to Darth Lars for advice on thermal considerations for the 5 Watt Luxeon LED.

ATL

 

[motivealloy]

AAAACKKKK.... You cut up Obi saber parts. :eek

On the other hand, your cutaway looks wickedly cool.... :love

Are you going to make the other half a cut away as well?

 

[Serafino]

You guys with your saws. That is looking really great. My jaw was on the floor at first when I thought that was an older AS. :lol

 

[Serafino]

By the way, you better watch out with the whole saw thing. Howard's gotten so good that he's now addicted to the process. He saws for fun now. Just the other day he brought a huge piece of dirty old lumber into the house and sawed it up, and then since it was now 'handiwork' he insisted on mounting it on the wall.

Also there have been some mysterious sawing incidents around the area and the neighbors are getting suspicious.

A man with a saw is a dangerous thing.

 

[Darth Lars]

Whoa. I just spent ten minutes looking at the pictures. It is seriously promising. :thumbsup
I like what you have done with the grenade stem.

 

[firebladejedi]

Im in two minds over this, on one side im thinking cutting up these beautiful parts is utter madness :wacko and the other half of me is thinking, WOW this is awesome..... :eek

 

[lesternessman]

still getting over the initial shock of seeing the post...I'll try and post an intelligent comment once my mind sorts out what my eyes are looking at

 

[franz bolo]

Holy shmoly, That's awesome.

FB

 

[OldKen]

i just threw up a little...

why didnt you take your parts and recast them in resin or something?

you know how hard ive been lookin for a real graflex clamp?

i mean its gonna be awesome for sure... but my heart kinda sank when i opened this thread. :cry

 

[DL 44 Blaster]

Fantastic.. These are the newest thing to really set the bar to the highest level. You might as well make two while your at it....sell one and still have on left :lol

Steve

 

[Smiling Demon]

WOW, that looks good.

OUt of the ones you have done I think I like this one the best.
Looks real good.

Kenny :thumbsup :thumbsup

 

[ATL Kenobi]

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Are you going to make the other half a cut away as well?
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I hadn' t thought of that. Actually, as Howard did, I was just going to use the "other half" as the cover to be removed to reveal the innards.

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My jaw was on the floor at first when I thought that was an older AS. :lol
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you know how hard ive been lookin for a real graflex clamp?
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Except for the newer style all plastic AS handwheel, all the saber parts are reproductions from Roman's Empire or Blast-tech. I couldn't even bring myself to cut-up one of my Serafino boosters .

ATL

 

[blufive]

Cool. Keep us posted with your progress.

 

[Howard]

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By the way, you better watch out with the whole saw thing. Howard's gotten so good that he's now addicted to the process. He saws for fun now. Just the other day he brought a huge piece of dirty old lumber into the house and sawed it up, and then since it was now 'handiwork' he insisted on mounting it on the wall.

A man with a saw is a dangerous thing.
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:lol

Funny thing is - it's all true. :confused
Long story - not for this thread.

Mike - great work indeed.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished design.
Oh, and sorry I'm late to this thread - so many objects to saw, such little time...

 

[OldKen]

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Except for the newer style all plastic AS handwheel, all the saber parts are reproductions from Roman's Empire or Blast-tech. I couldn't even bring myself to cut-up one of my Serafino boosters .

ATL
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whew good to know.


and it does look great. it will be awesome, cant wait.

but upon my first view i was a little scared. LOL.

 

[ThermalShock]

Why didn't I think of that?

Is that a Parks saber? The grenade section?

 

[ATL Kenobi]

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Is that a Parks saber? The grenade section?
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It actually is a Roman's #3 MK1 that I had a machinist bore the 3/8" hole out to 1". I gave some serious thought to drilling that myself, but since the #3s are no longer available from Romans, I didn't want to chance messing it up.

ATL

 

[Hitogiri]

Thats pretty cool, I've always loved the cutaways, its a lot of precision and patience and a great show piece. Good luck.

 

[ATL Kenobi]

I've made some progress on the emitter.

I'm thinking the 16 holes should have a purpose, so I put a little "sensor" behind each hole. I imagine they detect the plasma beam and make minute corrections to the focusing reflector around the output gem to keep the beam length constant.

 

[PHArchivist]

LOTS of work, man.