Short Circuit Their Recording Systems - Building a Restraining Bolt
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Was able to find another reasonably priced “for parts” Arriflex lens so built a 3PO version to go along with the R2.
Build process obviously the same as the previous, only thing I did differently this time was to add back the silver piece in order to be able to thread the bolt.
Had to remove the lens plate, which, as you can see is just threaded on. Simple, right? Not when your lens was clearly dropped like third period French. Took some convincing but eventually came off.
Then after threading a few other pieces out you’re left with the metal part.
Next is to grab that black part with a pair of pliers again, twist, and hope for the best.
Throw those screws back in...
Trim a carriage bolt, ended up being about an inch and a half.
Voila!
Love this prop.
Build process obviously the same as the previous, only thing I did differently this time was to add back the silver piece in order to be able to thread the bolt.
Had to remove the lens plate, which, as you can see is just threaded on. Simple, right? Not when your lens was clearly dropped like third period French. Took some convincing but eventually came off.
Then after threading a few other pieces out you’re left with the metal part.
Next is to grab that black part with a pair of pliers again, twist, and hope for the best.
Throw those screws back in...
Trim a carriage bolt, ended up being about an inch and a half.
Voila!
Love this prop.
I was thinking the same thing, and really it makes more sense. Im sure Anthony Daniels would have much rather had the rounded end on the inside of the suit than the bolt and nut end.
You could totally be right Dann. I swapped out the 3/8” bolt for a 1/4” with washer and that definitely looks better, but yeah maybe I’ll try turning it around and see how it looks fully reversed.
So I tried with just flipping it around, so that the smooth part is underneath and bolt is outward facing, and with the line you see between the bolt and nut I don’t think it looks right. I swapped out the carriage bolt entirely for a hex head bolt I had lying around and I think this is closer. There’s might have been a shallower head than I have but I feel like this is closer to the look.
Frenzy1971
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I love that sandstone display near the top. B-e-a-u-tiful.
Thanks! It’s actually a piece of foam, covered in wood filler to give it texture and then spray painted. Was going for the Tatooine look for all my ANH props.
Would probably have been easier to just use a rock...
Yeah, that looks like it could be correct, nice job!
Did you try running a 3/8" carriage bolt through, from the back, then adding a hex nut on the front, without any washers?
I will say, I like the LOOK of the smooth head carriage bolt better, but what you've done here does look more like the screen shot you posted.
I did it with the washers, didn’t take any photos though. The problem I had with that was the visible line between the bolt and the hex but, which I don’t see in the image.
Also, I totally agree that I prefer the way the rounded carriage bolt looks with the washer through the front, but my screen accuracy OCD won’t allow it!
Anyone think we might be looking at the rear element of the lens stuck in the middle and not a bolt at all? Looking at some other reference photos you can see it looks more like a round shape (i.e. not a hex bolt) with a distinct line around the edge, which could match the look of the rear element... Thoughts?
In that photo you’re totally right that it’s round, as opposed to any kind of hex end. I don’t know that I see the rear part of the lens, though. To my eye it definitely looks more like the carriage bolt that we originally suspected. Especially taken with some of the color photos, like above, where it has a full on, consistent silver reflection that you wouldn’t get from the rear part of the lens.
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