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DACOTA

06-27-2006, 09:55 AM

can anyone help me build or find saber prongs i need them for my custom grievous saber.

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Madcow

06-27-2006, 11:03 AM

I messed around with using drawer handles from the hardware store a while back.

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You can get different sizes, shapes, colours. And you could probably mount 2 or 3.

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suit_man

06-27-2006, 11:35 AM

i made them for my saber using steel cut out with a dremel and welded them on, but i have no pictures because i took the prongs off due to stabbing myself in the hand all the time [:p]

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987654321a

06-27-2006, 02:36 PM

you can always try machining the metal out of sheet metal and anodizing it

Edit- or use Stirene,

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DACOTA

06-27-2006, 03:13 PM

nice saber madcow ,ill look at lowes ,see what they got,thanks all.much appreciation

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous

LAN-ED-TUL

06-27-2006, 09:43 PM

i'll have to get a pic of the claws i made for my greatsaber. theyre just bolted on temp right now till i can get them welded on. its all from scratch. a t6 pipe aluminum and t6 aluminum 3/8 thick flat bar.

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Luke-SkyMarcher

06-28-2006, 03:46 PM

Cutting it out of polycarbonate sheet might work.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=usplastic&category%5Fname=68&product%5Fid=10718

This company currently has some polycarbonate stuff on clearance, I'm not sure if this stuff is or not. (Btw, cool design, I hope you find somthing that works!)

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DACOTA

06-28-2006, 08:13 PM

thanks lan and luke,i want the prongs metal though so poly wont work but thanks anyway,cant wait for the pick lan,i wonder if lowes has quarter inch thick sheet metal,aluminum.i'll have to see.

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous

987654321a

06-29-2006, 01:19 AM

use styrene then and paint it grey!

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Jedi-Loreen

06-29-2006, 10:06 AM

Styrene? You obviously can't duel with it, then.[:p]

Or maybe you don't do a blade and it's just for show and a belt hanger version. [;)]

In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

DACOTA

06-29-2006, 02:05 PM

what in the world is styrine?i just might use the drawer handels or sheet metal and cut the prongs out.

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous

987654321a

06-29-2006, 05:12 PM

styrene is the plastic i made my airsoft shield out of

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Darth_Dadderall

06-29-2006, 07:08 PM

If any of you live in slightly more rural areas, I found nice, 1/8" thick by 1.5" wide by 4' long raw aluminum bar stock (rectangular, not round) at Tractor Supply Company. I think 1/8" is a good thickness for emitter claws, personally. I intend to get a master template and cut out my claws from this, then sand them and possibly paint before sealing them to my emitter with car epoxy (JB Weld, more than likely.) Of course, I'm going to have to either cut in the grooves for them myself, or try and get Tim to do it, once his shop reopens.

By the way, Dacota, are you going to mask the handle and paint those details on your grip, or what?

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xwingband

06-29-2006, 07:15 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jedi-Loreen

Styrene? You obviously can't duel with it, then.[:p]

Or maybe you don't do a blade and it's just for show and a belt hanger version. [;)]

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Curious... why wouldn't styrene be duelable? Provided it's mounted well I see no reason it wouldn't be. Styrene is ABS plastic and I remember Scaarmor (he hasn't been around much lately[:(]) saying he used it a lot for his armor making.

With the mounting issue though I'd go with a metal you can weld.

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987654321a

06-29-2006, 07:48 PM

you can always use sheet metal tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo styrene is not requiered its an option!

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DACOTA

06-30-2006, 12:55 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Darth_Adderall

If any of you live in slightly more rural areas, I found nice, 1/8" thick by 1.5" wide by 4' long raw aluminum bar stock (rectangular, not round) at Tractor Supply Company. I think 1/8" is a good thickness for emitter claws, personally. I intend to get a master template and cut out my claws from this, then sand them and possibly paint before sealing them to my emitter with car epoxy (JB Weld, more than likely.) Of course, I'm going to have to either cut in the grooves for them myself, or try and get Tim to do it, once his shop reopens.

By the way, Dacota, are you going to mask the handle and paint those details on your grip, or what?
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yes im going to use a dremel to partly engrave the symbol then im going to have a place powder coat the hilt a bone color,and then have them powder coat the ribbed section in a dark titanium color like the metal that grievous's body is partly made of.then on the flat part of the mhs ribbed i will screw the prongs on.

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous

LAN-ED-TUL

06-30-2006, 09:04 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DACOTA

thanks lan and luke,i want the prongs metal though so poly wont work but thanks anyway,cant wait for the pick lan,i wonder if lowes has quarter inch thick sheet metal,aluminum.i'll have to see.

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous
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i got mine thru online metals. com they were good, and it was pretty cheap too.

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GFORCE13

06-30-2006, 11:21 PM

Cool idea Dacota never thought about building the Generals Saber maybe a future build.[;)]

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Jedi-Loreen

07-01-2006, 12:45 AM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xwingband

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jedi-Loreen

Styrene? You obviously can't duel with it, then.[:p]

Or maybe you don't do a blade and it's just for show and a belt hanger version. [;)]

In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.
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Curious... why wouldn't styrene be duelable? Provided it's mounted well I see no reason it wouldn't be. Styrene is ABS plastic and I remember Scaarmor (he hasn't been around much lately[:(]) saying he used it a lot for his armor making.

With the mounting issue though I'd go with a metal you can weld.

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I was just imagining dueling with someone and locking blades with them. If their blade slid down your's toward your hilt before you could disengage, their blade could hit one of the styrene prongs and snap it in half, or right off! [:0]

Whatever might happen, it wouldn't be good. [B)]

In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

LAN-ED-TUL

07-01-2006, 03:24 PM

try out online metals for the flatbar. i used 3/8 t6 aircraft aluminum for mine.

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DACOTA

07-01-2006, 03:40 PM

yeah i bought some thin aluminum from home depot but i realized after i bought it that it is too thin so i will get the thick metal from online metals i already saw what i want.

"aaah... general kenobi.... you are a bold one."-general grievous

naashar

07-15-2006, 09:23 AM

Try randomsabers.com, Dacota. The guy seems nice, his hilts are gorgeous, and I'm sure if you ask him, he may give you some trade secrets...

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