I am slowly acquiring the parts for an ANH (and perhaps an ESB) with an eye toward building a light saber as a father son project.
Kinda legendary, huh?
Well, it may be - if I can get up the nerve to hack into all these rare antiques artifacts. Instead of just collecting and apprcting them. Because the kid's gonna get bored with the historical preservation thing mighty fast. Sent him straight back to the X-Box, it will.
So, gotta bite the bullet. I would help if I could do this with as little permanent modification to the real costly part - the G R A F L E X - as possible. The internal portion of the on/off slide switch, I know, promises to be the big challenge. Because it gonna have int real electronics. Either that, or its back to the X-Box again.
But, I also wonder at the use of glues to hold on the T-Track and the belt clip. I would naturally want to use a reversible glue like Butvar, but I imagine that holding power might be an issue. More permanent glues like the cyanoacrylate or epoxy would have the holding power and permanence. But, these are not reversible. They would have to ben removed mechanically. And I would worry about the damage to the finish if ever wanting to return the flash handle to its original state.
What are people experienced with removing T-Track and/or a belt clip that's has been epoxied or super-glued onto a G R A F L E X body. Can it ben done without damaging the finish? Has anyone used and other glues that work well enough but can be removed more safely?
Thanks in advance.
Kinda legendary, huh?
Well, it may be - if I can get up the nerve to hack into all these rare antiques artifacts. Instead of just collecting and apprcting them. Because the kid's gonna get bored with the historical preservation thing mighty fast. Sent him straight back to the X-Box, it will.
So, gotta bite the bullet. I would help if I could do this with as little permanent modification to the real costly part - the G R A F L E X - as possible. The internal portion of the on/off slide switch, I know, promises to be the big challenge. Because it gonna have int real electronics. Either that, or its back to the X-Box again.
But, I also wonder at the use of glues to hold on the T-Track and the belt clip. I would naturally want to use a reversible glue like Butvar, but I imagine that holding power might be an issue. More permanent glues like the cyanoacrylate or epoxy would have the holding power and permanence. But, these are not reversible. They would have to ben removed mechanically. And I would worry about the damage to the finish if ever wanting to return the flash handle to its original state.
What are people experienced with removing T-Track and/or a belt clip that's has been epoxied or super-glued onto a G R A F L E X body. Can it ben done without damaging the finish? Has anyone used and other glues that work well enough but can be removed more safely?
Thanks in advance.