T-TRACK GRIP PROJECT

[acerocket]

I think I have seen just about every material except gold mentioned as the accurate grip material. I have seen a thread where someone claims to have spoken to a Bapty employee who said is was metal T-track. I have seen threads where it was confirmed to be a windshield wiper. I have seen threads claiming it was some kind of plastic edging material. I have seen threads where a someone said it was a hard rubber. Truth be told, I doubt we will ever find out the exact answer. It may be entirely possible they used different materials in the different films. Who knows? Personally I tend to think it is some sort of rubber due primarily to the evidence of the blasters. Also, I think if this were to get made, the best way to sell it would be in 12"-14" lengths and let the end user cut his own grips to length. I know I have given prices in ABS because that seems to be the prevailing interest right now (and what I thought a few months ago before I found out about the blasters), but I believe now it is some sort of rubber. It is of little importance to me the exact material. I just go with the flow and try to help as much as I can.

 

[Darkknight0667]

Somebody really needs to go visit the guy that just paid $170G's for the original Luke ANH and see what was used there. That should clear things up (at least as far as that saber goes).

 

[bowjunkie35]

I hear ya acerocket, but here is the deal. A set of E-11 grips have lengths as follows. 5 pcs. at 6 3/8" and one at 7 1/8", just an FYI for anyone who wants to know. This gives enough stretch to get into the holes and bottom out on the internal barell, which is crucial to keeping the grips in place without any kind of adhesive.

 

[franz bolo]

I always hear T-Track, but what exactly does a T-track look like in it's native enviroment?

Does anyone have any pictures of a cabinet or door or anything that used the T-Track?

I go to the hardware store, and they seem oblivious to what a T-Track is.

thanks

FB

 

[Darkknight0667]

T-track is used on cabinets with sliding doors. The wheels that allow the door to slide have a center groove in them that would ride atop the upright portion of the T-track.

Originally posted by franz bolo@Aug 2 2005, 03:46 PM
I always hear T-Track, but what exactly does a T-track look like in it's native enviroment?

Does anyone have any pictures of a cabinet or door or anything that used the T-Track?

I go to the hardware store, and they seem oblivious to what a T-Track is.

thanks

FB

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[franz bolo]

Are there any pictures of this anywhere on the internet?

I tried to find info for about 2 hours and found nothing.

It's as elusive as textured metal tape.

FB

 

[steveday72]

Originally posted by Darkknight0667@Aug 2 2005, 07:43 PM
Somebody really needs to go visit the guy that just paid $170G's for the original Luke ANH and see what was used there.  That should clear things up (at least as far as that saber goes).

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That wouldn't help, because it's not believed to be an actual screen-used lightsaber, but merely a Graflex flash-handle that Gary Kurtz had in his archives and Jason Joiner (Joyner?) reconstructed using found parts.

If you look at hi-res photos of that lightsaber, you'll see that unlike any other Star Wars prop, the T-molding used on that has flat tops - so do the reconstructed Stormtrooper blaster and mystery Vader lightsaber from the same archive.

Also to note, is that where the grips on the mystery Vader saber are scratched and dinged, you can see grey primer and red plastic underneath that. This is something else that isn't seen on any other original props.

Steve

 

[steveday72]

Originally posted by Darkknight0667+Aug 2 2005, 07:52 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Darkknight0667 @ Aug 2 2005, 07:52 PM)</div>

T-track is used on cabinets with sliding doors.  The wheels that allow the door to slide have a center groove in them that would ride atop the upright portion of the T-track.

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@Aug 2 2005, 03:46 PM
I always hear T-Track, but what exactly does a T-track look like in it's native enviroment?

Does anyone have any pictures of a cabinet or door or anything that used the T-Track?

I go to the hardware store, and they seem oblivious to what a T-Track is.

thanks

FB

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The crappy old british furniture (from MFI) that I remember it on, didn't even have wheels on the doors. The doors had a groove routed into the bottom and they simply slid over the T-track.

Steve

 

[GINO]

I still think the grips are plastic. Because they were extruded, I would guess ABS. You could easily heat the ABS grip with a heat gun at the ends and bend it into the holes on the barrel of a sterling just like in the pics posted earlier.

 

[TheRealMcFly]

bump

 

[laszlo]

T track bends fine without heating it. I have 5 different T track variations (none the correct type) - unfortunately T rack is not used as a method for sliding doors anymore and you will be very luckyto come across it in a hardware shop.

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

Thats a rubber material.....Look at the small flathead screws on the edges of the of the grips on the saber.....Flares out like rubber.

Since when did the ESB saber have 7 grips.?.?.?.?.?.?

 

[laszlo]

The T track I have flares if you tighten the screw enough.

 

[StefTrooper]

I read on a forum that someone met Mark Hamill at a convention and asked him what he thought the grips felt like. He remembered them feeling hard and that they gave him blisters. Of course, we have to keep in mind that he was duelling with that saber for hours at a time. What I'm getting at is that semi-hard rubber could also cause blisters.

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[Anakin Starkiller]

Is this project dead?

Dan Stokes
DDStokes@aol.com

 

[Darth Lars]

Bump. (must prevent this thread from being sucked into oblivion)

I recall from the Obi-Wan pommel threads that details in plastic parts can "sink".
I think the grips has some, because the profile does not look perfectly straight to me.

 

[seven]

I just bought an original LED Bubble lens from a calc. and hope to pick up an original graflex.

Acurate grips is just what I am looking for. Don't let this project Die.

 

[falken108]

If you need any help getting the cad program made into reality I can lend a hand.
I work for a rapid prototyper.
We use solidworks and have an in house SLA machine.
I doubt it would be very expensive to have made.
If you are interested, shoot me a pm.
Scott

 

[Durasteel Corporation]

I do hope this project stays on .....track.



ah, I kill myself sometimes. :lol :lol :lol


:lol

 

[seven]

is it just me or do I see a small slit down the center of the track in the ANH Luke saber?