adiemilio
Active Member
Agree, lots of pieces look cheap, but is somewhat convenient if you are making a FX saber.
Parks Sabers
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Agree, lots of pieces look cheap, but is somewhat convenient if you are making a FX saber.
ARKM
Sr Member
Are these sabers kits or already made.
I believe my mind is made up and I don't care about the time it takes to get to me.
The site has very little to no information
if you click on parts, then Hilts, then mpp you see the picture but then that's all. Don't even know if it comes with anything with the hilt
I was looking at the mpp
Also, can you later add the electronics to make a working saber
Thanks in advance
kevin
I believe my mind is made up and I don't care about the time it takes to get to me.
The site has very little to no information
if you click on parts, then Hilts, then mpp you see the picture but then that's all. Don't even know if it comes with anything with the hilt
I was looking at the mpp
Also, can you later add the electronics to make a working saber
Thanks in advance
kevin
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Gytheran
Sr Member
grksinner
New Member
It looks good so far, but I am more interested in the DV6, always wanted it since I was a wee little lad.
grksinner
New Member
You forgot about the ears. They're about 1/8" too tall.
Yea its a bunch of things to correct,part of me just wants to build it with a DRyo chassis(altered and customized) and sell it, and then get JQ's 1:1 stainless steel Graflex. The perfectionist in me is itching.
Peacefrog35
Sr Member
I almost ordered something from him. I used to get stuff from Jeff as far back as 1996 when I was in college. We would chat briefly when he took my order and always found ways to make up for, it if an order was late even though I never made a big deal of it. I've been out of the prop scene for a while, but the, new movie rekindled my interest.
I Emailed 3 times and called once and left a message. I will not beg someone to take my money. I know he's a one man show, but if in 2 weeks you can't respond to an customer inquiry, you need to hire some help.
I Emailed 3 times and called once and left a message. I will not beg someone to take my money. I know he's a one man show, but if in 2 weeks you can't respond to an customer inquiry, you need to hire some help.
Wolfgeorge
New Member
Dome shots of my Parks Graflex V1 I really can't wait for the MPP.
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Adomeitw
Well-Known Member
I placed an order for an ESB Graflex in March 2015... In May Jeff said he could no longer fill orders for the V1 Graflex but was developing a V2.0. I paid in full in June with an estimated delivery of Oct-Dec 15. I still have not received my hilt.
Jeff has responded to all my emails. Though it would sometime take weeks. Throughout the correspondence I provided an updated shipping address on three separate occasions (just one new address but I wanted to be sure he had it)... All prior to the expected delivery date. He sent it to my old address on Dec 14th but it was eventually returned to him.
He now said it will ship this week. He asked for my shipping address again even though it was in the email he was responding from.
I'm sure the hilt will be great, but I will never order from him again.
Jeff has responded to all my emails. Though it would sometime take weeks. Throughout the correspondence I provided an updated shipping address on three separate occasions (just one new address but I wanted to be sure he had it)... All prior to the expected delivery date. He sent it to my old address on Dec 14th but it was eventually returned to him.
He now said it will ship this week. He asked for my shipping address again even though it was in the email he was responding from.
I'm sure the hilt will be great, but I will never order from him again.
Check the runs, someone is doing a drop in replacement plastic button. Also, I agree about the card, I put Roys in and it made a world of difference.
For $195, this is still "the heat" as the youngsters say. I have a real Graflex on the way, as soon as I get it I am going to compare the glass eye vs the 2.0 and see if I can do a swap. So far my thoughts are to build a jig to hold the 2.0, use a drill press to drill out the existing piece then CA glue a glass watch lens (if I can find the right size.
If I mess it up, its definitely going to be an ESB. If it works, I may do a limited run. Send me the eye, Ill drill it and glue the lens in.
I agree with you on the rest.
For $195, this is still "the heat" as the youngsters say. I have a real Graflex on the way, as soon as I get it I am going to compare the glass eye vs the 2.0 and see if I can do a swap. So far my thoughts are to build a jig to hold the 2.0, use a drill press to drill out the existing piece then CA glue a glass watch lens (if I can find the right size.
If I mess it up, its definitely going to be an ESB. If it works, I may do a limited run. Send me the eye, Ill drill it and glue the lens in.
I agree with you on the rest.
JaxAndTheMoon
Sr Member
Here's a quick comparison of the 4 glass eyes I have with photos from my build log
From left to right is : Original Graflex Eye, Parks V1 Eye, Korbanth 2.0 Eye and TCCS Eye
I filed down the V1 so that it would fit my blade adapter for it, but otherwise the V1 is an exact replica of the original with the spring and everything
ARKM
Sr Member
The eye in the Parks V1 is plastic, not glass like in the original. Also, assuming the order is correct in your pic, TCSS eyes are now identical to the Korbanth Graflex 2.0 eyes,
JaxAndTheMoon
Sr Member
The TCCS eye has an actual plastic piece to make it look more like a glass eye. The 2.0 is all metal and uses the curves to create the illusion of the glass eye
JaxAndTheMoon
Sr Member
I forgot to add that I cut down the threading with my files on the TCCS eye for use of a different project! Sorry totally forgot to mention that, so it should be the same length as the 2.0
