Someone say V2?!?!
From our understanding today the v2 and v3 are sisters from the same mold
The v2 being built first had much more clean up time on the lathe and mill
And even then when you examine it closely it is very scary machine work..
The v3 on the other hand is so poorly machined it’s no wonder it was never seen in ANH.. I am willing to bet it was not used because they couldnt fit the same electric motor inside it like the V2..
When casting the v3, the mold shifted, probably because they were in a rush, and you can see a huge seam line in it, especially in the ring section
The pommels were cleaned up on the lathe then milled on a end mill with a rotoray table mounted 90*. You can still see milling marks on both boosters today
The V2’s pommel cubes are sketchy.. but look at the V3’s they pretty much didn’t give a sh%t about it, some big some small, nothing even close to being symmetrical, total rush job
Even the ring above the cubes on the v3 is so out of whack it’s like they had it in the chuck of the lathe not even anywhere close to being centered. Which is probably the most time consuming part of machining. “True-ing” everything
this proves to me it was a “yo Gary, these two laser swords need to be done tomorrow, this one is almost finish (v2) , go bang out another one”
Now that I’ve completely highjacked this thread, there was a lot of other greeblies machined for the film
Imperial officer cap buttons, the pocket tools for the jumpsuits
And 6 100% aluminum r2d2’s that we’re all 100% machined from scratch.. with rumors of costing 30,000 a piece..
A lot of r2d2 leg parts can be seen through out the film, especially inside the Xwings
Heck even Vader’s chest box has machined parts on it(though I’m no expert But remember reading it could have been record player parts?! Idk)
C3po’s arms in ANH were also 100% aluminum and built from scratch.. along with all of his greeblies on the suit
I can see them banging out this Han Solo belt greeblie in 30 mins, no problem
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