WannaWanga ANH Graflex Configuration

[Drew Baker]

I think the grip guide is beautiful. It was easy to mark and align everything, and was very well thought out. The grip lengths marked for each slot, the staggering for the spacing of the grips around the bottom, the clearance for the side rivets -- in all, excellently done. Far better than I would have dared ask for! Any failings in this are totally my own.



It's funny, the rivets do look smaller in person. I was a little disappointed -- but in photos they seem to fill the gaps between the grips better. Probably a matter of the grip shadows and reflections seeming to extend them further in photos than they look in person.

So, what have I learned?

One, I should be a bit more careful and double check my clamp box alignment. About 3mm more careful. Two, I would double check the can length before cutting the grips. Mine -- a Roman's bottom in this case -- seems to be 2 or 3 mm longer than the reference bottom, leaving a gap between the grips and the clamp. The upside is I can remove it easily, though. Three, if I were to do this for anyone but myself I would need to improve my drilling technique and/or equipment. My hand drilled holes drifted slightly down the length of the can, away from the end. (Less that 1mm, so they're close enough to be irritating.)

One of the D-ring rivets and the top 3mm side rivet interfere with each other. I redrilled the D-ring hole through the side rivet to make room for it (leaving the side rivet at a rakish angle, if I do say so myself).

Thanks again, Roy! I'm excited for the jump in quality for my ANH Graflex.

 

[xbadcardx]

Grind the tabs off the inside of the clamp and you can infinitely adjust the length and rotation of the bottom tube in relation to the clamp.

 

[Drew Baker]

Grind the tabs off the inside of the clamp and you can infinitely adjust the length and rotation of the bottom tube in relation to the clamp.

Thanks! I hadn't considered that.

 

[Halliwax]

The setup looks awesome drew!

 

[Drew Baker]

The setup looks awesome drew!

Thanks. Roy made it easy.

 

[George L.]

This is great, I think. Man, more mod's to my vintage build! Thanks for all the hard work that is never ending.

BTW: still to mention maybe, the 'bubble strip' base is clear and not frosted correct? Vader saber used 'frosted base' and Luke had the 'clear base' strip?

 

[roygilsing]

The grip guide is now available in my shop:

Luke ANH accurate grip guide – WannaWanga

wannawanga.com

 

[Gregatron]

Sold!

 

[nailuj]

Ordered !

 

[George L.]

Just in time for my re-build on the original Graflex Luke ANH project. Thank you so much!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Thanks again, Roy!

Giving my E6000 time to cure. I'll see how big a mess I made of things tomorrow.

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Just out of curiosity, why do so many members use E6000 to adhere their grips? I only use E6000 on things that require a rubbery bond, such as the moire rings on my Star Trek communicators (to absorb the constant shock of the communicator lid closing and striking the top shell). However, I don’t find that E6000 forms a super strong bond on these parts. I can peel a moire ring off of a communicator with minimal effort.

I use the 5 minute type of epoxy that Roy recommends on his site, for my grips, and they hold up very solidly with only a 5 minute cure time and no mess:

Luke ESB tutorial | WannaWanga

Again, just curious.

 

[PrinceZip]

This is great, hope there's more accurate grips guides for ESB Graflex and MPP

 

[Drew Baker]

Just out of curiosity, why do so many members use E6000 to adhere their grips?

Personally? I know next to nothing about adhesives, so I'm just following other folks' lead. I don't handle my sabers much so it doesn't have to do a great job, but I do like the idea of it being fairly easily removed and cleaned if I do need to make any changes.

 

[Gregatron]

I normally use two-part epoxy on most things. I just find that E6000 works well on saber grips because it can be applied direct from the tube (rather than mixing two parts and then applying with an implement, like a toothpick or whatever) and is easier to remove, if need be. It’s also easier to clean up excess with rubbing alcohol than clear epoxy is. If you apply two part epoxy under grips and some squeezes out, getting that residue up and off the flash tube will be a lot harder.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I normally use two-part epoxy on most things. I just find that E6000 works well on saber grips because it can be applied direct from the tube (rather than mixing two parts and then applying with an implement, like a toothpick or whatever) and is easier to remove, if need be. It’s also easier to clean up excess with rubbing alcohol than clear epoxy is. If you apply two part epoxy under grips and some squeezes out, getting that residue up and off the flash tube will be a lot harder.

Ah, OK. Gotcha.

I apply my 2 part epoxy with an unhealthy dose of obsessive compulsiveness so that I don’t have any oozing/seepage issues with my grip applications

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

I've been focused on my V2/V3 project and this business with the ANH Hero Graflex, I completely missed out on. Catching up now, I have to say, "Godammit."

Now I gotta drill more holes into my flash and get new parts! You jerks!

 

[Halliwax]

I prefer e6000 over epoxy because I find the epoxy can be brittle when adhering to the graflex

Never had a single t track fall off with the e6000

 

[TheUnchosenOne]

For me it's mostly that I already have E6000 for other lightsaber-related applications, it works, and is easy to work with, which is really important for me since I live in a one-bedroom apartment and at best have a makeshift workspace that's actually just my kitchen counter

 

[Halliwax]

For me it's mostly that I already have E6000 for other lightsaber-related applications, it works, and is easy to work with, which is really important for me since I live in a one-bedroom apartment and at best have a makeshift workspace that's actually just my kitchen counter

Once my girlfriend left me I took the living room over.. work bench, 3 tool boxes, and now 3d printer all in my living room. When I’m printing I roll the printer into the bedroom so I can listen to the tv..

You make do with what you have! Just stack stuff! lol

 

[TheUnchosenOne]

Once my girlfriend left me I took the living room over.. work bench, 3 tool boxes, and now 3d printer all in my living room. When I’m printing I roll the printer into the bedroom so I can listen to the tv..

You make do with what you have! Just stack stuff! lol

If I had enough room in my living room I would! But I don't, lol, I barely have space for the stuff I already have