Not sure where this lightsaber originated - but @redbutton and I are both building one of these! I'll post mine here...
(let me know if anyone wants credit for these, not sure whos photos they are)
Thanks to Anakin Starkiller I found out the main body of the saber consisted of a Heiland Strobonar and a Graflex Slave. The strobonar is disassembled and the grey plastic ring supporting the flashlight-type head is slid around the graflex. I dipped mine in boiling water and it expanded and slid on perfectly.
Trouble is...I wondered, how do you attach the two flashes together? The Strobonar is an empty tube and the graflex is the same size and one solid piece.
After shaping the grey part, here's what I did.
I bolted a chunk of 1 1/2" dowel to the graflex. I had to trim the edges by hand to get it to fit inside the Heiland Strobonar.
It still wouldn't slide on though, too much friction. The endcap wouldn't thread into the body either... while it was attached to the graflex.
So I disassembled the whole thing, and ended up slamming the dowel piece into the strobonar. it worked, considering wood is more pliable than metal.
Then, the endcap had enough wiggle room to go on. Nut inside against the dowel.
here are the pieces
After this was all tight together... (I specifically went rough on carving the grey part so it would look like something the effects team mocked up quickly)
Then I cut a piece of plastic I had lying around and drilled the correctly placed hole to screw it to the grey piece. May glue this down too.
and finally I had to cut off the excess threaded rod. ended up having to disassemble the thing again, so I could cut it flush with the endcap..
Now we have a tight fitting body! I noticed the thing holding the card is a metal C shape on top of a fabricated box with buttons on it, just like the energizer saber. I wonder which came first...
T track are red, spray painted black with screws or rivets in....Theres that weird black clip on the back of the emitter...a block of something for the D ring...and a rubber clamp area.....any tips on bending those bunny ear tabs without breaking them?
(let me know if anyone wants credit for these, not sure whos photos they are)
Thanks to Anakin Starkiller I found out the main body of the saber consisted of a Heiland Strobonar and a Graflex Slave. The strobonar is disassembled and the grey plastic ring supporting the flashlight-type head is slid around the graflex. I dipped mine in boiling water and it expanded and slid on perfectly.
Trouble is...I wondered, how do you attach the two flashes together? The Strobonar is an empty tube and the graflex is the same size and one solid piece.
After shaping the grey part, here's what I did.
I bolted a chunk of 1 1/2" dowel to the graflex. I had to trim the edges by hand to get it to fit inside the Heiland Strobonar.
It still wouldn't slide on though, too much friction. The endcap wouldn't thread into the body either... while it was attached to the graflex.
So I disassembled the whole thing, and ended up slamming the dowel piece into the strobonar. it worked, considering wood is more pliable than metal.
Then, the endcap had enough wiggle room to go on. Nut inside against the dowel.
here are the pieces
After this was all tight together... (I specifically went rough on carving the grey part so it would look like something the effects team mocked up quickly)
Then I cut a piece of plastic I had lying around and drilled the correctly placed hole to screw it to the grey piece. May glue this down too.
and finally I had to cut off the excess threaded rod. ended up having to disassemble the thing again, so I could cut it flush with the endcap..
Now we have a tight fitting body! I noticed the thing holding the card is a metal C shape on top of a fabricated box with buttons on it, just like the energizer saber. I wonder which came first...
T track are red, spray painted black with screws or rivets in....Theres that weird black clip on the back of the emitter...a block of something for the D ring...and a rubber clamp area.....any tips on bending those bunny ear tabs without breaking them?