*cough* aluminum HVAC tape works well to take up gaps between loose fitting parts. Not for parts that are "hotdog down a hallway" sloppy fitting, but within 10 or 20 thou, it works great.
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*cough* aluminum HVAC tape works well to take up gaps between loose fitting parts. Not for parts that are "hotdog down a hallway" sloppy fitting, but within 10 or 20 thou, it works great.
2-part epoxy putty. I get mine in the plumbing section of Ace Hardware.
Used it many, many, many times in the past with great results. Doesn't crack. Sculptable, sandable, paintable. Good...
Before I quit building sabers, I had assembled in excess of 350 of them for people, and every single time I got them buttoned up for the last time, bladed up, and would hit the power switch...that...
It's a very detailed chassis. Lots of things going on with it. Is it going into a weathered saber?
Sometimes I have to ask because if I assume, I often assume wrong and wind up saying something wildly inappropriate to the situation.
I exhibit a lot of traits of Asperger's Syndrome, so I don't really have much of a sense of humor - so are you being facetious, passive-aggressive, or are you serious?
What is the MAh rating of your battery pack? I would think, and please don't hold me to this like gospel, but I would think that so long as you didn't leave the charger on overnight or something...
This question in one form or another creeps up time after time after time.
Given enough force, you can break anything. Why in the world people want to bash around expensive lightsabers, I will...
I think that's what I was going for initially. I haven't worked on that saber in a couple of years, so I'm not clear of memory exactly what I intended for it. I don't want to finish it, but I don't...
When the conversion kit for the Kylo Ren comes out, I'm sure lots of people will want to experiment with this unstable blade effect.
If you don't want to go with the leather wrap to hide the step between the MHS parts and the PVC pipe, you could use what they sell at Ace Hardware as "plumbers putty". It comes in a plastic tube,...
Yes, I have adapted MHS parts to PVC pipe. Many times. It is FAR, FAR easier to trim down the PVC pipe since it is a softer material and there is a LOT of wall thickness. Then use the...
I didn't ask you over at FX-Sabers (JudgeSabersmith, btw), but you did the hilt out of the shroud material, right? I noticed the thickness of your material is thinner than the MHS parts. ...
Way back in the day before we were using clear cellophane in sabers, I experimented with all kinds of other materials including acetate, clear mylar film, etc. I tried Shoji paper once and because...
Back when I was building sabers on the regular, I made myself a bunch of "mockups" made from plastic card stock that I could use to layout the parts inside a saber to see what would/could fit where...
Use a chunk of blade material to make a chassis from.
RandomSaber - there's a blast from the past! I could spend hour after hour looking through the designs there, both finished and proposed. The enormous backlog kept me from getting one made, and I...
As per the MSDS of the chemical, it has a health exposure rating of "3", which is not good at all. Doubtful the EPA would haul; you off for diluting and flushing, but a more environmentally prudent...
You can bake epoxy enamels, regular enamels, and lacquers.
It's not a bad idea to let the paint have a couple hours drying time before you put your parts in the oven. Give the solvent in the...
Double posting is where there are two replies to a thread from the same person back-to-back. Your posts timestamped 4:49am and 4:55am are the example of double posting in this thread.
Check the build log threads of Jay-Gon for very detailed examples of him using what we like to refer to in this hobby as a "resonance chamber", which when placed on/around the speaker, amplifies it...
You don't need a resistor to limit current to an LED when connected to the Crystal Focus board. The CF regulates voltage and current based on the settings in the configuration file stored on the...
1. No, the MHS gear does NOT come with the flat area. You can email Tim about getting it done. Would fall under the "custom work fee".
2. Not powdercoating. What you see there is a baked...
It's a good design. The parts work well together. I have something similar on the bench right now:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/sixmilliondollarman/92bd341f.jpg
I picked up one of these models. I like the way it turned out. I could have done better in a couple areas, but overall, I like it and think it will be a nice display piece for my desk.
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