Shadar's "Agony" (Crystal Chassis with Ventress FX board)

[Ronan]

Nice mate

[jin starkiller]

very good looking build ...can't wait to see it all done...hopefully Tim will have the rest of the parts you need to finish your saber..

[Skottsaber]

It would be that a solder braid (or "wick") is 100x better than a solder sucker.

*coughmyaweosmevideochough*

Hopefully the Blade holders will come back in stock tomorrow and I can get my stuff by the weekend!

And so they did!

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Small update today...

As skott mentioned I was able to place my final order from Tim now that the BH's are back in stock.

Also...

I came home from lunch today and found a package in the mail, my MPP Clamp!!!! I was pretty excited. I hurriedly opened the box and unwrapped my prize.

I was immediately disappointed. In my efforts to secure a clamp I petitioned other members on the FX fourms and found one willing to sell me his clamp. Partially due to my lack of questions asked, i apparently had missed a few key things before purchasing it.

Firstly, the clamp was missing a lever. Also, there were MANY surface/cosmetic defects to the clamp, the rubber shim, and the bubble card. It is also quite loose over the Crystal Chamber.

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[xl97]

awww man that stinks.

a bummer too.. hopefully it wasnt too expensive.. what does the seller have to say?

I dont know anything about the clamp really.. but can it be 'cleaned up'?

is it painted or pc'd?

maybe you can sand it/clean it up and send it out to be PC'd flat black??

alternately, maybe you can use this to your advantage?

levers make control boxes bulky IMHO.. unless you going for that classic look or want to use the lever as a functional part.

maybe hide some aux buttons..or accent leds in the holes/cutout in the box?

[Ronan]

Name & Shame... any honest seller would have stated issues like those.

I would paypal claim him if he doesn't reverse the transaction.

On the other hand if you got it dirt cheap, i would do what xl said.

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Well, a picture was posted of the Saber it was parted out from... It was also my fault for not asking more about the part.

This is the image posted....



Do you think i have a right to ask him to refund my money?

I mean, i was expecting something similar to this:

[Lord Corsair]

Ive been following your build and it is looking great !
It is a real bummer about the graflex clamp .. but over all I cant wait to see what you come up with !!!!

[Ronan]

Id ask for $$ or a complete reverse.

I hate people like that grrrrr.

[jin starkiller]

i agree that you should be at least compensated since he didn't say it had scratches ..but the pic does show some wear not sure if you want the headache of dealing with the person again and just fix the part with some sanding and new paintjob so you can get on with your build....but on a positive note you now know to ask more questions before purchasing

i believe you can also try and find a substitute for the lever at a local hardware store ......i believe a toggle actually might work with some modification