TFA Graflex Research (That's a Graflex, right? Force Awakens teaser trailer #2)
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Kenzie C01
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I think its the Finn/Rey version. http://graflexbank.com/viigallery.html
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i think so too, i call this the long grip version.
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thank you for sharing these pictures. do you have any more of this saber? maybe closer to the end profile of the grips? i am so back and forth over the grooves in the clamp cover... these pictures look like they are etched in to me.. lol i love this stuff but it drives me nuts!
DARTH SABER
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These are the only other ones i have-
towelkeeper
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Just for fun (on a very sad day) I tried to match the light of Maz Kanatas castle and took some photos of my Graflex.
The clamp cover on my clamp has cut grooves. I think it looks pretty good, but it's no perfect match to the one on screen. I don't know whether that is because the lighting is different or whether mine is a bit thicker or they used a stamped one in the movie. I'm happy with it, though...
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Here is another one that is much closer. The look of the grooves varies vastly, depending on the lighting.
The clamp cover on my clamp has cut grooves. I think it looks pretty good, but it's no perfect match to the one on screen. I don't know whether that is because the lighting is different or whether mine is a bit thicker or they used a stamped one in the movie. I'm happy with it, though...
-- EDIT --
Here is another one that is much closer. The look of the grooves varies vastly, depending on the lighting.
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Just for fun (on a very sad day) I tried to match the light of Maz Kanatas castle and took some photos of my Graflex.
The clamp cover on my clamp has cut grooves. I think it looks pretty good, but it's no perfect match to the one on screen. I don't know whether that is because the lighting is different or whether mine is a bit thicker or they used a stamped one in the movie. I'm happy with it, though...
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Here is another one that is much closer. The look of the grooves varies vastly, depending on the lighting.
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There's also the fact that it also uses different lenses etc
Kenzie C01
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On the 2.0 it is 4/40. I assume its the same the adapter?
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No, it's the KR Sabers adapter which came with a blade plug. Similar to the Solo's Hold adapter, it's designed to replicate the vintage bulb hardware (so the thread pattern should match a vintage). Until my flash shows up, I'd like to just get a screw at the hardware store to lock down the blade plug in the adapter.
EDIT: It's a #4-40. Thanks!
EDIT: It's a #4-40. Thanks!
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Pixelpiper
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Thinking of an idealized (aka frankenstein) saber myself. ANH glass eye & tabbed red button, ESB clamp card, grip size/positions, ESB Kobold/ring, TFA screws in grips (6-lobed torx/torx+ or 5-lobed "penta-lobed" style). Now I'm just trying to decide whether I cover up the Graflex logo on the clamp or not.
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Kbuckne4
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Oddly enough, I've contemplated a similar idea. I really like the exposed Graflex logo on the clamp and bottom. I kinda wish they didn't cover it up for TFA, but I understand why.
Unfortunately I'm not sure my OCD would be satisfied with a less than accurate representation of the saber. Still... it is tempting.
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Pixelpiper
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My intention has been to have only a single "Luke" Graflex saber and the first plan was straight-up ESB with two red buttons, no tab, six grips, etc. But now looking at what's been changed/done for TFA, part of me wants that little ANH character/homage there as well. I can't bring myself to cover up the entire clamp on Roman's excellent replica, so at most it's a choice of whether to use some mylar or similar metallized tape to cover only the logo. I don't intend to cover the bottom on this saber nor the ROTJ Vader I plan to use the second Graflex replica for.
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Kbuckne4
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I definitely dig that! I'd love to see some pics when you finish it! It is hard to settle for just one saber and it's very expensive to build more than one. Plus it could end up changing some in Episode VIII anyway. Might as well be happy with something that honors the legacy as well as the craftsman ship that goes into making these beautiful pieces.
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Pixelpiper
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Using a grip width of 13mm for reference, it looks like T-9 Torx drive flat head (non-countersink, aka wafer head) screws with a 6mm head diameter (maybe M3 threads). Hard disk drive screws are close at just under 5.5mm head diameter (might be these if the grips are narrower than 13mm)
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DARTH SABER
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Pixelpiper
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Thanks. I'm going with Torx based on your description of the drive socket being star-shaped - from the photos alone the could also be hex-drive with the light playing little reflection tricks.
If the cut-out in the tracks is about 6.5mm as Roy has listed in his blueprint, then these may very well be hard drive screws. They're certainly the easiest to scrounge up from all my searching today. It's very difficult in general to find flat screws by any name (wafer, extreme or ultra low profile cap, extreme or ultra low pan, cheese head, etc..) let alone using Torx or Hex drive. Philips is the most common and I have a hard time believing they'd have custom screws made.
I did find one site, Misumi, which had an interesting array of possible screws, but at over $6 per screw, I didn't spend too much time there.
If the cut-out in the tracks is about 6.5mm as Roy has listed in his blueprint, then these may very well be hard drive screws. They're certainly the easiest to scrounge up from all my searching today. It's very difficult in general to find flat screws by any name (wafer, extreme or ultra low profile cap, extreme or ultra low pan, cheese head, etc..) let alone using Torx or Hex drive. Philips is the most common and I have a hard time believing they'd have custom screws made.
I did find one site, Misumi, which had an interesting array of possible screws, but at over $6 per screw, I didn't spend too much time there.
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DARTH SABER
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Yeah im having a hard time finding those torx screws as well.
Ill keep searching.
Ill post if i fibd anything
Ill keep searching.
Ill post if i fibd anything
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