Curved hilt

[xwingband]

Well, PVC is easy... here's Ultra's Dark Initiate V2:

[Tenric Starkindler]

I have also seen vacuum cleaner extension tubes used. They are curved and about the right diameter. they can be ordered as replacement parts I believe....

[Ronin]

that black PVC saber looks great.

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the only way i've been able to think of doing it with tims parts involves a blowtorch and something with quite a large circumference to bend it around.

the crude and inefficient methods are always the best.

at some point i'll get a 1 1/2" sink tube and try it. its just pricy (and slow) having things sent to england.

[987654321a]

why not just get a curved section of a sink tube

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In all honesty i didn't know what a sink tube was until i came here. oh the trouble i had working out what a heatsink was!

how thick are tims peices?
i'm doing a big order next year (when i have xmas money and postage pricing comes down again) and i'm considering altering my design if it possible to bend one of the double grooved hilt peices. the only thing i worry about is warping the threading of the connectors. i don't mind burnishing on the top as this is i will call 'character'!

[xwingband]

Bending a double connector after the fact would be practically impossible. It's only like 2 inches long. You'd rip the thing apart.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Is it even possible to bend a sink tube? The brass is pretty thin.

I can imagine what might happen, the inside of the bend creasing or splitting; or the outside of the bend splitting. Has anyone tried bending a sink tube?

[987654321a]

i havent done it but with a soft metal like brass it would tear.

[JadedMonk]

I had limited success making relief cuts a little more than half way through the tube. The curve was then wrapped in leather. This is a very delicate solution though. I spread JB weld across the cuts inside the tube and between the cuts. I let it cure for a couple of days, even so a few minutes of rough handling by it's owner broke most of the JB weld. I haven't worked on a hardware saber since, but I think if I'd reinforced it somehow it might work. Perhaps fiberglassing the inside of the curve, instead of JB weld.

Cheers,

JM