erlomd
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Well, it finally came... the day when I was able to acquire a beautiful piece of American Film History and completely desecrate it in the name of science fiction!!! hahaha...anyway, I stumbled across this raggedy beaten and battered left for dead Vintage Graflex on the ol' eBay...did what anyone else would and PM'd the seller a low price, and he took it! so win win for me...
It was very very grimy, nicked, scratched, there was a previous attempt at venting the pommel and a huge center hole in the pommel for a D ring...all very very wrong, but whatever...make lemonade with lemons I guess...
I followed Yoda's previous post (at FX Sabers) on cleaning up a vintage and it worked marvels. the graflex cleaned up the best it could and thats where the fun began...
ordered a 1" blade adaptor, a 3D Printed chassis all the electronics...also, I had some spare ANH parts from a Graflex 2.0 kit that came in handy like the grips, bubble card strip and the D ring.
painted the chassis in a bronze paint with bronze rust activator which is about as realistic as you can get!
in the end what we have here is a Vintage Graflex that has a nice 70+ years worth of weathering and patina...
So aside from the Vintage Graflex I got off of eBay for around $275, here is a list of parts I used for the making of this saber:
Master Effects Bronze paint and Rust activator for the chassis: http://a.co/dlBjFsa and... http://a.co/dikEDIy
heres a video on how to apply it that i found useful: https://youtu.be/BITAiEg_vJU
KR Sabers 1" Blade Holder...https://thesaberarmory.com/product-category/accessories/bladeholders/
Tri Cree XP-E2 BBG in a 4A config with a hacked NBV3 using a Power extender. no FoC (just blade flickering)...http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Custom-Tri-Cree-LED-with-modified-base-P1139.aspx
18650 3400mah Li Re-chargeable battery...:http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/P...-PCB-Protected-Rechargeable-Battery-P853.aspx
Adrian Tan's 28mm 3w 4ohm Bass Speaker...(yes its 3w) : https://www.facebook.com/Adrian.Advance.Ratio
3D Printed Chassis...http://goth-3designs.com/instructions/diy-graflex-vintage-replica-knight/
5mm BG Accent LED for the crystal...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006S21SAK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Real Quartz crystal...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NOE3G64/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
BTW, I hacked the NBv3 in order to get full brightness out of the LED using all 3 LED's lit up at the same time...this hack is only good for the NBv3 which is no longer made...the newer NBv4 has this 4A option built right in the board so no hack is required. just a simple wiring which is all in the manual.
Anyway, Enjoy the pics! It was a fun Ride building this one! MTFBWYA!!!
Here's Some Preview Pics...for more pics click this link: http://goo.gl/photos/ncVnDGd94sq71EqCA and some chassis pics in daylight: https://goo.gl/photos/T5Gm21eBDfgw2vjX7
It was very very grimy, nicked, scratched, there was a previous attempt at venting the pommel and a huge center hole in the pommel for a D ring...all very very wrong, but whatever...make lemonade with lemons I guess...
I followed Yoda's previous post (at FX Sabers) on cleaning up a vintage and it worked marvels. the graflex cleaned up the best it could and thats where the fun began...
ordered a 1" blade adaptor, a 3D Printed chassis all the electronics...also, I had some spare ANH parts from a Graflex 2.0 kit that came in handy like the grips, bubble card strip and the D ring.
painted the chassis in a bronze paint with bronze rust activator which is about as realistic as you can get!
in the end what we have here is a Vintage Graflex that has a nice 70+ years worth of weathering and patina...
So aside from the Vintage Graflex I got off of eBay for around $275, here is a list of parts I used for the making of this saber:
Master Effects Bronze paint and Rust activator for the chassis: http://a.co/dlBjFsa and... http://a.co/dikEDIy
heres a video on how to apply it that i found useful: https://youtu.be/BITAiEg_vJU
KR Sabers 1" Blade Holder...https://thesaberarmory.com/product-category/accessories/bladeholders/
Tri Cree XP-E2 BBG in a 4A config with a hacked NBV3 using a Power extender. no FoC (just blade flickering)...http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Custom-Tri-Cree-LED-with-modified-base-P1139.aspx
18650 3400mah Li Re-chargeable battery...:http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/P...-PCB-Protected-Rechargeable-Battery-P853.aspx
Adrian Tan's 28mm 3w 4ohm Bass Speaker...(yes its 3w) : https://www.facebook.com/Adrian.Advance.Ratio
3D Printed Chassis...http://goth-3designs.com/instructions/diy-graflex-vintage-replica-knight/
5mm BG Accent LED for the crystal...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006S21SAK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Real Quartz crystal...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NOE3G64/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
BTW, I hacked the NBv3 in order to get full brightness out of the LED using all 3 LED's lit up at the same time...this hack is only good for the NBv3 which is no longer made...the newer NBv4 has this 4A option built right in the board so no hack is required. just a simple wiring which is all in the manual.
Anyway, Enjoy the pics! It was a fun Ride building this one! MTFBWYA!!!
Here's Some Preview Pics...for more pics click this link: http://goo.gl/photos/ncVnDGd94sq71EqCA and some chassis pics in daylight: https://goo.gl/photos/T5Gm21eBDfgw2vjX7
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