Greetings fellow builders,
A long time ago in a galaxy far away i started on building my own lightsaber.
I started out on trying to build a graflex replica, but reading this forum i let go of that idea and i switched to a graflex inspired concept.
My saber started out as a stailess steel vacuum cleaner tube and after much grinding filing and sanding it ended up like this,
My idea was to create something in a style that could have been made by graflex, and in my opinion it turned out quite good.
The red button and "glass" eye (wich is made out of acrylic) are functional.
I changed the brass pins to a larger single pin not only because i thought it looked good but also because i could not find small brass pins that looked ok
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The "bunny" ears were to hard to replicate (as i don't own any machinery to make them) so were left out and replaced by an extra knurled screw wich holds the "stabilizing ring" in place, this is the only part that i am not quite sure off if it wil stay or go (maybe the opinion of fellow builders can make me change my mind).
The clamp is stil "work in progress" stil not sure if i wil be going for a (home made) replica or a tottaly different concept.
No grips until now, i am still thinking if i should go for Roy's excellent t-tracks or a ScottD style grip, QUESTION for ScottD: how do you make these wonderfull grips????
So here it is, i am very curious how you fellow builders like my work so far.
Any comment's or tips are welcome.
Perry.