veektohr
Sr Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I'd love one! PM me if you find them :cheers
I'd love one! PM me if you find them :cheers
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newmagrathea
Sr Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I'd take one of those coupling nuts off of you.
I'd take one of those coupling nuts off of you.
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
As in Baller hardware in Silverlake? DO WE GET OUR SABER SUPPLIES FROM THE SAME HARDWARE STORE!?
As in Baller hardware in Silverlake? DO WE GET OUR SABER SUPPLIES FROM THE SAME HARDWARE STORE!?
veektohr
Sr Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Lol. Yup!
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Lol. Yup!
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Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I swear this is almost exactly how the original prop must've been put together.
I swear this is almost exactly how the original prop must've been put together.
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Me too!
The only difference...I think they used all 8 rings from the browning 303. I used 7 thinking it wouldn't sit inside the grenade. it does, and one more ring would line it up EXACTLY with the Death Star screenshots
Edit: I should add two things.
1) I fixed this by including the cap for the rear of the grenade. I knocked out the flat head screw and used it as another center for the rod.
2) My dad has a romans clamp redbutton put his reducer right beneath the solid spacer in the clamp, butting against it. it makes for a seriously strong center. this means you'll need a 1/4 20 threaded rod and T nut instead of a bolt most likely, unless you find a really long bolt :lol
Me too!
The only difference...I think they used all 8 rings from the browning 303. I used 7 thinking it wouldn't sit inside the grenade. it does, and one more ring would line it up EXACTLY with the Death Star screenshots
Edit: I should add two things.
1) I fixed this by including the cap for the rear of the grenade. I knocked out the flat head screw and used it as another center for the rod.
2) My dad has a romans clamp redbutton put his reducer right beneath the solid spacer in the clamp, butting against it. it makes for a seriously strong center. this means you'll need a 1/4 20 threaded rod and T nut instead of a bolt most likely, unless you find a really long bolt :lol
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Sym-Cha
Master Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I love the use of that flash hider ... yet I'm not convinced that it is what was done back in 1976 ... it has been suggested that a wooden spacer, perhaps colored black, could have been used under the clamp ... now when the lightsaber was taken apart after use on set and then put back together again for those prop pictures in Mechanismo Book and another use in TESB as a tool ... now that would explain those additional small 8 holes in the clamp to keep the booster connected with wires / cotter pins and the two brass screws to keep the grenade attached to the clamp because the wooden spacer was lost or misplaced. Sofar I haven't seen anybody use the Mechanismo technical drawing with an explanation of the working parts . . . to build the inerts of OB1's lightsaber :
Chaïm
I love the use of that flash hider ... yet I'm not convinced that it is what was done back in 1976 ... it has been suggested that a wooden spacer, perhaps colored black, could have been used under the clamp ... now when the lightsaber was taken apart after use on set and then put back together again for those prop pictures in Mechanismo Book and another use in TESB as a tool ... now that would explain those additional small 8 holes in the clamp to keep the booster connected with wires / cotter pins and the two brass screws to keep the grenade attached to the clamp because the wooden spacer was lost or misplaced. Sofar I haven't seen anybody use the Mechanismo technical drawing with an explanation of the working parts . . . to build the inerts of OB1's lightsaber :
Chaïm
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Yea, I'm convinced they rebuilt it for that photo. The Shared Stunt clamp holes line up with those cotter pins too I think...
Anyway, the filming construction was solid, comparable to current replicas, so it could very well have been wood. I just used what was available on that table of parts.
Yea, I'm convinced they rebuilt it for that photo. The Shared Stunt clamp holes line up with those cotter pins too I think...
Anyway, the filming construction was solid, comparable to current replicas, so it could very well have been wood. I just used what was available on that table of parts.
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
You guys are forgetting one thing: the booster bearing. It's virtually the same diameter as the grenade, which makes it the perfect spacer, and has the holes to allow for the cotter pins. As far as I can tell, the bearing was as commons for the Browning M2s as the flash hider attachment, and best of all... no cutting or muss or fuss...
You guys are forgetting one thing: the booster bearing. It's virtually the same diameter as the grenade, which makes it the perfect spacer, and has the holes to allow for the cotter pins. As far as I can tell, the bearing was as commons for the Browning M2s as the flash hider attachment, and best of all... no cutting or muss or fuss...
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Both the flash cone and the bearing have that ring of holes and you're right they fit a graflex clamp. I'm just not sure what else would be in the clamp other than the grenade rim and the lip from the Browning 303. The bearing on its own leave a huge gap and that's just not structurally sound.
Both the flash cone and the bearing have that ring of holes and you're right they fit a graflex clamp. I'm just not sure what else would be in the clamp other than the grenade rim and the lip from the Browning 303. The bearing on its own leave a huge gap and that's just not structurally sound.
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Are we talking about the "Degaussing Lenses" or the "Affiliated Transfonic Lenses Multi Directional". :lol
Are we talking about the "Degaussing Lenses" or the "Affiliated Transfonic Lenses Multi Directional". :lol
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
Yeah, but as we all know, a single steel rod and a couple of bolts can hold everything together; or at the very least a couple of rods with a connector. And it's not as if the clamp itself is made of aluminum foil...
Yeah, but as we all know, a single steel rod and a couple of bolts can hold everything together; or at the very least a couple of rods with a connector. And it's not as if the clamp itself is made of aluminum foil...
veektohr
Sr Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I'm partial to the "Lobomotic Energizer" myself.
I'm partial to the "Lobomotic Energizer" myself.
Sym-Cha
Master Member
Re: Flash-Bashes and Blasters (Obi Saber Upgrayyyydez)
I hear you Edraven, yet you have to understand too that back in 1976 Roger and his prop team had a lot on their plate to fabricate and construct . . . . time = money and there was far less time to produce STAR WARS within the budget available than any sequels ... hence the wooden dowel theory, to put that lightsaber on set as soon as possible, instead of the ways we do it now with a rod through our real parts and replicas.
Chaïm
I hear you Edraven, yet you have to understand too that back in 1976 Roger and his prop team had a lot on their plate to fabricate and construct . . . . time = money and there was far less time to produce STAR WARS within the budget available than any sequels ... hence the wooden dowel theory, to put that lightsaber on set as soon as possible, instead of the ways we do it now with a rod through our real parts and replicas.
Chaïm
