Now available from our r2Maker Shapeways store are plastic replacement grasp for R2-D2 aluminum HoloProjectors.
https://www.shapeways.com/product/NFH8FTPWD/vickers-viscount-vv-700-rlsu-0004-3-grasp
The grasps should fit on any previously produced replica HPs that have correct threads.
The original HP's used in Star Wars were actually aircraft reading lamps.
The lamps were mostly aluminum except for the ribbed grasps that a passenger would "steer" into a orientation for reading.
Since this was a lamp with a hot light the grasp needed to not conduct heat to the passengers fingers.
An aluminum grasp would have become to hot to touch during a flight.
The original grasps were made from the original plastic called Bakelite.
Bakelite has a very low thermal coefficient and remained cool to the touch.
These replica are made to spec from three original Vickers Viscount reading lamps.
One lamp was laser scanned fully assembled.
One lamp was laser scanned disassembled into subassemblies.
One lamp was laser scanned completely disassembled into individual components.
We have an updated super high resolution scan of the grasp.
The HP ribbed grasps are now available for $45.00 each on our Shapeways store.
These are a fantastic improvement over tradition replica graphs made out to of Aluminum, as shown in the following image.
Customers have ordered three to replace all their HPs.
Some customers have purchased one just for the "hero" HP on the front.
We have customers who tested the waters with one and then returned to order the remaining two.
https://www.shapeways.com/product/NFH8FTPWD/vickers-viscount-vv-700-rlsu-0004-3-grasp
The grasps should fit on any previously produced replica HPs that have correct threads.
The original HP's used in Star Wars were actually aircraft reading lamps.
The lamps were mostly aluminum except for the ribbed grasps that a passenger would "steer" into a orientation for reading.
Since this was a lamp with a hot light the grasp needed to not conduct heat to the passengers fingers.
An aluminum grasp would have become to hot to touch during a flight.
The original grasps were made from the original plastic called Bakelite.
Bakelite has a very low thermal coefficient and remained cool to the touch.
These replica are made to spec from three original Vickers Viscount reading lamps.
One lamp was laser scanned fully assembled.
One lamp was laser scanned disassembled into subassemblies.
One lamp was laser scanned completely disassembled into individual components.
We have an updated super high resolution scan of the grasp.
The HP ribbed grasps are now available for $45.00 each on our Shapeways store.
These are a fantastic improvement over tradition replica graphs made out to of Aluminum, as shown in the following image.
Customers have ordered three to replace all their HPs.
Some customers have purchased one just for the "hero" HP on the front.
We have customers who tested the waters with one and then returned to order the remaining two.
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