TFA Graflex Research (That's a Graflex, right? Force Awakens teaser trailer #2)

Kylash said:

Here's my solution for turning a vintage style glass eye to remove the knurling. This is from Roman's new graflex. I pushed it on to one of these new-fangled Dremel drums that expands when you pop it down. It was a tight fit but it worked. Just ran it along a file a few times and then sanded smooth.

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Title said:

Oh boy, I guess now I get to figure out which is which in the gallery and label them accordingly! Looking at them now, there's one sideways, one standing up and one angled... Are there 3 or was one moved at some point?

By the way, I've been meaning to ask - would a thread on the RPF sourcing information for the Graflex Bank be okay? I'm still pretty new on here, and there's lots of information I want to add that I haven't been able to find yet.

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SethS said:

I had my kid hold the glass eye above his head. I set a small file to it, and I just ran circles around him really fast for about 7 hours. It came out perfect.

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Title said:

Oh boy, I guess now I get to figure out which is which in the gallery and label them accordingly! Looking at them now, there's one sideways, one standing up and one angled... Are there 3 or was one moved at some point?

By the way, I've been meaning to ask - would a thread on the RPF sourcing information for the Graflex Bank be okay? I'm still pretty new on here, and there's lots of information I want to add that I haven't been able to find yet.

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Title said:

Hmm, so the 2 are different for sure? I had not taken this into account

Mind pinging me if it turns out they use different screws so I can update the Graflex Bank?

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halliwax said:

i did not know you were the one behind the graflex bank. wicked awesome site, its one of my favorites! you know i wondered why no one covered any photos of the disneyland graflex? lol

thank you for all the hard work that has gone into your site, i greatly appreciate it and use it all the time as reference! :thumbsup

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Title said:

Hohoo yeah, less than half a year into this hobby and I'm over a thousand bucks poorer and have poured so many hours into the site... Can't really complain though, beautiful Graflex 2.0 and a vintage Kobold (w/ original box!) on my shelf, Roman's on the way and Graflex Shop replica preordered


Glad the site is getting used! Thanks!

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halliwax said:

i did not know you were the one behind the graflex bank. wicked awesome site, its one of my favorites! you know i wondered why no one covered any photos of the disneyland graflex? lol

thank you for all the hard work that has gone into your site, i greatly appreciate it and use it all the time as reference! :thumbsup

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pezzletism said:

After owning this vintage Graflex flash for over a year and carefully following this amazing thread, I have finally finished my Maz's box saber. It was done with Roy's grips and D-ring and clamp card from Sloth (I have a wannawanga clamp card on the way too).

It was my aim to build this saber without drilling into the Graflex at all, I did this by filing down the rivets to make them flat then gluing them to the t-track, with the D-ring I activated the rivets before attaching it to the flash then filed them down to be flush with the bottom of the flash, also added some light weathering to the D-ring.

Big thanks to all of you here and especially Roy for his parts and blueprints to go off!

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pezzletism said:

After owning this vintage Graflex flash for over a year and carefully following this amazing thread, I have finally finished my Maz's box saber. It was done with Roy's grips and D-ring and clamp card from Sloth (I have a wannawanga clamp card on the way too).

It was my aim to build this saber without drilling into the Graflex at all, I did this by filing down the rivets to make them flat then gluing them to the t-track, with the D-ring I activated the rivets before attaching it to the flash then filed them down to be flush with the bottom of the flash, also added some light weathering to the D-ring.

Big thanks to all of you here and especially Roy for his parts and blueprints to go off!

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cayman shen said:

Slightly off topic, but does anyone sell just the smooth metallic tape for an ESB clamp? I was gonna do a true TFA with a clamp cover, but I think I want to do an ESB/ANH hybrid.

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pezzletism said:

After owning this vintage Graflex flash for over a year and carefully following this amazing thread, I have finally finished my Maz's box saber. It was done with Roy's grips and D-ring and clamp card from Sloth (I have a wannawanga clamp card on the way too).

It was my aim to build this saber without drilling into the Graflex at all, I did this by filing down the rivets to make them flat then gluing them to the t-track, with the D-ring I activated the rivets before attaching it to the flash then filed them down to be flush with the bottom of the flash, also added some light weathering to the D-ring.

Big thanks to all of you here and especially Roy for his parts and blueprints to go off!

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unclemarsellus said:

I must be driving Roy crazy because every time I check this thread I find a new part I need to order.

Am I alone in ignoring the Launch Bay saber as far as not fully representing what was on screen?

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pezzletism said:

After owning this vintage Graflex flash for over a year and carefully following this amazing thread, I have finally finished my Maz's box saber. It was done with Roy's grips and D-ring and clamp card from Sloth (I have a wannawanga clamp card on the way too).

It was my aim to build this saber without drilling into the Graflex at all, I did this by filing down the rivets to make them flat then gluing them to the t-track, with the D-ring I activated the rivets before attaching it to the flash then filed them down to be flush with the bottom of the flash, also added some light weathering to the D-ring.

Big thanks to all of you here and especially Roy for his parts and blueprints to go off!

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Kbuckne4 said:

It looks fantastic! Excellent job! How did you get the grips so straight? I haven't received my Graflex shop hilt yet, but that has been one of my reservations about doing the Maz box hilt. I feel like it is going to more difficult to line up the grips


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pezzletism said:

I made a 4.5mm mark from the bottom of the hilt and a 3.5mm mark from the clamp as per Roy's blue print and then eye-balled it. The first grip I line up exactly with the clamp carp, second grip directly opposite that. It helps to line them up with the red button and glass eye when you're looking from the bottom of the hilt. It took a bit of fidgeting to get them perfectly straight. Just remember every grip has another grip directly opposite it.

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SpeedRacerx said:

Looks great! Do you plan on adding the clamp cover plate?

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