So.. I had a moment of inspiration staring at this flash unit. Those black Zeiss Ikon ones have a very prequel style bulb socket. It’s a separate section, it’s chrome, kinda council saber like.. I kind of wanted to keep it. But the T track never looked right on the body.
In comes a random thick walled Delrin tube I had lying around. (I made a bone folder for an ex out of some scrap I bought) and lo and behold… it’s easy to machine!
I made a few patterns on cut down pieces.. short enough to lathe. I don’t have a tube live center (need to get one or make one)
So… when looking at the saber, I decided to use painters tape to map out ideas
Next post.. pattern in action
In comes a random thick walled Delrin tube I had lying around. (I made a bone folder for an ex out of some scrap I bought) and lo and behold… it’s easy to machine!
I made a few patterns on cut down pieces.. short enough to lathe. I don’t have a tube live center (need to get one or make one)
So… when looking at the saber, I decided to use painters tape to map out ideas
Next post.. pattern in action