Shoulder puller

[Brevin Din-Shay]

Anyone know what this is? (my friends, you don't count).

What is this object, and what does it do? If you have one, could you post a pic?


The epitomy of scratch-built sabers, I call it.

 

[acyang]

Ahh, the shoulder puller. A device used to 'pull' the bulges that exist around the graflex glass eye. Very useful on a sink-tube or scratch build of a Luke ANH saber, or Vader ROTJ saber.

I've got one, I believe they were originally offered by a board member by the name of 'honeck', or something similar.

 

[dcarty]

I used to have one of those until I loaned it to another member here several years ago and that's the last I saw of it.

Here are some pics:

Pretty neat deelie-bob.

Dave

 

[Hecubus114]

was this a scratch-built tool or something pre-existing for another purpose? I was trying to get one for years...

 

[TK-Fett]

ive been interested in these for years and have never seen one come up for sale

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I have one.

Bought it from THX1138 5-6 years ago for $25.

Mines not for sale unless you have $150 !! :lol

 

[corranhornjje]

Not to toot my own horn, but I helped Dana design it and scouted some machinists locally until we found Honeck to do it. Still have mine that I've used exactly twice and still works like a champ. It may be for sale if the right offer came around. It's more a piece of RPF history now with all the amazing replicas out there, but it worked wonderfully on my aluminum graflex blank I made for my ROTJ Vader.

 

[Bilbo Baggins]

Not to toot my own horn, but I helped Dana design it and scouted some machinists locally until we found Honeck to do it. Still have mine that I've used exactly twice and still works like a champ. It may be for sale if the right offer came around. It's more a piece of RPF history now with all the amazing replicas out there, but it worked wonderfully on my aluminum graflex blank I made for my ROTJ Vader.

Ahhh, The good ol' days..RPF History for sure
I remember all the R&D that went into getting those just right.
I also grabbed one up when they were 1st made and never used it once :lol
so, I passed it on to another member.

 

[Chingon]

I miss Jim Honeck.

 

[Cenobyte]

I have one as well that I had lent out a few times to members and it came back each time

 

[modelcitizen]

i need me one of those.

 

[Hecubus114]

I smell a ruuuuun.........

 

[Smiling Demon]

I have one as well that I had lent out a few times to members and it came back each time

I was one of those members and it worked fantastically!!! (Is that a word?)
I used it on 4 of my replica Graflexes I made.
Thanks again. :thumbsup

 

[Hecubus114]

anybody have a pic of what it can produce?

 

[Tk-Devo]

Alright, I guess I'll be the guy who asks, what is this thing? Whats it for?

 

[Chingon]

Alright, I guess I'll be the guy who asks, what is this thing? Whats it for?

Answered in the 2nd post

Ahh, the shoulder puller. A device used to 'pull' the bulges that exist around the graflex glass eye. Very useful on a sink-tube or scratch build of a Luke ANH saber, or Vader ROTJ saber.