Finishing obi wan sabers

redbutton

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #1

Hi folks, Just started to finish my Obi Wan
saber and wanted to finish the pommel end
i found a metal hole plug 1. inch. But the tabs werent spread enough, the cap fit perfectly if i didnt need friction! I took small pliers and bent the tabs out so they were a bit wider than the pommel recess. Snap! It fits like a glove.

Thats my obi wan and thd9791's saber. The pommels came from the same sink

 

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veektohr

Sr Member

• Nov 21, 2016

• #2

They look fanatastic!

 

Sym-Cha

Master Member

• Nov 21, 2016

• #3

Indeed ... fantastic

Chaim

 

thd9791

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #4

Thanks guys! They are in the nut/bolt drawers in US hardware stores, not the sink drainpipe aisle. :facepalm

 

redbutton

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• Dec 15, 2016

• #5

Well, I finished my Obi Wan saber. I have a second generation sink knob that I got chromed, top with a 1 inch zinc plated cap. The transistors are real of which
I had to trim with a file to fit into the washers, next I twisted the leads to fit into the spacer holes under the clamp an added expose. It's all connected with
a quarter 20 rod and reducer nut to a 3/8 " ( if I got the right, Tom) and a flat head nut in the pommel. Thanks to everyone who helped with parts (roman, tom, roy).
I also aluminum blacked the emitter.

 

newmagrathea

Sr Member

• Dec 15, 2016

• #6

Very nice build and that is a great solution.

 

russellsch

Master Member

• Dec 15, 2016

• #7

Beautiful build :thumbsup

 

mugatu

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• Dec 15, 2016

• #8

I love it! It looks awesome.

 

thd9791

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• Dec 16, 2016

• #9

This is seriously a sick saber, its a AFB!

 

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Ridire Firean

Sr Member

• Dec 17, 2016

• #10

WAIT! The Armitage Shanks pommels are in the nut/bolt drawers!?!?!?! Or is it the metal hole plugs? You've got me excited here!

If it's just the metal hole plug, great find by the way - it looks spot on in the pics, what happened to the original one? Please tell me you didn't let your 'padawan' come at it with a single set of pliers. hehehehehe! Too soon?

All kidding aside, they look great together! I wish I could get my dad into this and run around together all dressed up looking for lightsaber parts in the isles of Home Depot! That'd be awesome. You guys are really lucky in that.

 

Halliwax

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• Dec 17, 2016

• #11

love the father son team work. group picture time!!! :thumbsup

 

thd9791

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• Dec 18, 2016

• #12

Ridire Firean said:

Please tell me you didn't let your 'padawan' come at it with a single set of pliers.

Click to expand...

I hate you

 

redbutton

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• Dec 21, 2016

• #13

The original Armitage Shanks pommel was a second or later version - it was yellow and the end cap was silver plastic with a black dot in the center with an A S logo in the
center. So I had it chromed (not the cap). The nut I used was called a T-nut which sits flat when all is screw down. The cap fit perfect.

On another note I got a real Grenade MK1! it's slightly bend from really being used. It's brass on the end - Is there any way to straighten it out without
snapping it?

 

Sym-Cha

Master Member

• Dec 21, 2016

• #14

Pictures of that grenade?

Chaïm

 

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Ridire Firean

Sr Member

• Dec 23, 2016

• #15

redbutton If it was me, I'd go guy a cheap brass garden hose nozzle, smack it with a log or bit of 2x4 and then experiment with heating it and trying to bend it back to straight

http://accuproducts.com/media/catal...3525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/r/brass_nozzle2.jpg

http://www.harborfreight.com/media/...b33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_17646.jpg

You could take a 10 or 25 lb curl bar weight and slide it over the piece trapping the flange against a concrete floor by standind on the weight and insert a steel rod within the hole in the brass and use the steel rod as a lever to bend the brass back while it's hot. Experiment too with heating the brass back up and quenching it to bring it's hardness back up.

Once you have an idea of how the brass reacts to heating and hardening, then you can move on to trying to correct the bend in your grenade neck.

Good Luck!

 

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